Greg Kujda
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Long Beach, CA, United States
Toptal member since March 13, 2019
Greg is a hybrid storyteller with deep experience leading UI/UX, visual, and motion design for world-class multi-disciplinary creative teams in the entertainment and technology arenas. He balances both a product design and marketing design mindset. He has crafted products and marketed products that touch tens of millions of users across OTT (FireTV), voice UI (Alexa), augmented reality, mobile, tablet, desktop, gaming, and TV.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Design Lead for FireTV Platform (Sr. UX Designer)
Amazon Inc.
- Designed a new Fire TV LIVE Event platform leveraging social feeds via Twitter integration.
- Led the EUMFA integration for Fire TV.
- Designed the new App Bundle collections for ease of bulk app download and installs for Fire TV.
- Led the design voice for monetization for Fire TV in India.
- Explored new avenues for app re-engagement across Fire TV through A/B test and iterations.
Design Lead for Amazon Appstore for Android (Sr. UX Designer)
Amazon Inc.
- Drove the redesign, testing, and launch of Amazon’s Appstore for Android.
- Explored, evaluated, and pitched new next-gen 'What if' product initiatives that scale across localized marketplaces (US, India, Japan, EU).
- Concepted, prototyped, and pitched a new Alexa/Appstore integration focused on bridging relationships for game developers and customers.
- Designed, pitched, tested, and launched a new Cash Back experience that rewards customers for their purchases on Appstore by providing them with 5% back to use across Amazon.
- Designed, tested, and launched a new app store experience for our India customers. This experience provided free apps and games for customers. We wanted to see the lift in engagement with a completely free app store experience.
Design Lead (Sr. Interaction Designer)
Amazon Inc.
- Built out the initial ADX Design team in Santa Monica. This was a hybrid team of interaction, design technologist, visual and motion designers who will assist in scaling Amazon's Ad business.
- 2016 Webby Awards - MINIONS MAKE MAYHEM AT AMAZON - Advertising & Media | Brand Strategy.
- ThinkLA | 2016 IDEA Awards - MINIONS MAKE MAYHEM AT AMAZON - Campaign of the Year.
- Built out the initial Blue Prints program that assisted our client partners with Ad Specs and Templates via an easy to deliver and download system.
- Consistently lead the org each quarter with the highest conversion metrics across multiple experience campaigns.
Design Lead
The Walt Disney Company (ABC Digital)
- Defined and implemented the visual and experience methodology for ABC.com and Oscar.com (Multiple Years) site redesigns.
- Developed branded motion packages for original web series content that supports shows like LOST, Grey’s Anatomy, and Desperate Housewives.
- EMMY Nominated in the category of Outstanding Special Class Programs: LOST Presents: Mysteries of The Universe – The Dharma Initiative.
- EMMY Win (Group) for Outstanding Achievement in Digital Media: Oscar.com Digital Experience.
- Managed and developed career growth strategies and mentorship plans for a team of 12 direct reports in Los Angeles and New York City.
Art Director
Yahoo! Inc.
- Designed a Yahoo! Search gaming initiative by creating a game co-branded with the NY Times, converting 35 million users in two weeks.
- Partnered with the Y! Kids vertical and designed a first of its kind co-branded casual game that integrated with Y! Shopping's Holiday Gift List.
- Designed, pitched, and launched a white label gaming experience that could live across any business unit within the portfolio of Y! properties. Partners included: Y! Finance, Y! TV, Y! Movies, Y! Search, Y! News, Y! Worlds.
Skills
Tools
Illustrator CC, Photoshop CC 2019, Sketch, After Effects CC, InDesign CC, InVision, Premiere Pro CC, Animatics, Apple Keynote, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Animate, Flinto
Platforms
iOS, Android, Android TV, Web, MacOS
Industry Expertise
Film & Television, Sports, Entertainment & Leisure, Travel & Leisure, Technology
Other
User Experience (UX), Visual Design, Augmented Reality (AR), WordPress Design, Mobile App Design, Graphic Design, Animation, Mobile Game Design, Game Design, Video Production, Identity Design, Branding, Presentation Design, Design Direction, Web UI, Genealogy, Kids & Families, Desktop Web Design, Strategy, Design, UI Design, Web UX, Direction, Over-the-top Content (OTT), Smart TV, Product Design, LiveStream, App UX, Mobile UI, Mobile UX, Physical Design, Conceptual Design, Live Entertainment, Apps, Identity, Logo Design, Nonprofits
Experience
- Visual Design - 16 years
- Identity Design - 15 years
- Animation - 15 years
- User Experience (UX) - 12 years
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