Arie Stavchansky

About Arie Stavchansky

Dr. Stavchansky is a multi-disciplinary professional. As a practitioner of digital media for more than a decade, he works in all phases of production and has carried the titles of designer, developer, creative director, and educator. An Austin native and first generation American, his cross cultural influences, diverse industry experience and extensive education inform his analytical, creative, and technical work.Currently, he works to design interactive media products, code software applications, produce and direct video content, and guide creative and technical professionals toward delivering innovative solutions.Arie completed his Ph.D. in Digital Media Studies and Production at The University of Texas at Austin. For his dissertation he researched how video production techniques affect viewers’ trust in television news. He also holds a Master of Design in Interaction Design from Carnegie Mellon University and a B.S. in Radio, Television, Film from UT Austin. After completing his Ph.D, he worked as a lecturer educating graduate and undergraduate students.His industry experience spans across a range of brand and studio sizes. He has worked on shipped products for well-known companies such as Nintendo, Warner Brothers, Sony, Dell and Cisco Systems. Agencies and studios he has worked with include Chicago-based Digital Kitchen, Los Angeles-based Mac Guff, New York-based Radical Media, Sony Online Entertainment and Seamless Entertainment. Currently he is founder of Dataclay, a company providing automation systems for video production workflow.Specialties: Conceptual Design & StoryboardingInformation / Interaction / Interface DesignImplementing prototypes of novel interactionsWeb Application Design & DevelopmentDigital CompositingCollaboration

Experience

1. Founder

   Dataclay

   Jul 2014 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Developing state-of-the-art video customization software for motion graphic designers and post-production professionals to easily customize professionally produced video templates using external data sets. As founder I undertake duties ranging from product development, business development, marketing, community outreach, and sales. I architected, implemented, and quality assured Dataclay’s premiere product, Templater, as an extension to Adobe Systems’ After Effects (AE) application. I used the following languages to build the product: C++, JavaScript, ExtendScript, bash scripts, and Visual Basic. Integrated the C++ code with Adobe After Effects’ SDK and cross-compiled using XCode and VisualStudio. I integrated Google Sheets’ API into the product so users can pipe data from their Google Drive spreadsheets into their video compositions.

Education

• Carnegie Mellon University

  M.Des., Interaction Design

  2000 — 2002

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Ph.D., Digital Media Studies & Production

  2002 — 2007

• The University of Texas at Austin

  B.S., Radio-TV-Film

  1995 — 1998

Skills

• Brand Strategy
• Information Architecture
• Premiere
• Html
• Adobe Illustrator
• Usability
• Entrepreneurship
• Digital Compositing
• Adobe Air
• Adobe Aftereffects
• Art Direction
• Linux
• User Interface Design
• Windows Os / Windows Server
• Information Design
• Web Design
• Interaction Design
• Animation
• Indesign
• Video
• Video Production
• Adobe Flash Media Server (Fms)
• Jquery
• Brand Architecture
• Spss / Data Analytics
• Motion Graphics
• Photoshop
• Actionscript
• User-Centered Design
• Css
• Interface Design
• User Experience
• 3d Rendering
• Flash
• Adobe Premiere
• Contract Negotiation
• Creative Direction
• Mysql
• Osx
• Graphics