UI Production Director

This video had to introduce a new wave of AI features coming to Copilot+ PCs in Windows 11, which sounds manageable until you actually start figuring out how to make things like Click-to-Do, Natural Language Search, and Recall feel clear and useful on a small screen instead of abstract and overwhelming.
As UI Production Director, I led the UI direction and storytelling for the piece, then animated several of the key scenes myself. A lot of the work was about finding the right moment for each feature, the specific interaction or result that would make a viewer actually understand what the tool did rather than just seeing it run.
Late in the process, Generative Erase in Paint got added to the mix. That meant a quick pivot, coordinating with design and the motion team to build a new scene and get it integrated without losing the pacing we had already locked in. The video shipped in fall 2024 and holds up as one of the cleaner feature explainer pieces from that period.

  • Directed UI storytelling across multiple AI features including Click-to-Do, Natural Language Search, Recall, Super Resolution, and Generative Fill and Erase in Paint.
  • Animated key scenes directly, focused on making complex AI interactions read quickly and clearly.
  • Led a late-stage addition of the Generative Erase feature, coordinating the new scene into the edit without disrupting the overall flow.

Microsoft

Director - Cisco McCarthy
Art Director - Melissa Kim
Producers - Emily Duarte, Ryta Karagodina & Justin Sund
Creative Director - Brian Townsend
Executive Creative Director - Markus Weickenmeier
3D Motion Designers - Gap Yossanun, Kyle Moore
Art Design - Phoebe Hsu
Storyboard Artist - Alex Alvarado
UI Production Director - Patrick Flaherty
2D Motion Designer - Toliy Patel & Ronny So
UI Design - Piper Phan

Selected Works

Alamo DrafthouseGraphic Designer, Animatior, Director & Producer
Meet the new Surface Laptop Go 3UI Production Director
Introducing Copilot+ PCsUI Production Director, Asst Director & Producer
Meet the new Surface Copilot+ PCsUI Production Director
Introducing RecallDirector, Producer, UI Production Director
Introducing Surface Pro 9UI Production Director
Introducing Surface Laptop 5UI Production Director
Introducing Windows CopilotUI Production Director
Make AI simple with AdobeDirector, Producer, Animator & Editor
Introducing Project VolterraMotion Graphics Designer
Introducing Surface Laptop StudioMotion Graphics Designer
StorytellingProject type
Canon EOS R5 & R6Editor & Animator
ExamityDirector, Producer & Animator
United WayEditor & Animator
It’s Not ComplicatedDirector & Producer
Jennie Garth - The Eye SolutionDP, Producer & Editor
AI CompanionDirector, Producer, Motion Designer & Editor
Talks & WorkshopsSpeaker & Presenter
Build | Microsoft 365 Intro and OutroPost-Production Supervisor
Ignite | Security IntroPost-Production Supervisor
Alcon TVProducer, Director, Editor, & Animation
Alcon Live MeetingsProducer, Director, Editor, & Animation
Microsoft PlannerPost-Production Supervisor
Quarantine 2020Graphic Design, Animation & Director
70 Years of AlconAnimation, Director & Producer
Chuck NorrisGraphic Designer, Animator, Director & Producer
EchoNous BiomedGraphic Design, Animation & Director
Live BallotGraphic Design, Animation & Director
Architecture & Nature AcademyGraphic Design & Animation
Make Great ArtGraphic Design, Animation, Director & Producer
SystaneAnimation, Director & Producer
Power BI | Microsoft TeamsEditor & Animation
35 DentonCamera Operator, Producer & Editor
David Crosby & Snarky PuppyCamera Operator, Producer & Editor
DCTA Ribbon CuttingDirector, Producer & Editor
Live From DansDirector, Producer, DP & Editor
#LiveInColor 5KDP, Producer & Editor
Leukemia TexasDP, Director, Producer & Editor
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