Joseph Alessio

Joseph Alessio

Art director & designer in San Francisco

Work Experience

2019 — Now
SF, CA

Founded a boutique creative studio offering a broad range of creative services. Partnered with Meta on product launch campaigns. Art directed video shoots, animation, product videos, and design work.

2022 — Now
San Francisco, CA

Leading an overhaul of the design system supporting a broad range of fintech products under the Carta umbrella.

2021 — 2022
Senior Designer, Art Director at CartaX
San Francisco, CA

Led a complete rebrand effort on a platform for secondary equity transactions, enabling the private equity market and empowering workers by allowing them to sell equity even if their company did not IPO. CartaX was folded into its parent company in 2022.

2019 — 2019
Artist in Residence at Meta's Analog Research Lab
Menlo Park, CA

Developed poster campaigns and art installations for Meta's Menlo Park campus as Artist in Residence

2012 — 2019
Designer, Art Director at Freelance

Spent years as a successful freelance designer and art director, developing campaigns and creative for clients including Google, Target, Disney, Patagonia, and Airbnb.

2011 — 2012
Designer, Art Director at Max360
Detroit, MI

First designer at a startup building a corporate CRM