Matthew Stephen

- Security Clearance: Active U.S. Government Clearance - Utilizes various forms of both open and closed source AI models and programs to plan, build and implement stylized multimedia products for government clientele. - Produced end-to-end visual content including video, illustration, photo, animation, AI model output, and brief-based deliverables using tools like ComfyUI, Runway, Wan, Kling, Flux, Stable Diffusion, and Adobe Suite. - Crafts and maintains multiple avatars across various forms of media using AI techniques such as LoRA model training, text2image and image2video workflows, and Kling Avatar. - Codes via AI to build applications used in streamlining time-heavy AI LoRA training processes, vastly reducing the time it takes in developing multimedia products. - Created internal educational assets and demos to help stakeholders understand AI-enhanced design workflows. - Collaborated with creative and engineering teams to identify friction points in workflows and develop visuals that clearly communicated technical intent. - Researched and managed multiple creative pipelines at once, increasing team output by 50% while maintaining high visual quality and consistency via the use of Generative AI. - Delivered presentations and internal training materials on generative art tools, model tuning, and AI-enhanced asset production.

Maintained numerous clients simultaneously while conveying explicit and detailed communication throughout each developmental phase, ensuring complete understanding on both sides. Explored multiple layout options through the use of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Fresco. Put to use a rich proficiency in free-hand sketching and illustrating to visually communicate content directly to customers, keeping them updated on all progress. - Balanced the priorities of up to six different clients simultaneously, increasing productivity and increased sales by 50%. - Conveyed explicit details to the customer and gathered data based off client feedback, effectively reducing the timeline by 25%.

Overhauled 20-30 designs per day by providing clients with insightful, step-by-step feedback utilizing programs found in both Microsoft Office and Google Suite. Designed and prepared high-quality graphics for print and digital purposes, using a strong knowledge of computer software included in Adobe Creative Suite. - Salvaged poor customer reviews by revising 30 or more design projects and reducing the timeline from four to three weeks. Resulted in complete customer satisfaction by using repeated client communication, with all 30 designs exceeding the client’s expectations. - Assumed the project lead’s responsibilities, initiating contact with customers to comprehend the data necessary to correct the issues of the original designs. - Continually worked in partnership with the customer, reporting issues and asking for input until customer satisfaction was achieved.

- Headed a team of military and civilian personnel, both foreign and domestic, guaranteeing impeccable quality in finished content that would reinvent brand image internationally. - Formulated images, arranged layouts, and compiled data essential for over 300 daily update briefings, which were critical to the fleet operations of over 200 different ships and aircraft.