Mato is a director, art director/ designer represented by internationally acclaimed production companies. He transplanted to New York City by way of Switzerland and worked for clients & brands such as Coca-Cola, O2, BBC, WWF, Mars, LVMH/ Belvedere, Infiniti, Activision, Herta, Molson, Miller, to name a few, with production companies such as Psyop, Paranoid-US and DUCK. His expertise lays in combining strong visual concepts and art direction with the knowledge of technical and production aspects to ensure all the details are perfectly created no matter if animation, live-action mixed with CG and VFX. A self-described hobby-astronomer without a telescope, Mato is named by Print Magazine one of the design industry’s rising stars under 30 in the publication’s “New Visual Artists 2009” issue, Atom’s work features diverse styles. He comments, “Each project I undertake requires a different approach and each new job and pitch is a welcome challenge to me.”