Senior Creative based in Brooklyn
Alex is the founder of 1R Design Studio, a creative design studio providing a wide range of dynamic executions.

Awards & Honors
NY Park's & Rec Fresh Chef Contest: 2nd Place | 2024
NY Festivals Advertising Awards, Print: Health & Wellness | Shortlisted 2020
MvVo Oculus: Featured Photographer, NYC 2020
MvVo Link NYC: Featured Photographer, NYC 2019
Superfine!: Featured Photographer, Washington, D.C. 2018
Sotheby’s: Featured Photographer 2017
Katie’s Art Project [the art project]: Curator and Featured Photographer, NYC 2017
Freelance/Self-Employed 1R Design Studios LLC. (October 2022-Current)
Senior Digital Designer / Web Designer (UI) / Associate Art Director (Digital) - Brooklyn, NY
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Digital design, Web Design, and e-commerce asset creation for a wide range of clients including: Bayer, Urban Decay Cosmetics, The Farmer’s Dog, Understood.org (nonprofit), Subway Sandwiches, Tattly Temporary Tattoos, Sunrise Movement, SkinCeuticals, Waterloo Sparkling Water, and other emerging startup brands.
Wix.com/Wix Design Playground (October 2021-October 2022)
Design Educator / Product (UX) Specialist - New York, NY
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Educating and empowering graphic design students from top design universities around the globe to create responsive web portfolios. My team and I took our students through a 5-week courses teaching design principles, creative concepting, mood boarding, motion design, UX/UI, and wireframing Universities included: New School, Pratt, SCAD, MICA, Parsons, UF, FIT, Carnegie Mellon, Yale, SVA, NC State, Bezalel Academy, RMCAD, and more.
21 Grams (October 2020-November 2021)
Senior Art Director/Digital Designer - New York, NY
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Lead Art Director and Digital Designer of Direct to Consumer Pharmaceuticals, focused on bringing humanity to the world of pharmaceuticals.
Oliver Agency (August 2019 - October 2020)
Digital Art Director/Digital Designer - New York, NY
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Art Director and Designer for beauty/haircare brands including: Love Beauty & Planet, Tresemmé, St. Ives, and Suave. Creative lead on photo shoots used cross-platform. Design lead for e-comm activations including banners and other B2C assets.
Beauty @ Gotham (January 2019 - August 2019)
Digital Design Lead - New York, NY
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Lead Digital Designer for global social and digital assets for Maybelline Cosmetics, including graphics, gifs, and web modules. Specializing in the APAC beauty Markets.
Wunderman (June 2016 - October 2018)
Global Social Design Manager - New York, NY
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Lead designer and social media manager for Wunderman’s global communication channels. Originally at Wunderman D.C. as an Art Direction Intern and was promoted twice. This included a move to HQ in NYC as
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Global Social Media Coordinator. Within my first year, I was promoted to Global Creative Content Manager.
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Fueled a 200% growth in Wunderman’s social media channels
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Launched a global campaign with Adobe at Cannes Lions Festival which garnered 23 million impressions
Work
Education
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD): B.F.A. Advertising and Branding, Spring 2016 – Savannah, GA
Skills
Design: Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
Graphic Design, UI/UX Design, Branding. Logo Design, Wireframing, Prototyping, Dev handoff, Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, as well as Sketch, Figma, Miro, Notion, Motion Graphics, Branding
Art Direction: Able to execute fresh, strong design solutions based on brief and team direction.
Conceptual Creative, On-set production, Pitch Deck Creation. Able to enhance design and execution in response to established brand guidelines. Proficient in the execution of production-ready files.
Photo: Still Life Photography, Product Photography, Photo Retouching, AI Creative Integration & Optimisation, Social Media Specialist (Content Creator 13k+ following)
Styling: Fashion Trend Forecasting, and Extensive knowledge of Fibers (textiles)
General: Strong client presentation skills, organization between multiple projects, managing and mentoring others
Continued Education
School of Astonishing Pursuits with Danilo Boer: Art-Director Megamachine
Debbie Millman | Why We Brand Why We Buy
The New York Times | Art Direction For Print/Web
General Assembly | Social Marketing and Strategy for Brands
Jessica Walsh of "& Walsh" | Incorporating Fun into Work