Josh Cole

Private alpha. A brand operating system with a four-stage voice and content engine that learns from writing samples, develops content strategy, generates drafts, and checks quality through a separate-model review loop.

• Designed a four-stage AI pipeline—voice analysis, content strategy, generation, and quality control—using Claude Opus, schema-enforced JSON outputs, and stage-specific temperature calibration
• Built an evaluator-editor loop in which a separate model scores each draft against the voice profile and brief, flags drift, and returns inspectable feedback before human review
• Directed and built an AI-assisted full-stack product across web and command-line interfaces using Next.js, TypeScript, Supabase, Vercel, and a Node CLI

Working pilot that performed first-pass triage on six-figure RFP pursuits, helping the team decide where to invest review time. In testing at departure.

• Designed and built a Microsoft Copilot agent and Power Automate pipeline that triaged roughly 20 six-figure RFPs per day against a team-owned rules table, covering ingestion, scraping, scoring, and Teams delivery
• Kept final decisions with the team: the agent scored and flagged opportunities, editable rules remained team-owned, and a manual path handled sources automated scraping couldn't reach

Led a six-person team of designers and researchers across UX strategy, UI design, creative direction, and immersive experience development.

• Led creative direction and end-to-end experience design for a 7D VR ride for LP Building Solutions at the International Builders' Show, directing an eight-person project team from script to launch in under 90 days; the resulting experience generated 485+ leads, increased year-over-year booth traffic by 195%, engaged 17 media outlets, and earned 2,279,519 media impressions
• Served as creative director and UX lead across web and application engagements, directing research, strategy, UX/UI design, prototyping, and production while presenting recommendations to executive clients and maintaining stakeholder alignment through delivery

Co-led creative direction across branding, digital, entertainment, and experiential work, guiding concept development, design quality, technical execution, and team growth.

• Served as creative director for the 2017 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival across its website, lineup poster, tickets, and on-site displays, personally illustrating the artwork used throughout the campaign and festival
• Co-produced two experiential environments built inside shipping containers for Bonnaroo, helping shape their concepts, visual design, and delivery
• Created brand and digital work for artists including Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Reba McEntire, Taylor Swift, and Alison Krauss
• Co-directed the agency's rebrand, shaping its positioning and creative direction while managing technical execution across its identity, website, and rollout

Project-based independent practice spanning brand strategy, creative direction, immersive experiences, digital product design, and emerging technology, including recent AI systems work. Conducted primarily between, and selectively alongside, full-time roles.

• Design and build AI systems end to end, from problem definition and pipeline architecture through implementation and quality control
• Led strategy, UX/UI design, and production for a healthcare mobile application managing nurse-staffing workflows, taking a regulated-industry product from initial concept through launch
• Created finished visual assets and generative art for personal and client work using ComfyUI, Stable Diffusion, node-based workflows, and advanced Photoshop compositing
• Directed VR productions using Unreal Engine and Maya and developed generative art installations with Processing and TouchDesigner
• Built and led remote creative-technology teams, managing design vision, client relationships, and production quality across multidisciplinary projects