Stuart R. Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, United States

Innovative full-stack coder and technical artist with a passion for developing unique solutions for B2B and B2C clients, I apply my experience and perspectives to take the initiative on projects and resolve challenges from B2B, B2C and everyone in between, with a constant focus on thinking about how to improve workflows for coworkers and their own projects.

Greater New York City Area

At Vanguard, I created public service art through PSAs and government websites and motion designs using my tech understanding blended with art to guide the technical side of projects. Design choices impact code – my UX designs respected the technical process by making thoughtful choices—like simplifying complex application interfaces—that improved user experience and also simplified coding.

New York

I consulted on projects ranging from live-streaming event websites with interactive seminars to VR visualizations, bringing creative, technical, and UX expertise to each project. I was hands-on with client relations, budgeting, team coordination, architecture, coding, and the creation of immersive art experiences.Highlights Include:Virtual Lincoln Center: I created a VR representation of Lincoln Center in New York City to visualize staging setups. Using Unity and voice commands, I designed an experience where navigating from the stage to the back of house was as simple as speaking.Live Data Parallax: For ESRI, the leading Geographic Information System (GIS) company’s live seminar, I designed and programmed a 2D + 3D parallax landing page that took in live geolocation data streams pinpointing attendees from around the world.AI Foundation Voice Avatar: Before the popular culture hype I worked on the transforming IP of a traditional toy into an interactive voice avatar driven by AI streaming live on an iOS device. Disney Upfronts Event: As a motion design manager and technical lead, I coordinated and oversaw the production of animated graphics, ensuring flawless delivery across multiple screens during live events at large venues.

Greater New York City Area

As a full-stack developer versed in the entertainment sector, I’ve devised solutions for Broadway shows and their fanbase, focusing on the niche genre of live theater. I brainstormed and coded projects for the front of house (websites) and the back of house (the tools that studios and performers could connect with).Ticket Buying and Lottery: connected the Ticketmaster API to the website for live updates on availability and to help customize the fan experience per show.Site Migration: Migrated on-going play sites to WordPress Engine for shared asset management and performance scaling.One-off Solutions: Developed custom Nginx staging-to-production tools for smaller show sites, often in preview stages before they gained popularity or were abruptly closed. Early in a show’s life, it was important to enable quick remakes of full layouts, copy and assets, allowing the site to tact with changing marketing needs as a show found its visual identity.

Greater New York City Area

Consulted with various teams on the development of experiences through coding concepts ranging from kiosks to rich media advertising. Kiosk: Developed a game for Citibank as an on-location experience as a marketing hook for their services kiosk.AR: Created AR reactive advertisement that combined QR codes with simple avatar and products in print magazines.Rich Media: Worked with outside media placement, such as Bloomberg, for full video takeovers for campaigns such as HP services.Ad Games: Developed micro-game engines, such as drop and catch and maze-driving game, for reusing with HP campaigns.Site Specs: Gave UX, site architecture and code advice for various projects.Team Lead: Onboarded, guided and mentored new coders.

New York City Area

Developed a custom digital mood board system, named Moody, to streamline brainstorming processes between various teams. My role included the creation of multimedia ads ActionScript and JavaScript ads and experience.Animated Ad Templates: Tooled a low-code animation system for products, such as Tiffanies. The result was a custom and flexible templates to fit into the various ad spaces of the publication.Infographics Engine: Wrote a reusable infographic engine to deliver branching click-through stories for custom ad units.

New York, New York

Created ad banners, micro sites and featured interactives with Flash and JavaScript focused on technology and professional products, such as Canon camera releases.

New York

Worked as lead developer for a WebToons-style community platform for sharing and translating international comics. Publishing System: Built a content publishing system enabling comic strip authors to schedule and manage releases. Using crowdsourcing, authors were able to connect with volunteers to create localized translations of their comics. The system also automated the process of converting their collection to EPUB format (XHTML) and packaging for distribution.

Co-created an outdoor LED screen experience for the arts in New York City.Partnerships and Show Programming: Identified partnerships and cultivated the relationship. Focused on local Universities (endless supply of art content) and film festivals to bring content and audience to the venue.Show Scheduling: Using JavaScript, developed a custom scheduling system for lining up show blocks and playing videos - going beyond the stock playback system - cut down on file conversion time.

Provided project and development solutions ranging from products, such as an ecommerce back-end interface for Fuji Electric, to professional and fan sites for Canon and Showtime.

Greater New York City Area

Dating/Content Startup - I worked as a Developer of Digital Innovations, where I implemented early streaming solutions along with the development of a custom syndicating portal for dating and lifestyle content.