Kris Young

San Francisco, CA, USA
I 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

Harvard Square

Exhibition

200708

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,