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In 2016 I established my own company registered in California to engage in creative collaborations with other artists and brands. I've worked with companies like The Smithsonian Institution, The New Yorker, Red Bull Canada, The Tate, Columbia Records, and Pop Up Magazine. I've also collaborated with artists such as new media artist Solimán López, Shibuya-kei band Cornelius, LA based producer Nosaj Thing, and New Zealand pop phenom Kimbra.I concept, design, and develop interactive websites, mobile apps, and live audio-visual performances. My work gives a unique, personal, and most importantly human perspective to digital experiences. This point of view empowers artists and distinguishes brands from typical commercial digital content.

Culver City , Ca, Us

Led design and development for the WITHIN platform. Responsibilities included design and architecture of the website, the web player, and digital promotional material. Development work for the website, web player, analytics, and content management system. Co-directed two interactive virtual reality music videos: Under Neon Lights for the Chemical Brothers and What You Don’t Know for Matthew Dear. Guided internal vision for WebVR implementation and worked with external partners to improve the WebVR API.These efforts led the VR industry in how the web could serve as both a funnel to in-app content as well as showcase the unique experiences afforded through websites. Over my time at the company, the website received millions of visits and drove comparable downloads on iOS, Android, SteamVR, PSVR, and Oculus. The webplayer was embedded by the likes of WIRED, New York Magazine, and the Obama Administration.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Design and development work for Chrome Experiments, Unnumbered Sparks, Anitype, Just a Reflektor, The Peanut Gallery, This Exquisite Forest, 100,000 Stars, Life In A Day Installation at Sundance, Google IO keynote background animations, ROME: Three Dreams of Black, DataViz Challenge, and WebGL Bookcase. Finally, consulted on the development of Dosis, a premiere Google Font.In total these marketing campaigns touched hundreds of millions of people. They also attracted thousands of developers to push the limits of the web and other technologies Google makes available through their public APIs. For each project the team developed Tech Pages to show how we built the end-user experience. The Tech Pages also have corresponding Open Source repositories of the project for developers to benefit from. These projects have received numerous awards from organizations like Webby's, D&AD, The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Tribeca Film Festival, and the FWA.

Catena Di Villorba, Treviso, It

Designed and developed computer vision installation used outside of Benetton stores Milan, Munich, and Barcelona. Consulted on design and development of COLOR’s Magazine website.

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Developed external facing website and created storyboards / animatics for Verizon broadcast bumpers, TRON Legacy, Spiderman Musical, and the NFL Network.

Collaborated with fellow UCLA graduates where I designed and developed 8 websites, 3 print campaigns, 4 videos, and 3 physical installations for clients including: Cargo Collective, Aviator Nation, Hardfest, and the HAMMER Muesum.

Blip.fm is like twitter for music. I was testing the iPhone application that was developed earlier that year.

I worked, lived, and collaborated with US and Argentines to equip the community center with electricity and internet geared towards increasing technology literacy in Buenos Aires. The culmination of the residency was an art exhibition which I curated and exhibited work.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Worked with assistant professors of Interactive Multimedia, Motion Graphics, and Introduction to Graphic Design. Responsibilities were to make class website and resources for students, give tutorials, and conduct group critiques.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Aided high school students in the summer Graphic Design program through the Design | Media Arts Department. Responsibilities included critiques, sharing resources, and field trips.

I researched various ways to package perfume and explored various material avenues. End products included Moss boxes, Feather books, and Buckminster Fuller Geodesic Domes. Light IT work as well.

Designed and created look books and inspiration pamphlets for various seasons of interior design and package design.

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, New Media

Bachelor’S Degree, Design | Media Arts