Lev Markelov

Humber College

Teaching the next generation of students how to succeed as creative professionals.

Professor

Rethoric

“How do I share my story?”
“What if it gets no views?”
“Why should anyone care?”

These are legitimate concerns for any personal brand.

Whether you're an established brand or just getting started.

How you show up in your content is everything.

- You attract VC attention
- You build your credibility within your niche
- You onboard new customers to your business

These are only some of the many benefits that great copy and a well-thought-out organic content strategy help accomplish. 

I work with Startup to Fortune 500 founders to amplify their personal brands.

SaaS | Web3 | D2C | Fintech | AI 

Many of these founders have high net worths, and they trust me with their cookies. Will you?

Need to grow on LinkedIn or X?
Need to secure more funding? 
Need to build an attractive website?
Need to (re)position your brand?

Say "Hey Lev" in a message, and let's chat.

Co-Founder

Social INK Ltd

"Can you explain that again please?" was the question I most frequently asked my clients when interviewing them for content ideas. 

The blockchain/Web3 space is a black box; no one really understands what's going on within it. 

I was tasked with the impossible: demystifying the complexity of such topics into engaging, digestible content for others to read and enjoy. 

To paint a picture, one of my clients worked on encoding an NFT with human-verifiable DNA sequencing to act as 'proof of humanity' once the machines inevitably take over. 

It was my first time speaking with the founders...

"Now turn that into a Tweet, please." They told me after discussing the company for 20 minutes.

"No problem," I replied, but first, "What do you mean by that?"

(You can see how valuable being the dumbest person in the room is; you get to ask all the simple questions.)

But that's the secret to success in Blockchain, Web3, Crypto, AI, etc.

K.I.S.S = Keep it simple, stupid.

That's the way to get attention.
Educate your audience. 
Attract new customers. 

Make it easy and enjoyable to understand the problems you're solving, and the people will follow. Speak to them as you would with a colleague, and your messaging will go over their heads.

Educate first, sell later.

Copywriter

Clean Cuts Interactive

Sound Designer / Mixer

Freelance Sound Designer & Music Composer

Sound Designer

Electronic Arts (EA)

Dragon Age: Dreadwolf
- Collaborating with a passionate and talented team at BioWare 
- Designing & creating unique audio assets that will be utilized for in-game interactions and cinematics
- Sound integration via utilizing EA's Frostbite engine; creation of audio logic and systems via node-based visual scripting
- Integrating sounds to world prop and character animations/abilities, and in-game cinematics

Dead Space (Remake)
- Collaborating with a passionate and talented team at Motive
- Designing & creating unique audio assets, as well as enhancing previous SFX from the original Dead Space game
- Sound integration via utilizing EA's Frostbite engine; creation of audio logic and systems via node-based visual scripting
- Integrating sound to world props, blueprints, cinematics, character & object animations, systemic
& scripted events, physics, UI, ambience, and owning domain over the intensity director's audio content
- In-game audio mixing, bug reporting & fixing, shared feedback, & team problem solving

Audio Artist / Sound Designer

Game On (studio)

Audio Artist
- Collaborate with audio team to provide high quality SFX and musical assets
   for a variety of titles ranging from mobile to AAA games
- Record Engineering: Dialogue recording and foley
- Sound integration via Wwise and Unreal
- Various titles worked on and responsibilities:
   • BioShock (Untitled): Sound Design, Integration via Wwise & Unreal
   • Dragon Age Dreadwolf: Sound Design, Construction Kit Library Creation
   • Outriders: Cinematics, In-Game SFX, VO Dialogue Recording & Editing
   • Baldur’s Gate 3: In-Game SFX (Spell and Creature design), Foley recording
   • Tencent games: Cinematics, In-Game SFX (UI, Spells, Creatures), Music Composition
   • Gotham Knights: VO Dialogue Recording & Editing
   • Monster Hunter Stories 2: ADR & VO Editing 
   • POGO games: In-Game SFX and Music Composition

Timeline Audio

Recording foley and editing sound to film within the guidelines and direction of the Audio Editing Supervisor.
Credited in the horror film: Blood Quantum

Foley Artist and Sound Editor

Gameloft

Sound Designer
    - Work with audio team to provide high quality SFX and musical assets
    - Create and design original SFX via sample manipulation, synthesis, foley
      recording, and music theory   
    - In-house pipeline management and sound integration
    - Titles worked on:  
        • Modern Combat 5
        • Gangstar New Orleans 
        • Dungeon Hunter 5 
        • Blitz Brigade: Rival Tactics
        • Six Guns 
        • My Little Pony
        • RF 2017 Real Football 

Sound Mixer
    - Create high quality sound mixes for game trailers for advertisement and
      promotional purposes
    - Linear sound design and music editing to picture
    - Trailer titles worked on: 
        • Modern Combat 5 
        • Modern Combat Verses
        • Dungeon Hunter Champions 
        • Asphalt 9
        • Disney Magic Kingdoms 
        • Minion Rush    
        • War Planet Online

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