Creative Technology / AI / Film & Immersive Media

Reis Gordon

Creative technologist, producer, and founder working across AI, film, and immersive media. I bring research, storytelling, and production experience to technology that helps people make sense of the world and find their place in it.

Experience

AVRAI

Mar 2025 – Present

Founder · Birmingham, AL

  • Build a discovery prototype that helps people decide where to go and what to do; currently in private testing.
  • Lead product and software development, including a native iOS prototype, shared runtime, context research, and feedback controls.

Birmingham Fencing Club

Aug 2025 – Present

Épée Fencing Coach · Birmingham, AL

  • Lead épée coaching and support outreach, visibility, and program development to grow the local fencing community.

Double Eye Studios

Jun 2025 – Jan 2026

XR Research & Strategy · New York, NY

  • Conducted XR market research and strategic analysis for luxury fashion and accessory clients, translating findings into partnership framing, positioning, and thought-leadership direction.

GUM Studios

May 2025 – Jul 2025

Consultant, Business Development & Communications · Brooklyn, NY

  • Shaped rebrand messaging, channel priorities, and positioning during a growth-focused transition, clarifying how the studio presented itself to prospective partners and clients.

GUM Studios

Mar 2025 – May 2025

Intern, Production & Social Media · Brooklyn, NY

  • Supported production, social media, creative coordination, and delivery workflows across music-video and studio work.

Education

New York University, Tisch School of the Arts

Aug 2024 – May 2025

MPS, Virtual Production

Led a 30-person thesis team from concept through delivery.

New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study

Aug 2018 – Aug 2023

BA, Individualized Study: The Future of Technology; minor in Bioethics

NYU Paris, Fall 2019: French cinema, philosophy, ethics, and art.

Selected projects

Wolfe & The Bee

2025

Director, writer, producer, and thesis lead for a graduate short film delivered on the LED soundstage at the Martin Scorsese Institute of Virtual Production.

Motel Sunshine Spec Intro

2024

Developed a proof piece for an episodic VR world, establishing tone, audience movement, and immersive story direction.

Beyond the roles

Service & community. More than a decade in café and food service, restaurant hosting, and custodial work. Founded a student-led volunteer café in high school.

Athletics. NYU men’s épée: team bronze at the January 2020 North America Championships; UAA Athlete of the Week recognition.

Skills. Creative direction, product development, virtual production, XR storytelling, AI media workflows, market research, communications strategy, and team leadership.

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