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process.md — Markdown

How I actually work

No "secret sauce." Just the steps.

  1. 01

    Listen harder than feels necessary

    Half the brief is what they didn't say. I ask the dumb question on purpose.

  2. 02

    Make a lot. Throw out most.

    Volume beats taste at the start. Taste shows up in the cut.

  3. 03

    Write before you art-direct

    If the line doesn't work on a napkin, no film treatment is going to save it.

  4. 04

    Sweat the details no one asked about

    Kerning. The third frame. The word that almost works. Those.

  5. 05

    Ship. Then make the next one better.

    Perfect is the enemy of out-the-door. Out-the-door teaches you things perfect can't.

reel.mov — QuickTime Player

Films

The campaign films, in one place.

about.me — About + Contact
Alejandro Elias Serulle

Alejandro Elias Serulle

Art Director / Copywriter

I regard myself as a creative appreciator. I appreciate art in all its forms — so when I'm responsible for the output of anything, I'm consistent in trying to make it better the next day than it was yesterday.

I fall in love with the process. I treat every brief as a learning experience and an opportunity to employ my craft. Attention to detail is my meta — something I learned from watching people who are masters at theirs.

In practice, that looks like: art directing campaigns, writing the lines that go with them, picking up a camera when the photographer can't, editing the cut when the editor's booked, and arguing gently for the better idea in the room.

What makes me lose track of time

Work that rewards depth. Detail-oriented, story-driven, always one upgrade away. The kind of thing where the obvious version is finished on Tuesday and you spend the rest of the week making it actually good.

What I'm proudest of making

Experiences, gifts, and conversations. The yellow socks. The book. The offhand comment nobody thinks I'll remember. With a few bucks I can make someone feel seen — and that's still the trick I'm proudest of.

The brand that lit me up

Square Enix. Kingdom Hearts on a PS2 did something to me at the right age — compassion to fashion, music to art, all in one place. Most of what I've made since has been chasing that feeling.

The honest weakness

I can always do more. Read more. Train more. Write more. Create more. Do more to feel less like an imposter. I'm working on the part where doing more isn't always the answer.

Specialist now, generalist later

Go deep on one craft at a time, until I've collected enough to see the whole board. The plan is Art Director roles at craft-first agencies — places where ideas get made, not killed.

craft
Art Direction Copywriting Creative Strategy Concept Brand & Campaign Typography Graphic Design Video Editing Photography Product Development
credentials
Marketing (BBA) Mass Comm. M.A. Miami Ad School
statusopen to work
basedMiami, USA
say hi → it's just an email, you'll be fine
comp.md — TextEdit
Markdown·brand one-word·Miami Ad School

My one word is:

COMP—

A Compendious, Comprehensive Compositor and admirer of compelling complex conversations and compositions, completely composed as a compliment to the senses.

Although competitive and keen of comparison, I consider that I complement more than I take. I hold high expectations and a deep belief in myself. I love compliments, but I can't keep my composure when receiving one.

God willing, I expect to conquer the world as a CD, one COMP at a time — opening multiple companies, giving back, and providing for the company that accompanies me.

For life is all about Compartir.
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↓   Added context — the piece in response to GUT's brand-one-word assignment

— A. Serulle, brand one-word assignment, Miami Ad School

bookme.app — Calendar
BOOKING

Find a time.

15 minutes. We can talk about the work, the industry, or whatever you're working on. Bring questions — I'll bring attention.

Embed not loading? Open the booking page in a new tab ↗

trash — Finder

Things I almost put on the site

Saved here so I never use them.

Bloodtype 1795C
CAMPAIGN

Bloodtype 1795C

HSBC — Merit, Top Dog — Art Direction, Copy, Strategy

Credits
Art Direction · Copywriting · Creative Strategy · Video EditingMe
ProfessorJavier Mentasti
Gemini's Otium
AI / FILM

Gemini's Otium

Google — Young Ones Student Awards, Shortlisted — Art Direction, Copy, Strategy, Edit

Everyone's "watch later" is a graveyard. We turned it into a faculty.

Credits
Art Direction · Copywriting · Creative Strategy · Video EditingMe
Audible: Choose Your Story
FILM

Audible: Choose Your Story

Audible — Art Direction, Copy, Strategy, Edit

Dormir solía ser fácil. Ahora es ruidoso.

Créditos
Dirección de Arte · Copywriting · Estrategia Creativa · EdiciónMe
Actuación de Voz (Español)Elias Serulle ↗
Actuación de Voz (Inglés)Saúl Birmaher ↗
Universal Syllabus
EDU TOOL

Universal Syllabus

D&AD New Blood — Self-initiated — Art Direction, Copy, Strategy, Edit

Teachers shouldn't have to be designers too.

