Alek V.

Alek V. has a diverse work experience spanning different industries. Starting from 2022, Alek is currently employed as a Front-End Web Developer at DexCare, a company that specializes in delivering fast mobile websites and offers competitive features for clients. Prior to this, Alek owned and operated Racing Heart Entertainment since 1994, providing a range of creative services such as music, graphic design, motion graphics, video editing, and web design. Alek's expertise in design and production continued at eMedia Music, where they served as the Art Director for 14 years and concurrently held the role of Production Manager for three years. Alek's skills include designing product packaging, advertising material, and contributing to software UI and UX design. Additionally, Alek briefly worked as a QA Automation Developer at Terrene Web Solutions, Inc. and as a Seasonal Versatile Graphic Designer at Premier Agendas, Inc. Alek's earlier experience includes working as a Production Layout Artist at JWT SPECIALIZED COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, where they designed recruitment ads for Fortune 500 companies, and as a Graphic Designer for the X-Files Set Department at 20th Century Fox Film Corporation.

Alek V. completed a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Media Arts with a film emphasis at the University of Arizona from 1989 to 1993. Following this, Alek pursued an MBA at the University of Arizona - Eller College of Management, focusing on Entrepreneurship & Marketing from 1993 to 1994.

In addition to their formal education, Alek V. obtained several additional certifications. These include the following courses and certifications:

- "Mastering TypeScript - 2022 Edition" from Udemy in January 2023.

- "Master the Coding Interview: Data Structures + Algorithms" from Udemy in November 2022.

- "Graphic Design Foundations: Typography" from Lynda.com in April 2021.

- "Logo Trend Report 2019-2020" from Lynda.com in April 2021.

- "Music Production: Techniques and Concepts" from Lynda.com in April 2021.

- "Photoshop-Illustrator-InDesign Powercombo for Design" from Lynda.com in April 2021.

- "Typography: Working With Grids" from Lynda.com in April 2021.

- "Advertising on Facebook" from Lynda.com in March 2021.

- "Branding For Designers" from Lynda.com in March 2021.

- "Designing an Annual Report in InDesign" from Lynda.com in March 2021.

- "Excel for Mac: PivotTables in Depth" from Lynda.com in March 2021.

- "Mixing For Composers (with Dennis Sands)" from Cinematic Composing in December 2020.

- "After Effects 2020 Essential Training: The Basics" from Lynda.com in October 2020.

- "After Effects 2020 New Features" from Lynda.com in October 2020.

- "After Effects CC 2019 New Features" from Lynda.com in October 2020.

- "After Effects Guru: Mastering Cameras and Lights" from Lynda.com in October 2020.

- "Logic Pro X New Features" from LinkedIn in October 2020.

- "Audition CC 2019 Essential Training" from Lynda.com in August 2020.

- "Audio Mixing Bootcamp" from LinkedIn in July 2020.

- "Audio Recording Techniques" from LinkedIn in July 2020.