Kristen Youngman
Creative Director • Design Director • Experiential Designer • Light Artist
- Role
- Creative Director at Manifest
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kristen Youngman
Kristen is a multidisciplinary art director, interactive designer, and artist, best known for her interactive installations. Passionate about creating experiences by blending the digital world with the physical world, she has worked at well-known agencies in New York, San Francisco and Chicago, in mediums ranging from print to AR and VR. She believes one must constantly be seeking new tools for their toolbox, and rediscovering old ones, to stay current in today\'s landscape. Her experience as an interactive advertising teacher has shaped the unique way she leads, and her ability to explain digital concepts to clients in an accessible manner. Kristen is also a commissioned artist and has exhibited in several galleries in Chicago. She received her MFA in Visual Communication and Interaction Design from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. SPECIALTIES: Creative direction, Experiential Design, Interaction Design, UI/UX, Art Direction, Graphic Design, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality TOOLS: Sora • ChatGPT • Figma • Photoshop • Illustrator • InDesign • Premiere Pro • After Effects • HTML • CSS • Prototyping • UI Design • Wireframing • User Flows • GitHub • Unity • Interactive Comics • Illustration • Infographics • Screenprinting • Laser Cutting BADGES OF HONOR- Exhibited at Activate with Chicago Loop Alliance/CANVAS, 2018 - First projection-mapped art installation for #GraffitionGreen, Soho Chicago Lollapalooza 2018 - Seminar on Augmented Reality 101 at Soho Chicago, 2016 - Exhibited at Resonate, Concord Music Hall, 2016 - Exhibited at The Design Show, 2014 - Exhibited at 12x12 Art Show 2013 Interactive Advertising Teacher at the Academy of Art University Interactive Creative Director for the MAIP Alumni Association__20••••07 AIGA Design Competition for Inequality Matters 2005 Ox-Bow Merit Scholarship Recipient 2014 Adobe Design Achievement Awards Semi-Finalist 2014 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Grant Recipient 2012, 2013
Experience
Creative Director
Nov 2024 — Present
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
BS
1999 — 2003
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Master's Degree
2012 — 2014
Skills
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Adobe Illustrator
- Creative Strategy
- Flash
- Corporate Identity
- Typography
- Photoshop
- Digital Media
- Marketing
- Adobe Photoshop
- Interaction Design
- Television
- Interactive Advertising
- User Interface
- Creative Direction
- Dreamweaver
- Concept Development
- Illustrator
- Advertising
- Indesign
- Art Direction
- Art
- Photography
- Graphic Design
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