Hi, my name is Alex.
I am a highly curious creative, strategist and artist driven by how technology enables expression and belonging.
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βοΈ alex@thebez.lol
π New York
Portrait by Dan Wang
Currently,
I am working as an independent strategist, learning about emerging ways that the next generation of culture shapers create images.
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A part-time faculty at Parsons the New School of Design, teaching Professional Practices alongside Elizabeth Renstrom where we work with senior BFA Photography students to kickstart their professional creative careers.
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Run TAGTAGTAG, an online arts publication where I document conversations and highlight emerging creatives around the world.
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Tinkering, editing and experimenting on a few personal visual, photographic projects as part of my creative practice.
*Portfolio is available upon request.
Previously,
Engaged young adult communities, developed product insights and go to market strategies at Here.fm as their Head of Community.
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Led the Creative Insights and Curation team at Instagramβs Community Lab where I consulted internal teams with data driven creative and cultural strategies, influencing the work of marketing, product and partnerships teams.
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Created and curated content to highlight stories from Instagramβs growing community, supporting a wide array of product go to markets (Stories, Video) as part of the community team.
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Oversaw photographic imagery for Time.com, Airbnb and NYC GO
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Photographed and created visuals (GIFs!) for a variety of clients like The Fader, Vice, Bloomberg Businessweek and Converse.