Karl Channell

About Karl Channell

I\'m passionate about building interactive experiences that convey meaningful & easy to understand stories. I combine an understanding of all the key motivations involved in product building from end user motivations to business goals to engineering constraints. My hard skills focus on core UX flows, IA, building prototypes, motion design and bringing user journeys to life with high levels of visual polish. Product excellence is my jam and why I love focusing on visual craftsmanship. My soft skills are focused on building and leading passionate teams of designers through ambiguous challenges, building a culture of design excellence and forging key partner relationships. My work spans education applications, immersive VR / AR creation tools & ecosystems, custom hardware enterprise experiences, social media iOS & Android apps to web marketing content. I collaborate with many stakeholders throughout my projects working closely with Visual Designers, Industrial Designers, Software Engineers, Product Managers and Marketers.I\'m a big believer in discovery by hands on experimentation and refinement through iteration. AI, Art, XR, drones, ambient computing, games and motion graphics are a few of the geeky topics that I enjoy tinkering with. Mountain biking, running & skiing are my passions that keep me connected to the natural world. Software Tools: Figma, After Effects, Photoshop, C4D, modo, Video Production, Final Cut Pro, UnityTechnical: HTML, CSS, Javascript, Processing, ArduinoLeadership: Management, Design Sprints, Team BuildingHobbies: Squash, Skiing, Running, Mountain Biking, Drone Videos, Meditation

Experience

1. Senior Staff Product Designer

   Duolingo

   Jan 2023 — Present · New York, NY, US

Education

• New York University

  MPS, Interactive Telecommunications

  2005 — 2007

• James Madison University

  BA, Multimedia

  1997 — 2001

Skills

• Art Direction
• User Interface Design
• Web Design
• Html5
• Modo
• Objective-C
• User Experience
• Arduino
• Animation
• Openframeworks
• Processing
• After Effects
• Photoshop
• Video Editing
• Quartz Composer
• Video
• Graphic Design
• Css
• Interaction Design
• Mobile Applications
• Actionscript
• Ninja Skills
• User Experience Design
• Final Cut Pro
• Cocoa
• Javascript
• Html 5
• Html
• Prototyping
• Development Tools
• Programming
• Digital Media