Last Updated in 2019

Alternative 3rd-Person, Brag-Forward, P.R.-Worthy Bio

Travis Zane is a writer, photographer, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and social media strategist based in New York City. Zane began exploring multimedia, the arts, and its relevance to the human experience at an early age. He received several awards and scholarships as an undergraduate researcher (neuropsychology), campus leader, and student activist, at the University of California, Santa Barbara (‘17), including the Dean of Undergraduate Education Award for Outstanding Senior¹, the Paul Duttenhaver Extension Scholarship², and multiple Highest Honors awards.

After graduating from university, Zane moved to New York City to pursue a career in writing and creative direction. He has directed social media content and strategy for a number of successful brands across media, fashion, and retail, and continues to work with creative agencies and clients on social media strategy, content direction, and influencer marketing initiatives.

In 2019, Zane founded Revolukin (“revolutionary kin”), an experiential media brand and community built for the new generations, sharing human-centric stories around travel, art, emotion, spirituality, and activism. The basis of the company began from an idea for a bi-annual print magazine, featuring “kind people doing cool things that make the world a better place,” which he successfully funded through a $20,000 Kickstarter Campaign in March of 2019. Later in the year, Zane began CHESS (“Celebrating & Helping Entrepreneurs & Self Starters”), a supportive network for selfless self-starters that hosts weekly conversations and quarterly meetings, with his friend Sophie Beren (founder of The Conversationalist). He is now developing new projects in film, audio, and product design, continuing to expand the mission of Revolukin, and working on a number of written stories, in both fiction and creative nonfiction.

After having traveled to over 24 countries and counting, Zane constantly blends his personal, cultural, and geographical experiences into various aspects of his work. In 2015 he spent a year living and studying in Sweden, and in 2016 he spent several months traveling throughout Asia, completing multimedia assignments on fellowship and cultural exchange. His general goal is “to create things, uncover details, and thread together stories that can make us feel in meaningful ways.”

His passions can be simplified to: “People, traveling, and making fun of myself a lot…Without my friends and family, I would probably be living in a trash can. Hence—a lot of my writing, photography, and film projects feature people I’ve shared time with, little and large, along our joint journey through life.”

¹ The Dean of Undergraduate Education Award for Outstanding Senior is a University of California accolade awarded to 1 graduating senior in the College of Letters and Science, for outstanding scholarship and contributions to the campus community.

² The Paul Duttenhaver Extension Scholarship is awarded to 6 students across the University of California system, who show a passion for studying abroad and a willingness to embrace and learn from the host country's customs, language, and culture.

Alternative Facts (& Back to the Less Awkward 1st-Person)

• The white cat meme is my favorite meme.

• I watch the film The Holiday obsessively (meaning around seven times a year).

• I've traveled to as many countries as my age (& aim to ensure this statement remains true).

• I am astonishingly talented at whistling, and almost pursued playing the clarinet professionally.

• Regardless of the above credentials, my musical career now consists of making shitty songs on GarageBand for fun.

• I used to live right on the ocean (UCSB), study neuropsychology, & drink a lot of beer (although that part may still hold true).

• I think, statistically speaking & from experience, you're probably really awesome.