Working at a fast growing ad agency, you have to learn how to be nimble and jump from project to project on a moments notice. Sometimes, this means switching between 6, 7 or more projects a day. As a web developer, this means opening the project on my preferred code editor, opening a terminal for git, grunt and all other terminal commands as well as sometimes opening the folder in finder when we’re working on front end. Enter Kitty Launcher!
Who am I? I am someone who loves art and innovation. Since I was very young, I loved games, toys, animation and computers so naturally I went to the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale and received my Bachelor’s in Media Arts and Animation. I acquired a job as a graphic designer that eventually led a position as Web Designer and then Web Developer. I began expanding my knowledge-base to include web and application development, server configurations, information architecture, multifaceted campaign strategy and everything in between.
Now, I am the Senior Digital Director at República using all that I’ve learned to lead my team of award-winning designers and developers in all digital executions, including web sites, applications and rich-media campaigns, for iconic brands such as Burger King, Boehringer Ingelheim, Miami Dolphins, Pernod Ricard, NBCUniversal and others.
2009 Holiday Card Factory made for República’s 2009 Holiday Card
Interactive experience for Baptist Miami Cardiovascular Institute featuring scrollMagic, parallax, sprite and svg animation.
Redesign for Sedano’s Supermarkets built on Wordpress and featuring parallax and scrollmagic.
I’ve always loved video game consoles. This is a concept render for an “old school” top loader.
A stereoscopic 3D render of the República logo made in Modo. Bring out your pair of 3d glasses!
Concept render for Chivas Digital Bartender modeled and rendered in Modo.
Initiative for U.S. citizenship in partnership with The White House and Civic Nation.
Another fluid/responsive design developed using bootstrap and wordpress.
In progress self-portrait made in Modo. Hope to finish modelling and texturing someday.
Complete redesign for Baptist Health News blog including custom API.
An interactive Holiday card made for Pernod Ricard Americas Travel Retail.
Real estate website in created in collaboration with Elephant Avenue.
Website Barbara Bush Foundation for family literacy built on Wordpress.
A Modo re-render of a model first created in 2004 while in the Animation program at MIU.
A fluid and responsive design for an upcoming technology conference.
Originally modeled in Maya back in 2004; I refined it, added detail and re-textured in modo.
Diabetes initiative for Boehringer Ingelheim. Site built in Laravel featuring parallax and scrollmagic animation.
A single page design with a subtle parallax effect. Developed using bootstrap, jQuery and Wordpress.
Website for new restaurant, Zest Miami, by renown chef Cindy Hutson
Corporate site for ARA Food, makers of Mariquitas, Tropical Chips and other plantain chip brands.
Real estate website in created in collaboration with Elephant Avenue.
Got a freelance project, a question about anything I’ve worked on or just want to say “hello”? Use the form to send me a message. I’ll generally respond fairly quickly but sometimes life has a way of getting in the way of me checking my email so if it’s important, hit me up on twitter @xcast3d.
