JAY KASLO

DESIGNER + ARTIST + ANIMATOR + VIDEOMAKER + PODCASTER

+ CONTENT CREATOR BLOGGER YOUTUBER PHOTOGRAPHER AI ENTHUSIAST ENTREPRENEUR INSTRUCTOR CURATOR POP CULTURE JUNKIE ARMY BRAT PREACHER'S KID NEW YORKER (LIVING IN PHILLY) SPELLING BEE CHAMPION INTROVERT (INTJ / INFJ) FREE SPEECH ADVOCATE TYPOGRAPHER OCCASIONAL HUMORIST

Professional

Jay Kaslo is a multi-disciplinary creative director currently based in Philadelphia, specializing in design, motion graphics, video editing, art & illustration, branding, and original content creation.

Agency Experience

  • R/GA
  • THE STRING THEORY
  • LEAGAS DELANEY
  • WIEDEN+KENNEDY
  • PIRANHA NYC
  • LOYALKASPAR
  • THE BROOKLYN BROTHERS
  • FROG DESIGN
  • DIGITAL KITCHEN
  • CORE 77
  • HUGE
  • JWT
  • ATMOSPHERE BBDO
  • PHOENIX POP

 

Clients (Abridged List)

Education

  • B.S. Industrial engineering & Management Science (Northwestern University)
  • Digital marketing (General Assembly)

Skills & Proficiencies

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Adobe Audition
  • Figma
  • Midjourney
  • Notion
  • Procreate
  • WordPress & Elementor

Interviews & Features

  • Kaliber 10000 (K10K) 
  • Design Is Kinky
  • Webzine 2000 (panel speaker)
  • Digital Vision / Getty Images “Infinity Series” (Invited to design two titles, 2001-2002)
  • AAFilmLab 72 Hour Film Shootout (2005): Directorial debut “Make or Break” screened at AAIFF (Asian American International Film Festival)
  • Cut & Paste design competition (2006)
  • HGTV “Freestyle” episode (2006)
  • Featured in IdN Magazine
  • “300: Maximus Rectus Abdominis” short film finished in Top 15 films in MTV’s Movie Spoof Competition (2007) 
  • Speaker at A.D. Agency (Redeemer Presbyterian Church, 2008)
  • NYIT 2010 Film Festival (“The Twitter Film” screening + panel discussion)
  • TAKT Artist Residency (Berlin, 2011)
  • Toca Me
  • Guest lecturer for “Holistic Interaction Design” mini-course at General Assembly (2014)
  • Animation Career Magazine interview (2017)

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Play Reel

Jay Kaslo's entire design & animation career shrunk into a 1+ minute video montage.

Personal

Vitals

  • Name: Jay Kaslo
  • A.K.A.: “Jay Kaslo”, “PK”, “PKSTYLE”, “PJ”, “JAYKAZ”, “The guy from introversion.com”
  • Other monikers: Slackluster, Wetmilk, Singlepixel, Epset
  • Height: 6’2″
  • Weight: ~185 lb
  • Tattoos: 2

Personality+

  • Myers-Briggs Personality Type: INTJ / INFJ
  • Enneagram:
    • Type 4: The Artist. (Intuitive, reserved.)
    • Type 5: The Thinker. (Perceptive, cerebral.)

 

* Only 2 percent of the population is INTJ.
* Only 1 percent of the population is INFJ.

Unique Snowflake

Other than his sister, Jay has never encountered someone who’s all three:

  1. 1st generation Indian American
  2. Preacher’s kid, and
  3. Army brat.

 

If you are one such unique snowflake, Jay would like to buy you a coke.

Philosophy

On August 4th, 2010, he tweeted:

Life is an experiment. Test your hypotheses.

This is how he’s approached life these last 10+ years, and continues to do so in the 2020s. He’s also recently started gravitating toward stoicism, minimalism, and essentialism.

