Alex Hays

About Alex Hays

I am a devout learner of new trades in the hope that it leads to some sort of advantageous or interesting creation. In the past I\'ve become adept in web design, web development, photography, videography (interviewing people) and editing, Figma/sketch/photoshop/fireworks (I know fireworks is dead but leaving it on because I loved it so much)/illustrator/indesign, avid media-studies type person, and media-studies influenced art (when I have the time).Specialties: Javascript / Typescript, Python, React, Redux, Node, parceljs/Webpack, gulp, Jest / Jasmine, e2e / integration testing, Backbone (ampersand), Postgresql/sql, mongodb/nosql, graphql (apollo). Keywords for searches: HTML5, CSS3, ES6, es2015, Babel, eslint, vite, rollup, pnpm, esbuild. Can do, but haven\'t done in a few years: Rails / PHP. Enjoy doing Design / Layout (Web or Print), Video Editing, Interviewing.

Experience

1. Associate Technical Director

   Left Field Labs

   Sep 2020 — Present

Education

• The University of Texas at Dallas

  BFA, Arts and Technology

  2004 — 2008

• The University of Texas at Dallas

  on Graduate MA; BA, Emerging Media and Communications; Arts and Technology

  2009 — 2011

Skills

• Video Production
• Media Studies
• Adobe Creative Suite
• User Interface Design
• Css
• Jquery Mobile
• Traditional Animation
• Social Media
• Graphic Design
• Illustrator
• Adobe Fireworks
• Css3
• Photoshop
• Art
• Html5
• Photography
• Blogging
• Fireworks
• Video Editing
• Web Development
• Javascript
• Html 5
• Indesign
• Social Networking
• Web Design
• Wordpress
• Jquery