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AI & strategy at SeyAIProduct manager at mesura.aiFounder of malta.ai

I’m Matthew. I design how people work with AI, grounded in research, tested with real people and made in Malta.

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  • Maltadaily.mt
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  • Vibe FM
  • Lovin Malta
  • Gadgets
  • Mazin Al-Mamaar Studio
  • ONE
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Designer by training, strategist by study.

Matthew Mangion in a black t-shirt, mid-conversation at a table

I trained in digital arts at the University of Malta, worked on digital banking at APS Bank from 2022 to 2025, and took a master’s in strategic management and digital marketing along the way.

Since January 2025 I’ve advised organisations on AI at SeyAI: workshops, training programmes, strategies and research. I’m the product manager at mesura.ai, Malta’s AI Readiness Score, and I founded malta.ai, which asks AI what Malta could look like.

Now
Junior AI & Strategy Advisor, SeyAI
Also
Product Manager, mesura.ai · Founder of malta.ai
Before
eChannels Support Officer, APS Bank, 2022–2025
Studied
MSc Strategic Management and Digital Marketing; BFA (Hons) Digital Arts. University of Malta
Languages
Maltese, English, French

My work

Design, motion, print and film, from university to this year.

A tram glides under a glass canopy through a Valletta street Plant-covered towers rising above the harbour Snow falling over the domes of the city A glowing harbour city under a deep blue night A curving timber pavilion beside a baroque dome A painted luzzu fishing boat A blue rock thrush among red berries
malta.ai. A visual storytelling project and community I started in 2022, imagining with AI what Malta could look like: trams in Valletta, gardens on the towers, snow on the domes. Almost a million people reached.
  1. GatherGather: streams of teal dots converging on one orange point
  2. MeasureMeasure: dots on a radial dial around an orange centre
  3. BenchmarkBenchmark: three rows of dots, each with an orange marker in a different place
  4. AnalyseAnalyse: a network of teal nodes joined by grey and orange lines
  5. ActAct: rings spreading from an orange centre to orange dots on the outer ring
  6. MaltaMalta and Gozo drawn in thousands of teal dots
Design at mesura.ai. A family of graphics for Malta’s AI Readiness Score, following the five stages of measuring readiness from gather to act, drawn in dots, fine lines and a touch of orange. The films below speak the same language.
The Grand Harbour breakwater at blue hour, a frame from The Unsinkables 1:35 · sound on
Filmmaking. The Unsinkables, my BFA thesis: a 95-second trailer that mixes live-action period scenes, CG Spitfires and composited fire and smoke to recreate a seminal Maltese event from the Second World War.
Booklet page with a world map of international tourist arrivals Cover of Tourism in Malta, Facts & Figures 2023: sea cliffs and a red diagonal Booklet page with a word cloud: Welcoming, Tranquil, Warm
Editorial design. A 16-page booklet for the Malta Tourism Authority: the layout, charts and infographics, from a world map of arrivals to a word cloud of how visitors describe Malta.
myAPS prompt over blurred transactions: shake your device screen to quickly hide or show balances, with Continue and Don’t show again myAPS settings with switches for push notifications, sign in with Face ID and shake to hide balance myAPS Manage devices: an Apple phone, an Android phone and a physical token
UI/UX design. My prototypes for myAPS, APS Bank’s mobile app: a shake gesture that hides your balances on a crowded bus, the settings that switch it on, and a simple screen for managing the devices you bank on.
Visit Malta survey flyer: Survey in script over a Gozo cliff, the word survey in eight languages, and a QR code
Graphic design. A survey flyer for Visit Malta: script lettering over a Gozo cliff, the word survey in eight languages and a QR code for a chance to win €500.

Mesura, on film

Two brand films, a product explainer and a series of social shorts for Mesura, Malta’s AI Readiness Score.

A ship drawn in dots at sea, labelled with Valletta’s coordinates and 1761, longitude: a frame from The Measure The Measure 1:00 · sound on
The Measure. One minute on how people have always measured things, drawn in dots: counting, the Earth, longitude, the heartbeat, and now AI readiness.
Thin white rings on black with orange labels reading gap, 35 points, confidently mistaken: a frame from Calibrate Calibrate 0:50 · sound on
Calibrate. Fifty seconds on the gap between what people say they can do and what they can show, across six dimensions and four segments.
A bar chart comparing what you say, 80, with what you show, 45: a frame from How it works How it works 0:36 · sound on
How it works. The assessment in 36 seconds: six dimensions, one score, what you say against what you show, and a retake to watch it move.

Social shorts

Twenty seconds each, one question at a time.

  1. Opening frame of the Mesura short: How much do you know about AI?
    Say vs show0:20 · How much do you know about AI?
  2. Opening frame of the Mesura short: Malta is racing ahead on AI. But.
    Usage is not readiness0:20 · Malta is racing ahead on AI. But.
  3. Opening frame of the Mesura short: Your AI readiness isn't one number.
    Six areas, one score0:19 · Your AI readiness isn’t one number.
  4. Opening frame of the Mesura short: Early Starter to Elite AI Navigator.
    Which band are you?0:20 · Early Starter to Elite AI Navigator.
  5. Opening frame of the Mesura short: Your score, as a card.
    Can you beat 86%?0:20 · Your score, as a card.
  6. Opening frame of the Mesura short: One survey. Everyone answers.
    How ready is your team?0:20 · One survey. Everyone answers.
  7. Opening frame of the Mesura short: Who uses AI at work the most.
    Which EU country?0:20 · Who uses AI at work the most.
  8. Opening frame of the Mesura short: Make a coffee, or find out where you stand.
    Ten minutes0:20 · Make a coffee, or find out where you stand.

Almost 1,000,000 people reached.

Images
950
Videos
250+
Since
2022

malta.ai started in December 2022 as a hobby: asking AI what Malta could look like.

malta.ai on Instagram

My research looks at where people and AI meet, and how they can work together.

  1. From Broadcast to Dialogue: A Design Framework for Conversational AI and Curatorial Insights in Cultural Heritage

    Presented at ENTER26, IFITT’s eTourism conference at Breda University of Applied Sciences, in the Cultural Heritage, Storytelling & Domain AI track, and published in Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2026 (Springer), pp. 183–197. With Matthew Kenely, Mark Bugeja, Jean Gové and Dylan Seychell.

    Read on Springer

  2. Conversational AI and Multimedia in Sacred Art Conservation

    European Cathedrals Malta Conference, pp. 253–266. A personalised conversational guide on Gemini 2.0 Flash for the Face to Face with Caravaggio exhibition at St John’s Co-Cathedral. With Dylan Seychell, Jean Gové, Matthew Kenely and Matthew Sacco.

  3. Evaluating the Efficacy of Large Language Models in the Recommendation of ESG-Aligned Loan Products

    MSc thesis, University of Malta.

    View in the University of Malta repositoryFull text on request

Rooted in Malta

Two degrees, one university. Digital arts first, then strategic management and digital marketing, both at the University of Malta.
A blue rock thrush among red berries
Merill · Jun 2023
A painterly blue rock thrush, Malta's national bird, on a dark ground
Merill · Feb 2023
A blue rock thrush chick held in a hand
Merill · Feb 2023
malta.ai
Made in Malta. Three paintings of the blue rock thrush, il-merill, Malta’s national bird, by malta.ai. Most of my work is about the island it lives on.

What’s next is yours

I work with organisations that want AI their people will actually use: measured first, taught well and designed with care. Tell me about yours.

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