Evan Ibarra is an audio engineer, copyeditor and game designer. With past experience in mixing and mastering for podcasts and oral history projects in non-profit spaces, Evan has experience in audio mixing and implementation in games and video. Developer of QUETIAPINE, an experimental interactive project in collaboration with a sound artist, I have experience working with composers and insight into best practices for game feel. I have playtested countless games for the UCLA Game Lab where I design publications.…

Evan Ibarra

Evan Ibarra is an audio engineer, copyeditor and game designer. With past experience in mixing and mastering for podcasts and oral history projects in non-profit spaces, Evan has experience in audio mixing and implementation in games and video. Developer of QUETIAPINE, an experimental interactive project in collaboration with a sound artist, I have experience working with composers and insight into best practices for game feel. I have playtested countless games for the UCLA Game Lab where I design publications.…

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Evan Ibarra is an audio engineer, copyeditor and game designer. With past experience in mixing and mastering for podcasts and oral history projects in non-profit spaces, Evan has experience in audio mixing and implementation in games and video. Developer of QUETIAPINE, an experimental interactive project in collaboration with a sound artist, I have experience working with composers and insight into best practices for game feel. I have playtested countless games for the UCLA Game Lab where I design publications.

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English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Advanced
Basque
Intermediate

Work Experience

General Member + DJ at UCLA Radio
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2024
Host of T4T radio show T-Boy Swag (2021 - 2023); Press photographer for concerts including Dorian Electra, Haru Nemuri, Alice Glass, Rina Sawayama, Kara Jackson, The Mountain Goats, COBRAH and Sleater-Kinney
preservation intern at American Cinematheque
January 1, 2022 - Present
Digitized and catalogued 37+ years of archival print materials; Annotated the AC’s collection of historic interviews by summarizing the recorded content, creating time markers, and relevant metatags
Independent Designer at Independent Designer
January 1, 2022 - Present
Published TITS: a retrospective by pissboy (2023) through Atwater Village based publisher Cash Machine; Designed a re-cover sticker under the commission of Sheree Rose; Developed QUETIAPINE (2024), an experimental interactive animation capturing the sensorial experience of mental illness mediated by medication through vignettes of repressed memory and dreams; Assisted Umi Hsu in creation of tarot deck for related oral history project
LADAC Public Programming Intern at The Writers Guild Foundation
January 1, 2024 - Present
Conducted form surveys of 82 alumni from 4 cohorts of the Writers’ Access Support Staff Training Program with an 88% response rate; Compiled alumni response data into a published report & website for internal WGF board members as well as showrunners & hiring staff; Interviewed 15+ alumni for promotional materials in the form of upcoming blogposts and video sizzle reels
Copyeditor & Cataloger at UCLA Game Lab
January 1, 2024 - Present
Copyedited alumni academic writings for further publication; Developed labels for the “COACTION: Collaborations in Art, Science, Design, Games and Technology” (2024) exhibition; Created internal databases for institutional research, archival data and website audits
Research Assistant to Prof. Daniel Scott Snelson at UCLA Department of English & Design | Media Arts
January 1, 2023 - Present
Reader for The Little Database: A Poetics of Media Formats; Processed image data relevant to an upcoming experimental comic book video game project; Researched international independent presses and emerging algorithmic literature and video art for related projects
Audio Mixer at Digital Transgender Archives
January 1, 2025 - Present
Mixed Kindred Transmissions as part of a Council on Library & Information Resources Grant to broadcast QTBIPOC archival stories; Remastered archival audio for professional publication; Assisted in episode production and project development
Getty Marrow Exhibition & Programming Intern at One Institute
January 1, 2023 - Present
Copyedited institutional podcast transcripts; Assisted in post-production editing and audio cleanup for podcasts; Provided graphic design & motion graphics promotional materials for Periodically Queer, YouSpeak Radio and the Circa: Queer Arts & Histories Festival, including the “ONE Magazine At Seventy” exhibition

Education

B.A. in Film, Television and Digital Media Studies at University of California, Los Angeles
November 30, 0002 - April 8, 2026

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Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services, Other

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