Most recently and prior to joining Big River, Jones was a Multimedia Developer and Designer at The Martin Agency in Richmond. While at Martin from 2005 to 2010, Jones also was a production specialist and freelance designer. During this time, Jones developed, retouched and animated award-winning sites such as KDWChallenge.com and NationofGo.com for BFGoodrich, as well as launch sites for SunLife and new Hanes products. He gained significant experience implementing large-scale rich media campaigns for national brands including UPS, Walmart, Hanes, XGames and ESPN360.

From 2000 to 2005, Jones held other retouching and graphic design positions at  LYTHOS and LOT44 (now Aliceblue), during which time he worked with national agencies and brands including McKinney Silver, Olympus, Wachovia Bank, AOL, UPS, IBM, Range Rover, Saatchi & Saatchi, Ping, Royal Caribbean, Eddie Bauer and Virginia Tourism Corp.

Throughout his career, Jones has provided design and retouching services, aiding photographers and art directors. He is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University and the School of Communication Arts in Raleigh.

Moseley brings significant experience and success in customer relations, marketing and accountability to Big River. Most recently and prior to joining Big River, Moseley was Relocation Director, Closing Coordinator and Bookkeeper for Century 21-Option 1 Realty in Richmond. She also was managing broker at Century 21 Old Richmond Realty in Richmond from 1996 to 2008, where she also was responsible for marketing properties, planning sales meetings and overseeing agent production. Before entering the real estate industry, Moseley held sales positions in AGS Footwear’s medical division in Ashland.

She is a graduate of James Madison University, where she holds a BBA in Hotel Restaurant Management.

Most recently and prior to joining Big River, Amin was a marketing associate at WellPoint, where she worked with a cross-functional team to implement strategic marketing initiatives promoting health and wellness. In particular, her role included supporting the overall Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield brand. She gained valuable experience in project management that included overseeing the development of collateral and sales presentations, as well as working with creative agencies to produce various marketing materials.

Amin holds degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University, where she graduated cum laude in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing, and magna cum laude in May 2010 with a Master of Science in Business with a concentration in Global Marketing Management.

Prior to joining Big River, Davies worked as Director of Project Management and Account Management capacities at Richmond-based Siddall, Inc. Davies brings over 15 years of project management experience to Big River, including managing agency and client workloads and ensuring solid results in both quality and efficiency. She has successfully navigated companies such as Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, Virginia Tourism, The State Fair of Virginia, Fifth Third Bank and  U.S. Africa Airways through the agency process – and she bring this expertise and leadership to Big River.

Davies began her advertising career in Richmond at Lawler Ballard Advertising in 1983.  She is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Mass Communications.

Most recently, Ritter was senior art director at Chicago-based Cramer-Krasselt, the second-largest independent marketing and communications agency in the U.S., from 2004-2010. Here, Ritter developed award-winning creative work for sleep-aid brand Rozerem, with a creative campaign “Your Dreams Miss You” showing a series of ads depicting Abraham Lincoln, a talking Beaver and an insomniac. In 2006, the “Honest Abe” TV spot was named among ADWEEK’s Best Spots of the Year; the campaign also garnered an Effie Award in 2007. Ritter also produced creative work for Porsche, Corona, AirTran and Key Bank. His work has appeared in the One Show, Print, CA, Adweek and the Met Museum in New York.

“Noel brings awesome talent and experience in big ideas, which fit perfectly with Big River’s mission to deliver strategic creative that gets results, no matter the client or medium,” says Terry Taylor, Creative Director at Big River. “He’s a nice guy who fits our family structure.”

Ritter started his career in Richmond where in 1992 he joined The Martin Agency as a designer and from 1997 to 2004 as an art director, working on national brands including Saab, GEICO, NASA, the JFK Library and Museum, TV Land and Ping among others. More information on Noel Ritter can be found at www.noelritter.blogspot.com.

Most recently, Burton held senior print production positions in the Richmond office of Qorvis Communications, LLC, a Washington, DC-based communications firm, where from 2007 to 2o1o she worked with national Fortune 500 companies and multi-site organizations, including The Virginia Lottery, Sun Microsystems, and the Keep America Beautiful campaign. She also has led client service, print production and traffic at firms including InnerWorkings, Barber Martin Advertising, Cadmus Corporation / Tuff Stuff Publishing, The Martin Agency, and Siddall Matus & Coughter.

Burton holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Interview

.Photo by Ash Dainel.

What did he know about this case? Bass Johnson, dead pimp and dealer; shot in the head; gator bit the arm off his corpse; fired his 9mm once. Gus needed a ballistic match. — June 22, 2:31 p.m.

Bloodthirsty reptiles, dead pimps and automatic weapons make for spicier-than-average Twitter posts, but unlike the rest of Richmond, Terry Taylor isn’t updating the world on his 9-to-5 life. He’s writing a novel. On Twitter, 140 characters at a time.

Taylor, an Alabama-born Richmond resident, is a self-proclaimed storyteller, and he feeds a wild tale into his social-networking sphere.

Taylor (handle: @ttaylordude) is tweeting up a full-length novel — a gritty, violent,
dark-humored saga set in rural Alabama — from his office desk at Big River Advertising, where he works as creative director. He’s one of many writers across the country experimenting with this art through Twitter, whose conventional purpose is to allow users to follow each others’ real-time chats and referrals.

On the dock in Panama City, 6 men unloaded 530 kilos of heroin that was wedged inside the walls of the fishing boat. — June 25, 2:41 p.m.

It flows out “thought-by-thought,” Taylor says, emerging on his Twitter account at a steady clip of 10 to 20 posts per day.

“It’s addictive. It’s enjoyable,” he says. “I literally sit in [company] meetings thinking about what’s going to happen to Gus.”

Taylor’s idea formulated when he got wind of Iranian students using Twitter for political activism rather than personal blogging. “It struck me that there could be a totally new way to use this thing,” he says, “and I’m always looking for a new way to tell a story.”

Tajo Vega sat in a Porsche in the parking lot of a golf course. He was waiting for two calls. One about the boat. One about Gus. — June 25, 2:42 p.m.

His creation is organic and constantly evolving, much like Twitter itself. And like the jungle habitat of social media, the growth of Taylor’s creature is far from finished.

“The plan is to keep telling the story. A lot of [the characters] are going to die,” Taylor says, laughing. “But if there’s enough left at the end, I’ll tell another story.”

A small audience of Twitter users — fewer than 150 — is signed on to follow the trail of Taylor’s novel. But anyone can read it at http://twitter.com/ttaylordude. Be ready to step over all the cigarette butts, blood and shell casings.

“The safety’s on,” he said calmly. “You want to kill a man, you better take off the safety.” She hit the button, rolling down his window and fired a round past his face. Powder burned his eyes. His ears rang. Cordite hung in the air. — June 26, 7:42 p.m.