Hello, I'm Jason, and I build websites.

This is a one stop shop. I've got you covered from design to development.

I enjoy helping small businesses form online marketing strategies. And I'll answer your questions about SEO, Twitter, and other web trends without unnecessary tech talk. In the end, I will empower you with the knowledge and tools to maintain the web presence we build together.

Armed with seminary training and 15 years of ministry experience, I understand the unique needs of Churches, Mission Agencies, and Non-Profits. Unleash my unique skill-set on your project, and I'll deliver creative solutions while keeping an eye on cost. I care about stewardship, so I've made it my business to know the best values in communication technology and aim for the sweet spot where quality AND affordability converge.

Jason Loftis

In 2008, I wrapped up graduate studies at Fuller Theological Seminary's Brehm Center, a unique school dedicated to an integrated study of art, culture, and theology. The church and non-profit web designs in my portfolio represent the fruit of my parallel pursuits in theological training and studio production during my 3 years at Fuller.

It was my privilege to become a Slacker after graduation. I learned a great deal as a visual designer with the internet radio startup. But alas, I was among the casualties of the economic downturn only 9 months into the gig. But I took the lay off as an opportunity to hone my skills as a freelancer. A variety of projects for small businesses, churches, and individuals refined my technical knowledge and pushed my art in new directions. What started as an experiment, is now a growing small business of my own.

I'm originally from Chicagoland. My life adventures have included working with butchers, managing a warehouse, editing video for a media company, serving as a missionary in the Philippines, and pastoring young adults in Orange County. I don't eat enough vegetables, but I've never come across a plate of buffalo wings I didn't like. I believe Over the Rhine is the best band you've never heard of and AngleBall is the coolest sport you've never played. Going to movies and reading crime novels are occasional distractions.

Web Services

Plan: Building an effective web presence is a process, and it begins with an interview in person or over the phone. I want to learn all about the nature of your organization or business. That way, we can effectively choose the web tools that best fit your project. The point of a website is to communicate something, so it is imperative that we establish a blueprint of your content. This includes a site map outlining the organization of your content and wireframe sketches depicting basic layout ideas.

Design: Based on our wireframes, I create a design concept and pitch it to you for your review and feedback. After some give and take, we'll nail down a final composition.

Develop: In most cases, I recommend using a content management system (CMS), a piece of software on the web server that provides a word-processor like interface for maintaining the text and images in the body of the site. I develop templates for the CMS in accordance with current web standards. Sites are coded in XHTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, and Flash (as needed).

Publish: A beautiful website with lots of great content is useless if it doesn't attract visitors. As a final step, I submit a site map to Google and utilize its Webmaster + Analytics Tools to optimize your site for "organic" search results relevant to your content. In addition, I train you to use the content management system, so you are free to maintain the site yourself. But if you prefer, you can retain my Webmaster services, and I'll continue to provide support.

Project Portfolio

This website is a work in progress. Eventually, I will document case studies from my design and development experience. But right now, I am too busy with client work to make such improvements to my personal site.

For now, you may browse an archive of some of my work from 2008 and earlier at Behance.net.

The following links include some of of my 2009 projects.

• California Ethical Real Estate Funding
• Quebus Ventures
• AdvisorGuide
• Burch Construction
• Clendenen Group
• Higher Ground Adventures
• Join DayZero - OC Youth Event
• Calvary Church of Santa Ana (Work in Progress)
• Pasadena Covenant Church (Work in Progress)

My Blog

Some of you may arrive at JLOFT.com expecting to see my blog. I pulled it down and replaced it with this simple website. Eventually, I plan to re-design the blog and re-launch it as a resource focused on sharing web design + development links and articles.

In the meantime, follow me elsewhere on the web. If you're a fellow web designer or developer, you may find my Delicious Bookmarks and Amplify Clips particularly useful. I also post links to design resources in my Twitter Feed.

• Behance Portfolio
• LinkedIn Profile
• Facebook Profile
• Twitter Feed
• Delicious Bookmarks (Lots of Links Related to Design/Dev)
• Amplify Clips (Aggregation of ExpressionEngine Resources)
• Vimeo Video Profile
• Flickr Photo Stream
• Shelfari Bookshelf

Contact Me

Jason Loftis
Business Email: hello@jloft.com
Business Phone: 619.365.5638

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