Alexander DeWahl

Designer · Forward Deploy Engineer · Co-founder, Scissor Studio

[email protected] · New York · scissor.cloud

Experience

Scissor Studio

2020–present · New York

Co-Founder, Designer & Creative Director

A design and engineering practice building digital infrastructure for fashion, art, and culture. I lead the commercial side of the studio — pitching, pricing, and closing engagements, then running product, team, and timeline so every project ships on schedule. We work directly with clients to design, build, and operate the systems their businesses run on: e-commerce, collection management, publishing platforms, and custom applications. Design earns the client’s confidence; engineering and well-maintained systems earn their loyalty — most engagements begin with a single build and mature into years under management. Engineered across the full stack with SvelteKit, TypeScript, Node, Shopify, Supabase, and Stripe, from WebGL point-cloud viewers to production storefronts, deployed on Cloudflare, Railway, and GCP. Branding and marketing are part of the same engagement. Clients include TANIA, SONY Music / OVO, Luar, American Express, Tresemmé, Woolmark, Shayne Oliver Group, 3D Model Management, and CODE Magazine.

Silvestri Marmi

2019–2024 · Global

International Sales & Project Lead

Drove international sales for an Italian marble house, securing deals across residential, commercial, hospitality, and retail projects worldwide. Worked directly with the quarry and factory to bring custom furnishings and architectural elements from raw stone to installed work, owning each project from first conversation through delivery. Authored the proposals, specifications, and sales documentation that won the business in the first place — and carried complex, high-value deals to the goal line on time, with a consistently high close rate.

Nella Vetrina

2021–2023 · New York

Manager, Website & Digital Operations

Managed the website and digital operations for a luxury Italian furniture retailer, turning a showroom catalogue into a consistent online sales channel: merchandising, site performance, and the day-to-day operation of the e-commerce platform.

Yeezy

2022 · Global

Accessories Producer

Produced accessories within a high-volume fashion operation, managing materials, vendors, samples, and production runs against unmovable deadlines. Consulted on a private payment processor for Yeezy e-commerce.

Skills

Sales & business development
International deal-making across residential, commercial, hospitality, and retail; proposals, pricing, and agreements; pipeline ownership from first conversation to close, with a consistently high win rate and on-time delivery
Design
Brand identity, art direction, editorial and e-commerce design, UI systems
Front-end development
Architecting refined, performance-driven interfaces with SvelteKit, Svelte 5, TypeScript, Next.js, and Vite: design systems, motion, accessibility, and WebGL point-cloud visualization
Back-end development
Engineering the server-side systems businesses run on: Node, SQL, Supabase data architecture, authentication, Stripe payments, and API design, deployed across Cloudflare, Railway, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Platforms
Shopify (custom storefronts and themes), Salesforce, HubSpot
Product
Syncdeck, TANIA Web, Peopleboxd, Strands. Design through operation
Operations & management
Goal, product, and team management; e-commerce operations, payments, digital infrastructure, vendor and client management — keeping every workstream on schedule
Branding & marketing
Positioning, campaign systems, content direction
Marketing analytics
Google Analytics 4 (GA4), Meta Pixel & Conversions API: event tracking, attribution, campaign reporting

Education

Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)

2013–2017

BFA, Sound Design and Art History