Jason Clarke
Lead Account Executive, Newspack at Automattic
Orono, Maine, United States
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Top SchoolJason Clarke is a digital strategist and sales leader with over a decade of experience turning editorial and technical vision into reliable web and mobile products, currently onboarding publishers as Lead Account Executive for Newspack at Automattic. He has a deep WordPress pedigree—spanning hands-on development, account strategy, and product-led sales—from building custom themes and high-traffic blogs to directing client strategy at 10up. Jason’s background includes early blogging-era wins such as designing the Media Bloggers Association brand and a web aggregation tool that earned national media attention, evidence of his knack for marrying technical craft with storytelling. He led RainStorm through a strategic pivot from agency services to hosting and recurring revenue, demonstrating operational and commercial acumen beyond pure product work. An author whose co-written book spent six weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, he brings uncommon experience in content, audience building, and media-savvy communications to technical sales. Based in Orono, Maine, he blends entrepreneurial instincts with a proven track record of growing partnerships that prioritize open platforms and long-term publisher success.
13 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Literature, Literature at New England CollegeCreative Writing, Creative Writing at Emerson College
English
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Github Skills (12)
redirection8
wordpress8
redirect8
redux8
wordpress-plugin8
react7
nodejs7
javascript7
api7
intranet5
underscores5
gutenberg3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jgclarke/groundwork
Sep 2012 - Apr 2014
Contributions:21 commits in 1 year 7 months
jgclarke/baseline
Apr 2014 - May 2014
Contributions:15 commits in 25 days
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