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Designer
Location
Boulder, CO, United States
Toptal Member Since
October 25, 2017
Kristian is a passionate problem solver with more than five years of hands-on UX experience and creating solutions for digital products that engage the public. He's an endlessly curious, user-first designer who strives to create robust technical and storytelling solutions. His designs are always grounded in research, supported by dynamic studies, and puts engagement with your user populations first.
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Work Experience
Senior Interaction Designer
2015 - PRESENT
Mondo Robot
- Created the UX and visual designs for a diverse and challenging client list.
- Gathered insights through user research, analytics, competitive analysis, usability testing, and interviews.
- Analyzed and presented our learnings to stakeholder groups and workshop product requirements.
- Articulated critical interactions between users and product through user journeys, personas, information architecture, wireframes, flow maps, and more.
- Worked on visual design specs and UX documentation for development teams in an Agile production environment.
- Participated in analytics, content strategy, and SEO.
Technologies: Google Docs, Apple Keynote, Google Analytics, Adobe CC, InVision, Sketch
Director of Experience
2013 - 2014
Lightwave
- Developed experience-driven design languages and creative interaction concepts for cutting-edge technology platform integrating hardware and software.
- Led creative teams and worked closely with engineering teams to realize interactive concepts.
- Interfaced with clients to translate stakeholder needs into functional technology products.
- Refined the brand with focused messaging, visual designs, and marketing content.
- Developed and presented rapid ideation concepts to expand platform capabilities and facilitate the client's understanding of the capabilities.
Technologies: Google Docs, Apple Keynote, Balsamiq, Sketch, Adobe CC
Producer, Post Production/VFX Supervisor, Editor, Motion Graphics, Practical Special Effects Designer
2004 - 2013
Various - Film Productions
- Worked hands-on in design, production, and creative roles for ambitious productions and client service projects.
- Co-founded and led the creative direction for TungstenMonkey; which involved community-focused short form projects in New Orleans for startups, arts, education, social organizations, and music festivals.
- Managed the visual effects as a producer for Saving Lincoln: a feature-length period film shot entirely on greenscreen with virtual sets sourced from vintage photography.
- Worked as a pyrotechnic engineer and designer (effects and miniature set design) for the film, Beasts of the Southern Wild; it was presented at Sundance 2012 and was Academy Award nominated independent feature.
- Edited and co-produced a documentary feature called A Crooked Line. Filmed in New Orleans, Peru, and California.
- Edited and co-produced a fiction feature for Sundance 2008 called Half-Life.
- Worked as a director, location manager, director of photography, post supervisor, production designer, and more on productions in San Francisco, New Orleans, and Los Angeles.
Technologies: Nuke Studio, Cinema 4D, Final Cut Pro, Adobe CC
Education
1997 - 2001
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Geography, Human Migration, Mapping
University of California, Los Angeles | UCLA - Los Angeles, CA, USA
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