Alvaro Galvan

• Co-founded a startup offering automated websites for busy authors.
• Designed a friendly UI/UX for a non-technical audience, and worked alongside the principal engineer to implement it in React + Next.js.
• Led marketing and grew our content blog to become a top 5 author resource by organic traffic (Ahrefs), while managing a team of independent content writers.

• Designed book covers that actually sold books by understanding what readers look for in each genre.
• Turned authors' ideas into sharp, professional visuals using Photoshop.
• Built lasting relationships with clients—many came back for entire series after loving their first cover.

• Designed and launched the Troma Now streaming website, handling everything from user experience to visual branding.
• Created cohesive visual systems across print, digital, and packaging while maintaining strict brand consistency.
• Delivered creative solutions under tight deadlines and changing requirements—skills that translate directly to development cycles.

(Currently in development)

• Migrated blog content to a new platform built in TypeScript, React, and Next.
• Built a hybrid model between SSG and server-side rendering for optimal performance.
• Organized content in a SQLite3 database , querying via Drizzle ORM.

• Built a fully automated fiction platform for scalable content creation in the AI publishing space.
• Developed a solid backend in Go, integrating three different external AI APIs (Claude, ChatGPT, and Leonardo).
• Designed autonomous content workflows with prompt chaining and recovery systems to handle failures gracefully.

• Built a full-stack AI chat app where users interact with sci-fi characters generated on the fly.
• Designed a session-aware FastAPI backend with a SQLite3 database and integrated LLM/image generation APIs.
• Created a responsive SvelteKit frontend focused on real-time performance and streamlined user experience.