jonray

My senior year in high school, I spent a week designing a giant Milk carton to resemble that of a popular ad campaign of the time. I have always loved the world of advertising and marketing. This blog is a way for me to vent the thoughts of a twenty-something male, living in a world that is teeming with brand messages. I often get carried away and want to go back to the future, though I’ve yet to go for the first time. One of my most supernatural experiences happened in the bathroom of a Ste...

My senior year in high school, I spent a week designing a giant Milk carton to resemble that of a popular ad campaign of the time. I have always loved the world of advertising and marketing. This blog is a way for me to vent the thoughts of a twenty-something male, living in a world that is teeming with brand messages. I often get carried away and want to go back to the future, though I’ve yet to go for the first time. One of my most supernatural experiences happened in the bathroom of a Steak & Ale. The other was watching Captain EO in 3D at Disneyland when I was six. People that attend college and then never open another book, frustrate me. That frustration turns into annoyance when they think they are smarter than me because they have a framed sheet of paper. That annoyance turns to earnest indignation when that person’s “sheet of paper” is from Hamburger University. Before I die, I’d like to take a crack at being President of the United States of America. Either that, or maybe just play the President on television. Apply that same formula to: doctor, astronaut, Olympic athlete, gunfighter and Santa Clause. — In 2005, Jon Ray founded PAPERTANK (formerly Suited Productions), a media production and marketing company based in Austin, Texas. Since then, he has produced countless commercials, music videos and internet video packages for local and regional clients. His last short film, The Anatomy of a Frog, won a Texas Film Production Fund grant. He is currently working with Saatchi & Saatchi, L.A., as an internet marketing consultant. He has starred in 16 national Toyota commercials under this same agency’s campaign, Toyota presents Jon and JJ: The Line of Scrimmage. As an actor, Jon Ray has appeared in multiple national and regional commercial campaigns; he has starred in a regional feature film, several award-winning short films, hosted a music television show and appeared on MTV several times (Fresh New Look, TRL, Room Raiders, MTV Movie Awards 2007). He has representation through Collier Talent Agency and is actively seeking work.