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Karthik Swaminathan

Experience:

Method NYC
Lead Interaction Designer (freelance 2008-present)
• UX and IA for Scholastic Teacher’s Lesson Exchange
• Social Media applications
• Interactive Television applications
• J.Crew Redesign, Century 21 problem solving

Digitas NYC
Lead Interaction Designer (2006-2008)
• IA and UX for Rich Internet Applications
• Client: American Express – IA, QA and Test Cases for Members Project site, IA for Tastemakers site and IA and Design for Jet Blue Card Members site.
• Samsung redesign, IA, UX and Design.

Schematic NYC
Solutions Architect (2005-2006)
• Solutions and Information Architect for Emerging Platforms such as Mobile phones and Media Center PCs.
• QA and UX on MTV Media Center applications: MTV Overdrive, VH1 VSpot, MTV Uber and Comedy Central Motherload
• Co-Architected Flash Video Player and streaming server solutions for ABC.com
• IA and UX for Road Runner Online Video Player.
• Architected Flash Video Player, video data management and streaming solutions for NBC, Sci-Fi, Bravo and Access Hollywood (all players skin from nbc.com).

Screentoons NYC
Creative Director (2000-2005)
• IA, UX and QA of mobile games, seriel wallpaper, designer ringtones, social enhancers, reverse cognitive artifacts, etc.
• United States representative for the Porting Lab (theportinglab.com) in India
• Clients include Hipn’tastey, Wicked Wireless, Oddcast, Native-Instruments, India Games, GameLab, GameLoft, UbiSoft, LimeLife, Sorrent/Glu, MTVi, NBC, Vicarious Visions, Activision, Interspectacular, Nokia R&D and Vindigo.
• Built and managed creative team.

The Fantastic Corporation NYC
Senior Information Architect (1999-2000)
• IA and UX on Viacom/CBS Interactive television prototype
• IA, UX and QA of Lucent B2B video conferencing prototype
• Built and managed creative team

Edwin Schlossberg Inc. NYC
Interaction Producer (1997-1999)
• Activity and interactive designer for music education kiosks for Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s ECHO museum.
• Design, Research and Development for video wall interaction system for Times Square
• Interactive Television prototype for Intel
• Developing physical interfaces for museum exhibitions, i.e. simplified musical instruments for ECHO, etc.

Razorfish NYC
Multimedia Producer (freelance 1995-1997)
• Producer for CyberSlacker Beeper, online game entertainment module
• Designer and developer of Shockwave games and online entertainment for R-Sub Gallery and ThEnvelope
• Designed and Developed FutureSplash [Flash] content for Microsoft Network
• Online video production
• Executive Producer and Editor for Junk Radio
• Visual and Sound Designer for Big Wheel and the Travelogue Series (deadword.com)
• Designer, Editor and Developer of Charged online magazine for x-treme sports

Pseudo Online NYC
Multimedia Producer (1994-1995)
• Online video production
• Online sound production
• Content writer