GABRIEL JACOBS
INFORMATION
CV

Gabriel Jacobs is a visual engineer based in NYC. With dual backgrounds in fine
arts and technology, he solves problems through storytelling, visual design,
analytic research, systems technology, and product fabrication.

This multi-disciplinary approach applies to work across a variety of fields,
including finance, marketing, fabrication, photography and digital media,
computer programming and fashion.




PURPOSE SELECTED PROJECTSWHEN
BRANDINGSomada Systems2025-now
DESIGN
Halflight Studios
2023-2024

FINANCE
Keyrock Trading
2021-2024

MARKETINGSergio Tacchini
2024-now

GENERATIVE AI
World Building
2023-now

PHOTOGRAPHY Selected Imagery 2014-now



Contactgabriel@gabrielmjacobs.com
instagram -> @vggab or @somada.labs

Education
Maryland Institute College of the Arts
BFA 2021: Interdisiplinary Sculpture

Magna Cum Laude, Dean’s Grant, Thalmeier Award, Presidental Scholarship, Da Vinci Award

Baltimore, MD, USA



Employment Somada Systems
Founder & Lead Designer
2024 - current
NYC

Social Media Consultant
Self Employed
2024-current
NYC

Halflight Studios
Founder & CEO
2023-24

Keyrock Trading
Quantitative Trader
2021-2024
Brussels, Belgium



Skills
Full Adobe Creative Suite
    Photoshop, AE, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Audition & Substance
Programming
    Python, SQL, Matlab, C
Data Pipeline Management
    Datadog, Clickhouse, Tinybird, SQLite, MySQL
2D/3D Digital Design 
    Blender, ShapeLab, Autodesk Fusion 360, Lychee Slicer
Physical Fabrication
    Welding, 3D Printing (Plastic/Metal), Carpentry, 
    Electrical Engineering, Painting, Laser Cutting, CNC
Meta/Google Ads Manager Suite
    Ad setup/execution, A/B Testing, Insight Analysis, 
    Audience Identification/Targeting
Content Creation
   
Influencer outreach, Script writing, Filming, Post-processing
Finance/Trading
   
Risk management, Strategy Creation, Technical
   Analysis, HFT Algo Operations, Execution optimization
              













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