I'm Alastair Mooney, an experienced audio and video production expert and product manager, passionate about building best-in-class tools for sound and image creators. I have led multi-disciplinary teams at Dolby, Meta, and Adobe, blending creative storytelling with product strategy to empower content creators worldwide.

Alastair Mooney

I'm Alastair Mooney, an experienced audio and video production expert and product manager, passionate about building best-in-class tools for sound and image creators. I have led multi-disciplinary teams at Dolby, Meta, and Adobe, blending creative storytelling with product strategy to empower content creators worldwide.

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I’m Alastair Mooney, an experienced audio and video production expert and product manager, passionate about building best-in-class tools for sound and image creators.

I have led multi-disciplinary teams at Dolby, Meta, and Adobe, blending creative storytelling with product strategy to empower content creators worldwide.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Director, Imaging Content Creation at Dolby Labs, Inc
July 1, 2021 - December 1, 2023
Led and developed the overall vision and strategy for Dolby Vision content creation, enabling hundreds of thousands of new kinds of content creators to capture and create in Dolby Vision within their existing toolsets. Redesigned the business model for tools built for high-end film and TV production, dramatically lowering the cost of entry and enabling thousands of businesses worldwide to produce Dolby Vision content when they couldn’t before. Coordinated Dolby Vision’s entrance into sharing and viewing support on social media platforms, including Vimeo, Weibo, and Bilibili.
Product Manager (Level 6) - Blockbuster Videos, Goodwill team at Meta (Facebook)
June 1, 2017 - July 1, 2021
Built four global personalized videos, each for over 1 billion users, raising top-line Facebook sentiment metrics by 2-3% each time. Led the team to build complex queries to identify positive meaningful moments from a user’s Facebook timeline, training complex machine learning algorithms – 1.2 billion+ videos generated for each release, with overwhelmingly positive response from users. Led and defined the creative and technical requirements for user experiences for these videos (Year In Review, Friends Day, Friendversary, and Community Voices), crafting deeply personal yet globally scalable videos. Worked directly with C-level management including Chris Cox and Mark Zuckerberg on optimizing messaging for the corporate voice.
Product Manager - Creator Studio, Video team at Meta (Facebook)
June 1, 2017 - July 1, 2021
Pivoted the video creator media management team from backend video support to user-facing AI-based media optimization technologies, shipping auto reframing, auto thumbnail generation, and auto edit, increasing time spent in Creator Studio by 6-8%.
Senior Product Manager, Professional Video Editing at Adobe Systems
June 1, 2010 - May 1, 2017
Drove the roadmap strategy and definition of Premiere Pro and Media Encoder; managed development and launch of cutting-edge features for color grading and effects workflows, redefining editor expectations; grew feature usage from 5% to 45% MAU across three quarters; created messaging and marketing materials; managed high-touch customer engagements in broadcast, Hollywood, and video creator markets.
Product Manager (Level 6) at Meta (Facebook)
June 1, 2017 - July 1, 2021
Led the 'Blockbuster Videos', Goodwill team: built four global personalized videos for over 1 billion users, trained ML systems to identify positive moments from a user’s Facebook timeline, resulting in 1.2 billion+ videos generated for each release; defined creative and technical requirements for user experiences such as Year In Review, Friends Day, Friendversary, and Community Voices; worked with C-level management and conducted extensive A/B testing.
Director, Imaging Content Creation at Dolby Labs, Inc.
July 1, 2021 - December 31, 2023
Led and developed the overall vision and strategy for Dolby Vision content creation, enabling hundreds of thousands of new kinds of content creators to capture and create in Dolby Vision within their existing toolsets. Redesigned the business model for tools built for high-end film and TV production, dramatically lowering the entry cost and enabling thousands of businesses worldwide to produce Dolby Vision content. Coordinated Dolby Vision's entrance into sharing and viewing support on social media platforms (Vimeo, Weibo, Bilibili).

Education

BMus (Hons) Music and Sound Recording ('Tonmeister') at University of Surrey
January 11, 2030 - January 5, 2026
BMus (Hons) Music and Sound Recording ('Tonmeister') at University of Surrey
January 11, 2030 - January 5, 2026
BMus (Hons) Music and Sound Recording (Tonmeister) at University of Surrey
January 11, 2030 - January 5, 2026
Bachelor's Degree (BMus Hons) in Music and Sound Recording ('Tonmeister') at University of Surrey
January 11, 2030 - January 5, 2026

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Professional Services
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