Hi, I am Alec.

I have spent the last two years building disruptive products as an intrapreneur and product manager in the Silicon Valley. But now I am looking to work with a London-based company on next-generation education technologies.

Here is what I have been up to:

Work Experience

Product Manager

Adobe: March 2013–October 2014
  • Intrapreneur and innovator, building experimental learning games for Creative Cloud products such as Photoshop and Illustrator
  • Product managed, researched, developed, QA’d, and launched learning games that contributed to the conversion of trial users
  • Proved games were a profitable learning solution by validating early MVPs with customers, and secured funding for future games
  • Taught myself JavaScript graphics programming to fill the need for developer resources in the early stage of the product
  • Performed in-person and remote research sessions with customers
  • Articulated a product vision informed by user research and input from UX and Engineering teams

Digital Media Intern

Adobe: June 2012–March 2013
  • Wrote, edited, designed, and managed learning content for Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign, and Acrobat
  • Performed analytics and researched user experiences for data-driven design projects
  • Represented Adobe as a product expert for publishing, document services, and imaging products in Adobe’s online communities

Past work experience

  • National award-winning editorial designer at two Santa Clara University student-run publications
  • Freelance web developer and designer
  • Self-employed home/small business technology consultant

Education

B.A. Communication

Santa Clara University, 2013

Honors and Awards

Handlery Prize: President’s medal for exceptional contributions to Santa Clara University’s publications, 2013

Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker: Newspaper Design, 2012

Skills and Interests

  • Web: Responsive front-end design using modern languages. HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. 2D and 3D Canvas graphics.
  • Creative Software: Product expert in Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere Pro
  • Analytics/Advertising: Excel, Adobe Analytics, Google AdWords, Google Analytics, Facebook Advertising
  • Video: Directing, producing, shooting, lighting, motion graphics, and editing
  • Hobbies: Cycling, reading, pastry baking

I want to solve big problems with passionate innovators.

If you do too, let’s talk. I am your Product Manager.

hire@alecmolloy.com