Resume

Daniel Jacob Molayem

Directing · Editing · Motion GraphicsLos Angeles, CA

Director & Editor — 20+ Years

Experience

Founder / Creative Director

2024 — Present

Magima Kids LLC · Los Angeles

www.magima.kids
  • Built and shipped a suite of six native iOS creative apps for children — video making, music production, game creation — live on the App Store.
  • Own the full creative pipeline: brand identity, motion, product video, 3D assets, and a 124-page illustrated book produced end to end.
  • Founded and taught an afterschool media arts program at Mt. Washington Elementary, serving 25+ families.

Director

Commercial, short film and media

  • National water bottle brand — commercial campaign, two spots.
  • Various short films and media.

Co-Founder

8 years

TheIDEA.LA — Production Facility · Downtown Los Angeles

  • Hosted high-end commercial, film and photo productions.

Instructor

3 summers

Galileo Summer Camps

Tools

Adobe Premiere15+ years
Ableton Live15+ years
Photoshop10+ years
After Effects5+ years
FigmaWorking knowledge
iOS & web app development
3D asset creation · Three.js · custom tooling

AI & Pipeline

  • 01Generative AI for image, video and 3D asset production
  • 02Local model deployment and fine-tuning
  • 03Agentic workflows — Claude Code, Codex, parallel sub-agent orchestration, MCP integration
  • 04Cloud GPU provisioning for burst rendering
  • 05Custom software — I build and use my own tools for video editing and video game production

Education

BFA, Film Production

2009 — 2013

Chapman University

WWDC 2026

Attended

Apple Worldwide Developers Conference — Apple HQ, Cupertino

Work Study

2 months

Esalen Institute