About Alex

What I Do

I'm a true multimedia artist, who has the knowledge of producing content for any medium. I can support any growing design department with projects ranging from complex digital signage for retail networks to mobile user experience design to motion graphics animations for broadcast, film and web.

  • MOTION GRAPHICS
  • USER INTERFACE DESIGN
  • USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
  • WEB DESIGN
  • MOBILE MARKETING
  • EDITING
  • SOUND DESIGN
  • SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION

Education

Attended the Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA from 1998-2002 with a bachelors in fine arts.
My focus was computer animation and new media design.

Hobbies

I spend my evenings hiking outdoors or growing bonsai. Im in my zone when I build custom quadcopters with cameras on them or shoot DSLR video and edit with Premier for my YouTube channel.

Skills

  • PHOTOSHOP
  • AFTER EFFECTS
  • ILLUSTRATOR
  • PREMIER
  • SALES
  • MARKETING

Experience

Playback Technologies

2014 - present

Broadcast Graphics Designer

Designing and animating script specific content and stock footage for Fast & Furious 7, Scandal, Ray Donovan, State of Play, The Office, and Newsrooom.

EA Mobile

2013 - 2014

User Experience Designer

Designed mobile UI mockups for 'Origin', EA's in-game social network. Modified user experience flows based on A/B test results. Signed to a one-year contract.

Polychrome

2009 - 2013

Digital Video Producer

Directed, composited and match moved video content for HP 'All-In-One' PC series. Edited story driven web spots using After Effects and Maya 3D.

Ignition Creative

2006 - 2009

Motion Graphics Designer

Designed and animated TV spots for The Disney Channel. Used After Effects to convert still images into animated kiosk ads for Konami.

Schematic

2004 - 2006

Motion Graphics Animator

Designed motion graphics intro titles and lower thirds for LG, Target, and Microsoft. Animated a Sony Ericsson promo spot combining 2D and 3D elements with After Effects.

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