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Aline Cunico
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Aline Cunico
About · The maker behind the atelier

I lead the work —
and I still make it.

Prompt Atelier is my studio. A place to build, in the open, the things I spend my days leading global teams to deliver — where craft, code and AI meet a strategist's judgement.

Aline Cunico London, UK
Creative DirectionMotion DesignAI-Enabled ProductionGenerative AICreative CodingDesign SystemsStakeholder LeadershipRegulated Comms
The Short Version

A rare overlap

Most creative technologists can't say they've delivered under some of the highest-stakes, most governed conditions there are. Most senior creative leaders in finance can't ship a real-time 3D scene or a code-built video pipeline. I sit in the overlap — a creative leader with fifteen-plus years directing global teams, who never stopped being a maker.

My work runs from executive multimedia and capital-markets storytelling for regulated institutions, to hands-on motion, generative art and AI production. The thread is the same at every scale: marry a strategic narrative to production excellence, and hold both to the same standard of taste.

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Why This Exists

Prompt Atelier, in my own words

Prompt Atelier was created by Aline Cunico to show what one person can make when AI is treated as a craft, not a shortcut. Every episode is a build in the open — an AI-hosted video, a Pixar-style podcast produced from a spreadsheet, a paper-collage explainer, a real-time 3D landing page, a dozen hand-coded generative studies.

It's a working answer to a question I care about professionally: how do you keep taste, rigour and originality when the tools make everything fast and everyone has the same ones? The atelier is where I pressure-test that — no team, no budget, just the tools, the prompts, and the finishing. The name says the belief: an atelier isn't where things are produced, it's where they're finished.

How I Work

Three things I bring to every build

01

The craft, first-hand

I still make the work — motion, design, code, AI production. I direct from inside the craft, not above it, which is why the standards hold.

02

Strategy & narrative

Every asset serves a business priority and a story. I translate complex, regulated, high-stakes messages into focused communications that move decisions.

03

Stakeholder judgement

Trusted by senior bankers, executives and compliance — I balance market-facing impact with governance, approval discipline and brand control.

Experience

A career spent making things

2025 — Present
Barclays
London, UK
Global Creative Lead · VP

Lead global multimedia creative for financial-services communications — design, video and animation across executive communications, campaigns, out-of-home and capital markets — championing creativity and AI-enabled workflows while leading a global team.

2019 — 2024
Barclays
London, UK
Creative Lead → Senior Creative

Led video, motion and digital production across global channels; built scalable systems and templates; introduced AI-assisted tooling. Social campaigns reached over a million viewers.

2016 — 2019
eClerx
London, UK
Creative Director

Led creative strategy and multimedia production for financial-services and luxury clients, running multidisciplinary teams across concurrent pipelines.

2015 — 2016
Bloomberg · Datamaran
London, UK
Creative Strategist · Designer

Developed digital storytelling and social-first campaigns for global financial-media audiences, and visual assets for brand and marketing.

The Breadth

The overlap is trained, not accidental

Three degrees that map exactly onto the work: strategy, design, and the technical foundation to build.

MA
International Relations
Regent's University London

Strategy, narrative & policy context — the backbone for institutional and regulated communications.

BS
Marketing & Design
Fashion Institute of Technology, NY

Visual communication and brand strategy — the foundation of the hands-on creative practice.

Bootcamp
Data Science & AI
Le Wagon

Python, applied ML and AI tooling — what makes the code-and-automation side real.

Virtual Production — NFTS 3D Animation — CG Spectrum Digital Filmmaking — NYFA Google UX Design
The Toolkit

Craft, and the code underneath it

Production & Craft
Production Suite
Premiere Pro · After Effects · Photoshop · Illustrator · InDesign · Frame.io
Core Competencies
Creative Direction · Motion Design · Brand Identity · Design Systems · Creative Operations · Team Leadership
AI & Code
AI & Generative
Claude Code · ChatGPT · Gemini & Veo · ElevenLabs · Midjourney · Runway · Remotion
Scripting & Build
JavaScript · Python · Three.js · Canvas · After Effects expressions · Workflow automation
English · Native Portuguese · Native Spanish · Proficient French · Conversational

Let's make it real

For creative leadership, AI production, or a build like the ones in this atelier — I'd love to hear from you.