Credits
Art Direction · Copywriting · Creative Strategy · Video EditingMe
TeamSaige Zervos, Saúl Birmaher, Julio Rodriguez, Matilda Madfis
Professor / AdvisorJavier Mentasti, for believing in this vision and aiding in its creation
Studio Ghibli × USPS
PRINTNO AI ✕ HAND-DRAWN

Studio Ghibli × USPS

USPS — Spec — Art Direction, Graphic Design, Concept

A stamp set for the quiet cultural footprint Ghibli left on every kid who watched.

♪ Ghibli Chill — "Princess Mononoke" (asia_orni) — plays when this window opens
Why no AI

Watching how Ghibli actually makes its films made the choice obvious: a tribute to that craft can't be generated. Every character is hand-drawn or hand-traced.

Parliament Type Specimen
EDITORIAL

Parliament Type Specimen

Hoefler & Co. — Miami Ad School — Art Direction, Type, Editorial

A specimen putting Parliament through its paces.

*Student project for Miami Ad School. Parliament is a typeface by Jonathan Hoefler / Hoefler&Co. — used here for an educational specimen, not affiliated with or endorsed by them.

Blood, Sweat, & Tears — WAGANJI
VINYL / ALBUM ART

Blood, Sweat, & Tears

WAGANJI — Single "Lost Soul" — Cover Art & Vinyl Direction · Client Work

Collage art, finished in Adobe Photoshop.

♪ "Cause & Affect" — plays when this window opens
On WAGANJI

The person who tries their best but doesn't feel they're enough. The kid who got lost trying to find himself.

Credits
Cover Art · Collage · Art Direction · Creative StrategyMe
ArtistWAGANJI
FIFA Fan Festival Miami 2026 — FWC26 Work
SOCIAL / TEMPLATE SYSTEM

FIFA Fan Festival Miami 2026

FIFA Fan Festival · Miami 2026 — Artist Story Templates & Bilingual Guide · Client Work

A self-serve story kit that lets performing artists announce themselves — on-brand, in two minutes.

▶ Watch Scotiabank x Plei.app OGOP Reel ↗

Credits
ClientFIFA Fan Festival Miami 2026
Art Direction · Template System · Creative Strategy · Bilingual GuideMe
Subtitling · Pre-Interviews (Classic Football Shirts Miami)Me
Opportunity — work done thanks to a beautiful opportunity as Art Director Intern at UTAG
more_work/ — Finder
EXTRAS

Loose ends & side missions

Student briefs, private client work, half-finished ideas. Not full campaigns — just pieces that earned their spot.

Studio Ghibli × USPS Spec stamp set — hand-drawn, no AI
Negocio Modelo Book cover design — first book I designed
Easy to See — Accessible Currency Spec concept — inclusive design
Playboy — News-cycle covers Spec editorial — art direction
The Sopranos — Title Sequence Spec — poster & animated main-title sequence
Levi's × Liquid Death Spec campaign — Death by Denim, sustainability made tangible
Saul Bass — Timeless Clarity in a Noisy World Editorial magazine — student project
Type Journey Personal series — expressive typography (38 pieces)
Photography Night football & flash portraits
Miller 64 — "Less than a slice of bread" Spec campaign — concept & art direction
Tela — Your Closet, Gamified App concept — pitch deck
Recreo — Play Outside App concept — pitch deck
colophon — About this build

portfolio.app

version 2.6 — released 2026

built byAlejandro Elias Serulle
built withHTML, CSS, JS — by hand
wallpaperpixel-art landscape
typographyJetBrains Mono
palettewarm ink & burnt orange
frameworksnone. zero. nada.
keyboard shortcuts

Shortcuts

Things you can do without touching a mouse (mostly).

double-clickopen any icon
drag title barmove a window
double-click title barmaximize / restore
escclose top window (or use File → Close all)
⌘ + Mminimize all to dock
⌘ + Dtoggle dark mode
⌘ + Ccopy email (when menu open)
colors.app — harmony wheel
pull colors from an image

click a swatch to copy its hex · drag on the wheel to set the base color · drop an image to pull its palette

booth.app — retro photobooth

this booth needs your camera.

nothing is uploaded or sent anywhere. the strip is made on your device, and only shared if you choose to.

strip background:

strips taken so far: 0

AD_dictionary — advertising & art-direction glossary
pixelate.app — turn anything into pixels
drop an image, or
drag an image here png · jpg · webp · svg

drag the slider for chunkier or finer pixels · PNG keeps it as an image · SVG exports the pixel grid as crisp vector blocks (best at larger pixel sizes)

ARISE — motivational IG account

ARISE Social

Motivational IG account — Editing, Motion, Content

Short-form editing built to stop a scrolling thumb.

Credits
Video Editing · Motion · ContentMe
60_briefs — one rule, one minute, one idea

60 Second Briefs

A warm-up for the idea muscle.

  1. Grab a pen and paper.
  2. Pull a brief. Start the timer.
  3. Present a solution before it hits zero. Bad ideas count — that's the point.

Inspired by @OneMinuteBriefs — follow them for a fresh brief every weekday.

Alejandro Serulle