Kris Young
San Francisco, CA, USAI create stories, and find the best way to tell them. Employing technologies such as Silverlight/WPF and touch/gesture, I’ve defined and designed the UX and UI for web, mobile, and hardware applications. Also, I created motion graphics for Hollywood, including film trailers, shorts, and music videos.
Work Experience
Slalom Consulting
UX Design Consultant
March 2014
- Present
San Francisco, California, United States
Pricewaterhousecoopers
User Experience, Senior Associate
Traveling throughout the country, I work with clients to connect with their core customers through forward thinking User Experience methodologies. This can run the gamut of researching, client presentations, wireframes, design comps, defining and designing UI, and managing resources to create innovative solutions for clients' mobile and web presences. Meanwhile I work to boost the value of UX design throughout our company by building out stories and visuals that not only impress, but solve exciting challenges.
September 2011
- March 2014
California, United States
Cisco Systems
UX Designer
UI/UX design for Prosumer group, focusing on product and service based experiences.
January 2011
- August 2011
Seattle, Washington, United States
Kiha Software (Vulcan Inc.)
UX Designer
UI/UX designs and specifications for Android powered semantic entity recognition suite of 'Aro' applications
October 2010
- January 2011
Seattle, Washington, United States
Intermec
Senior UX Designer
Proof-of-concepts and designs for hardware-based and touch-based interfaces for mobile applications
September 2011
- December 2011
Everett, Washington, United States
Microsoft, SBG
UX Designer
Top Secret data visualization project; I designed UX wireframes, defined UI, developed interaction specifications, and created sales presentations. Worked closely with developers, researchers, and program managers to implement working code (Silverlight, XAML, C#) for web applications
July 2009
- July 2010
Redmond, Washington, United States
T-Mobile
Designer/Illustrator (Freelance)
Design of G-1 phone backgrounds and icons for Entertainment & Travel profiles.
June 2009
- July 2009
Seattle, Washington, United States
Microsoft, Surface
UX Designer
Designed UX/UI for WPF applications for Touch/Gesture-based Surface hardware. Created wireframes, user flows, working UI assets (XAML), and motion graphics
April 2008
- March 2009
Washington, United States
Tokyopop Media/Digital
Senior Motion Graphic Artist
Direction, design, animation, and development of shorts, music videos, trailers. Managed a multi-faced team of designers, editors, and actors in a tight production
March 2007
- May 2008
Los Angeles, California, United States
Basecamp Post
Designer/Editor (Freelance)
Editing and compositing for network commercial spots.
November 2006
- December 2006
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Education
Savannah College Of Art And Design (SCAD)
Master of Fine Arts, Motion Graphics
August 2004
- October 2006
Savannah, Georgia, United States
Appalachian State University
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design
August 1999
- May 2004
Boone, North Carolina, United States
Awards
Rencountres D'Arles (Hyper Gallery) - Arles, France
Exhibition
200506
Skills
User-experience Design,
Adobe Creative Suite,
After Effects),
Android,
Cinema 4D,
CSS,
Final Cut Pro,
Flash,
Gamification,
HTML,
Illustrator,
Interaction Design,
Microsoft Expressions Design/Blend,
Photoshop,
Silverlight 4.0,
User Interface Design,
Wireframing,
WPF,
XAML,