Vaylian was founded by Damien Christian D'Amico, an award winning director, editor, and visual effects artist with 15 years experience in commercial & experiential advertising, series television, feature film, installation, social, OOH and online content creation. 

After attending CalArts, Damien launched a career in the television and film industry, first working as an editor and visual effects artist, before moving into writing and directing. Damien has worked with a variety of networks, studios, and brands––including Microsoft, Ford, Toyota, Google, Volvo, Mattel, Zillow, Hulu, H&R Block, Behr Paint, Canada Dry, Taco Bell, Paramount Pictures, National Geographic, FOX, Epic Games and Nintendo.  

In 2015, Damien founded Vaylian Studios, with Melody Misiaszek, as a destination for brands looking to create innovative and original media experiences. One of the first projects Vaylian took on, was producing a synchronized video installation piece that was projected across three towering LED displays. The video experience premiered at the most popular automotive trade event in North America, SEMA. Next, Vaylian began working extensively with emerging platforms such as virtual and augmented reality and experiential media installations.

In 2017, Damien created the first ever interactive 360º experience for travel + food content publisher, Thrillist. That same year, Damien launched an interactive AR experience on the newly released Microsoft HoloLens––the first of it's kind for fortune 500 company Johnson Controls. This HoloLens program was nominated for the Auggie Award for best AR campaign, and in turn garnered the attention of Microsoft who inducted Vaylian into their exclusive Mixed Reality Partners Program.  

The following year Vaylian’s virtual reality experience, “Born to Baja,” (produced for Ford Motor Company) won the Lumiere Award for Best VR Brand Experience. Damien then directed the mind bending, urban surreal music video for Maharaja. This was the lead single for renowned electro producer Claude VonStroke’s Live in Detroit LP. 

In 2019 Vaylian created an innovative augmented reality application for the dental industry startup, Janus Health. This sophisticated 3D technology allows Dentists to apply photorealistic teeth onto a patient in real-time––for pre-visualized dental restorations. Also in 2019 Damien produced a Times Square takeover for the insanely popular video game Fortnight. The installation broke records on both Twitter and Twitch drawing over 44M viewers in 2 days. After that Damien directed a series of pieces for Taco Bell including several social campaigns and 4 national broadcast commercials.

Today, Damien continues to serve as Executive Creative Director at Vaylian, creating advanced digital media experiences and highly creative traditional commercial content.