Resume
Fort Worth, TX · 646-373-6126 · colton.batts@gmail.com · coltonbatts.com · github.com/coltonbatts
Summary
Video editor and motion designer who builds the tools. Ten years as lead editor on national campaigns for Google, Under Armour, Kate Spade and Nuuly — and the author of VCR, a headless motion renderer in Rust that turns YAML scenes into ProRes 4444 with alpha. I work at the seam between the edit and the toolchain, which is why the output arrives fast and repeats. Looking for a full-time role on a team that ships.
Built
Working software, published and in use — the same tools the commercial work runs on.
VCR
Author — motion rendererMotion graphics from the terminal: YAML scenes in, ProRes 4444 with alpha out.
A headless renderer for repeatable motion work — write a scene once, change the data, render the variants. No GUI, no timeline to babysit. Declarative scenes, custom shaders, text and layered compositing, GPU-accelerated on Apple Silicon.
Rust · Metal · open source · github.com/coltonbatts/VCR
ColorWizard
Author — color instrumentFrom a reference color to a paint mix and a thread match.
An instrument for artists who work in physical materials: sample a color from any image and get a practical oil-paint recipe plus the closest DMC thread. Live as a web app and a desktop build.
TypeScript · React · Next.js · Tauri · WebGL · colorwizard.app
MagpieApp
Author — craft toolingA photograph into a thread-matched hand-embroidery pattern.
Runs entirely offline. Built for and used by a working embroidery studio, where the pattern it outputs is the pattern that gets stitched.
Desktop · offline · coltonbatts.com/tools/magpie
coltonbatts.com
Design and buildA self-built publishing system with a WebGL2 darkroom render layer.
Astro site with a custom GPU pass for film grain, halation and develop, plus an automated image pipeline that carries 24 archive photographs and the commercial portfolio.
Astro · TypeScript · WebGL2 / GLSL · coltonbatts.com
Selected Work
“See What I’ve Done” — All Clean (music video)
Director. Featured on Post-Punk.com, which called it “red and green lit Italian Giallo horror and the surreal stylings of David Lynch.”
After Hours — solo photographic show
Dang Good Candy, Fort Worth, 2021.
The archive — 24 photographs, 2021–2022
Published at coltonbatts.com/art. Another 73 frames in the same register span 2012–2025.
Photography — Fort Worth Weekly
On assignment, 2023–2024.
Experience
Lead Video Editor
Capture This (Creative Agency)
New York, NY (Remote) · 2021 – Present
- / Lead editor on national campaigns for Google, Under Armour, Kate Spade and Nuuly — 30+ delivered assets on the Shop with Google “Back to School” and evergreen work alone, across every aspect ratio.
- / Under Armour: edited the “New Rollout” internal training series; cited for narrative clarity and brand guideline adherence.
- / Kate Spade: built stylized title and social systems in After Effects to carry a high-fashion look across a campaign.
- / Nuuly: designed key props and graphic assets used in the final cuts, not just cut around them.
- / Owned the remote proxy workflow and revision cycle end to end; rough cuts consistently inside 24 hours.
Founder & Creative Director
Alternative Design LLC
Fort Worth, TX · 2022 – Present
- / Independent studio for film, motion and design systems: scoping, pricing, direction and delivery handled directly with the client.
- / Built and shipped the software tools the work needs — VCR, ColorWizard, MagpieApp — when nothing off the shelf did the job.
Multimedia Designer & Video Lead
Freedom Powersports
Fort Worth, TX · 2015 – 2021
- / Led print-ready production across retail and events — large-format signage, building wraps, flags and display systems — for multiple OEM brands.
- / Produced vendor-ready files to spec (bleed/trim, scale, export settings) and ran proofing through to install.
- / Owned the internal video pipeline for six years as primary editor for corporate, training and promotional media.