Kris Gross
Product Designer
New York, NY, USAKris Gross is an award winning multidisciplinary designer living in New York City. He has worked across multiple disciplines of visual communications, from concept to delivery, including brand identity, interactive media, web and mobile interface design, and studio photography. Prior to joining The Players’ Tribune, he was an associate designer for IPG Mediabrands, and worked in the content studio at R/GA.
Work Experience
Teksystems Apple
Senior Interactive Designer
March 2019
- Present
Cupertino, California, United States
The Players Tribune
Product Designer
Coordinate with Product, Engineering and Business Stakeholder teams. Create user journeys, storyboard wireframes, and conducted user testing based on prototypes. Create low fidelity mocks to navigate a variety of user functions and flows. Building high-fidelity UI in Sketch for product testing. Analyzing user feedback and iterating designs.
September 2016
- Present
New York, United States
The Players' Tribune
Visual Designer
Create multi-platform content and native advertising campaigns that engage The Players' Tribune audience of marketing and advertising professionals. Currently work closely with editors, designers, and account managers on a variety of projects for our social, product and advertising partners. Work ranges from interactive articles, illustrations, social, animation, print, and photography. Managing multiple projects on time and budget, while being responsible for interstitial ad sale concepting and proposal design to post-sale execution and layout
September 2015
- September 2016
New York, United States
IPG MediaBrands
Associate Designer
Designer for the Internal Design Studio at IPG Mediabrands. We support the marketing and new business departments by creating collateral for pitch campaigns while helping push the creative idea a step further in a compelling story. This involves a versatile approach with deck presentations done in powerpoint, digital mock-ups in photoshop, and illustrator, website design, print materials, infographics and email marketing. Creating a cohesive collaboration on multiple teams in varies markets and working on a multidisciplinary platform.
May 2015
- September 2015
New York, United States
R/GA
Content Studio Intern
Collaborated with the production team on shoots, live broadcasts and case study work to show potential clients. Assisted on lighting, camera set up, and post-production edits. Worked closely with the Presentation Studio, a capability that designs content for live audiences through visual storytelling. Created assets and designed infographics that distilled an abundance of data for a presentation.
Present
New York, New York, United States
Education
Montana State University-Bozeman
Working on my B.F.A
I attended Flathead Valley Community College and after two years, I started pursuing my career at Montana State University.
Present
Bozeman, Montana, United States
Awards
Fast Company
Most Innovative Company
2017
American Advertising Federation (AAF) - ADDY Awards
Publication
2016
Skills
& Illustration Motion,
& Illustration Motion,
& Illustration Motion,
Concepting & Ideation,
Concepting & Ideation,
Design & Animation,
Design & Animation,
Design & Art,
Design & Art,
Direction Creative Strategy,
Direction Creative Strategy,
Photography & Video,
Publication Design Prototypying,
Publication Design Prototypying,
UI &,
UI &,
UX Digital Art,
UX Digital Art,
UX Digital Art,