Daily life

How Jay spends his days…

  • Pushing pixels.
  • Building brands.
  • Turning the side hustle into main hustle.
  • Making art.
  • Making music.
  • Substacking.
  • Drawing.
  • Podcasting.
  • Listening to music (constantly).
  • Watching films. Binge watching series.
  • Photographing signage and strangers (from a distance).
  • Traveling the world.
  • Swiping left.
  • Being a total hermit. (Classic introvert.)
  • Quoting Seinfeld. Or Simpsons. Or Star Wars.
  • Exercising the gaskets.
  • Singing in the shower.
  • Karaoke’ing whenever possible.
  • Obsessing over KPOP.
  • Updating playlists.
  • Thermostat: 75+ degrees year round.
  • Making smoothies. Making salads.
  • Eating smoothies. Eating salads.
  • Avoiding Facebook.
  • Working out. (Mostly weights.)
  • Being a good stoic.
  • YouTube tutorials.
  • Duolingo: German & Japanese.
  • Watching Premier League & Champions League.
  • Watching Arsenal blow a lead to end up with a draw.
  • Also… watching Arsenal come from behind to get a draw.
  • Betting on football (“soccer”).
  • Amusing himself. (Interpret as you will.)
  • Plotting world domination.
  • Making lists. (Classic INTJ.)
  • Becoming the best version of himself.
  • Making the world a better place.

Yes, please.

  • Dogs! (especially 柴犬)
  • Helvetica
  • Football (A.K.A. “Soccer”)
  • Pop culture
  • Snickerdoodles
  • Bananas Foster ice cream
  • Tacos
  • Riesling
  • T-Shirts
  • Cosplay
  • Art
  • Design
  • Photography
  • Gifs
  • Memes
  • Travel
  • 日本
  • Deutschland
  • NYC
  • Fitness
  • Pancakes
  • Robots
  • Graffiti
  • Michael Jordan (G.O.A.T.)
  • Fashion
  • Audrey Hepburn
  • Neon
  • Helmets
  • Triumph the Insult Dog
  • Gangnam Style
  • Karaoke
  • Dance
  • Penguins
  • Freedom of Speech
  • Minimalism
  • Lists (obviously)

Cinematic adventures

  • Star Wars (original trilogy)
  • Swingers
  • The Matrix
  • The Princess Bride
  • Amelie
  • Office Space
  • L.A. Story
  • Groundhog Day
  • Quick Change
  • Lost in Translation
  • Aladdin
  • Spaceballs
  • Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
  • Kamikaze Girls (下妻物語)
  • Battle Royale
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • Team America
  • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
  • Austin Powers (Trilogy)
  • Back to the Future (I and II)
  • Her
  • 500 Days of Summer
  • Avengers (Infinity War)
  • Beetlejuice
  • Happy Gilmore
  • Before Sunrise (+Before Sunset & Before Midnight)
  • Exit Through the Gift Shop
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • CB4
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  • Clash of the Titans (1981)
  • Top Gun
  • Days of Thunder
  • Deadpool
  • Deuce Bigalow Male Gigolo
  • The Devil’s Advocate
  • Dogma
  • Dumb & Dumber
  • Ex Machina
  • Fight Club
  • Get Out
  • Good Will Hunting
  • Idiocracy
  • Jerry Maguire
  • Jexi
  • Kickass
  • Kill Bill (Vol 1 & 2)
  • Kung Fu Hustle
  • Labyrinth
  • The Lego Movie
  • Lord of the Rings (original trilogy)
  • Love Strikes! (モテキ)
  • Macgruber
  • Major League
  • Mars Attacks
  • M3GAN
  • Men at Work
  • Minority Report
  • Mulholland Drive
  • My Fair Lady
  • The Naked Gun
  • Not Another Teen Movie
  • Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure
  • Reality Bites
  • Run Lola Run
  • Shallow Hal
  • Snatch
  • Sliding Doors
  • Spies Like Us
  • Summer School
  • The Terminator (1 & 2)
  • Three Amigos
  • Tron: Legacy
  • Top Secret
  • Vicky Christina Barcelona
  • Wedding Crashers
  • The Wedding Singer
  • Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
  • When Harry Met Sally
  • White Men Can’t Jump
  • Young Frankenstein
  • Zombieland
  • Zoolander
  • Airplane!
  • Vivarium

On TV…

  • Game of Thrones
  • Seinfeld
  • The Simpsons
  • Family Guy
  • Californication
  • Dexter
  • The Wonder Years
  • Black Mirror
  • Twin Peaks
  • The Boys
  • Flight of the Conchords
  • Happy Endings
  • Chappelle’s Show
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm
  • In Living Color
  • South Park
  • True Blood
  • Stranger Things
  • Cobra Kai
  • The White Lotus
  • Love
  • Lucifer
  • Alice in Borderland
  • Living With Yourself
  • The Office
  • Freaks & Geeks
  • Fubar
  • Portlandia
  • Mystery Science Theater 3000
  • The Mandalorian
  • Mr. Robot
  • The Last of Us
  • Daredevil
  • The Punisher
  • This is Us
  • Beavis & Butthead
  • The Critic
  • Futurama
  • Scrubs
  • Robot Chicken
  • Mad Men
  • Homeland
  • Key & Peele
  • Crashing
  • Silicon Valley
  • The Flash
  • Terrace House
  • Squid Game
  • Transformers
  • G.I. Joe
  • Gobots
  • M.A.S.K.
  • You

On repeat…

  • Radiohead / Thom Yorke
  • Nine Inch Nails / Trent Reznor
  • LCD Soundsystem
  • The Smiths / Morrissey
  • Cannons
  • The Cranberries
  • Queen
  • Rage Against the Machine
  • Abba
  • AC/DC
  • Psy
  • Momoland (모모랜드)
  • Prince
  • Michael Jackson
  • The Bee Gees
  • Ben Folds
  • Benny Benassi
  • Cake
  • CHVRCHES
  • Daft Punk
  • Dave Matthews Band
  • Depeche Mode
  • Elise Trouw
  • Eminem
  • Girl Talk
  • Guns N’ Roses
  • Hall & Oates
  • James Brown
  • Jamiroquai
  • Jodeci
  • Justice
  • Kool & the Gang
  • Led Zeppelin
  • LL Cool J
  • M83
  • Madonna
  • Netsky
  • Notorious B.I.G.
  • OK GO
  • Peaches
  • Perez Prado
  • Phil Collins
  • The Police
  • Richard Cheese
  • Smashing Pumpkins
  • Snoop Dogg
  • Sublime
  • Superorganism
  • Tears for Fears
  • Tom Petty
  • Travis
  • U2 

Humor

  • Dave Chappelle
  • Chris Rock
  • Patrice O’Neal
  • Bill Burr
  • Kevin Hart
  • Louis CK
  • Norm Macdonald
  • Zach Galifianakis
  • George Carlin
  • Steven Wright
  • Demetri Martin
  • Jim Jefferies
  • Ricky Gervais
  • Russell Peters
  • Patton Oswalt
  • Jay London
  • Sebastian Maniscalco
  • Anthony Jeselnik
  • Jim Norton
  • Todd Barry
  • Taylor Tomlinson
  • Jon Stewart
  • Jim Carrey
  • Jerry Seinfeld
  • Larry David
  • Conan O’Brien
  • Craig Ferguson
  • Dana Carvey
  • Bill Maher
  • Jeff Ross
  • Gilbert Gottfried
  • John Cleese
  • Greg Giraldo
  • Charlie Murphy
  • Garfunkel & Oates
  • Kristen Wiig
  • Melissa Villaseñor
  • Nikki Glaser

Fine artists

  • Edgar Degas
  • Chuck Close
  • Yoshitomo Nara
  • Egon Schiele
  • Lisa Yuskavage
  • Fafi 
  • Banksy
  • Chris Ware
  • Mark Rothko

Reading material

  • The Fountainhead
  • Animal Farm
  • 1984
  • Essentialism
  • Third Culture Kids
  • Military Brats
  • The Pursuit of Perfect
  • The Poisoning of Eros 

Creative Mentors

  • Chris Cunningham
  • Jonathan Leong
  • Bradley Grosh (GMUNK)
  • Matt Owens (Volume One)
  • Mike Young (DesignGraphik)
  • Mike Winkelmann (Beeple)

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