Director, Oxidant
London, United Kingdom
- Current
-
- Director at Oxidant
- Past
-
- Head of Information Architecture, London at Agency.com
- Product Design Director at Passado
- User Experience Consultant (contract) at Passado
- User Experience Consultant (contract) at Enterprise IG
- User Experience Design & Strategy (Self-employed)
- Owner at mediapollen limited
- Senior Experience Architect (contract) at Oyster Partners / FramFab
- User Experience Consultant (contract) at Radley Yeldar
- Senior Information Architect / Manager of User Experience at Sapient
- User Experience Discipline Lead at Sapient India
- Technology Consultant at Studio Archetype
- Online Producer at Plugged In
- Education
-
- Stanford University
- Fieldston
- Recommended
-
2 people have recommended Kai - Connections
-
352
connections
- Industry
- Internet
- Websites
Kai Turner’s Summary
13 years of experience in leading the user experience, visual design, information architecture and online strategy for the design of large-scale commercial websites.
Key clients include AOL, Hallmark, Virgin Mobile, Homebase, Asserta Home (property destination funded by CGNU, now Norwich Union), Lloyds of London, Opodo, BT, Orange and Capita.
Kai Turner’s Specialties:
Digital strategy, User Experience & Information Architecture, Social media planning, Visual Design, Information design, User Research.
Competitor auditing, Audience segmentation, User personas and scenarios, task flows, card sorting.
Kai Turner’s Experience
-
Director
Oxidant
(Internet industry)
September 2009 — Present (3 months)
-
Head of Information Architecture, London
Agency.com
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; ACOM; Internet industry)
April 2008 — September 2009 (1 year 6 months)
-
Product Design Director
Passado
(Internet industry)
July 2007 — March 2008 (9 months)
-
User Experience Consultant (contract)
Passado
(Internet industry)
April 2007 — July 2007 (4 months)
-
User Experience Consultant (contract)
Enterprise IG
(Public Company; Design industry)
2006 — 2007 (1 year )
Clients included: National Skills Academy, AEGON, Argos and Enterprise IG (internal)
-
User Experience Design & Strategy
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)
April 2004 — July 2007 (3 years 4 months)
Currently providing interactive design and consulting services.
Freelance clients include: Enterprise IG, Oyster/FramFab/LBi, Radley Yeldar, British Telecom, Orange, Capita. -
Owner
mediapollen limited
(Internet industry)
April 2004 — September 2006 (2 years 6 months)
mediapollen published the Design On DVD series, including 'Bass on Titles' by Saul Bass.
Distributed in the United Kingdom. -
Senior Experience Architect (contract)
Oyster Partners / FramFab
(Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2005 — June 2005 (3 months)
Clients included: British Telecom (BT), National Assessment Agency (NAA)
-
User Experience Consultant (contract)
Radley Yeldar
(Design industry)
July 2004 — November 2004 (5 months)
Concept work for new business pitches, user experience design for internal content management spin-off business, IROQO.
Additional work with Radley Yeldar in 2005 for Serono, and 2007 for Capita. -
Senior Information Architect / Manager of User Experience
Sapient
(Public Company; SAPE; Internet industry)
June 1999 — April 2004 (4 years 11 months)
Led the Information Architecture design on projects for key Sapient clients, including Virgin Mobile, Homebase, Asserta Home and Lloyds of London.
Acted as User Experience Lead in Sapient's New Dehli office for 6 months to help develop the creative discipline in India. -
User Experience Discipline Lead
Sapient India
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2001 — August 2001 (6 months)
While at Sapient, I spent 6 months as the head of the Creative/User Experience team in Sapient India's New Delhi office. I held overall responsibility for staffing, planning and development of the 20+ person team consisting of designers, information architects, creative project managers, content strategists and site developers.
-
Technology Consultant
Studio Archetype
(Graphic Design industry)
September 1998 — May 1999 (9 months)
Provided interactive design, consulting and development services for clients including 3Com, IBM and Hallmark.
-
Online Producer
Plugged In
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Philanthropy industry)
September 1996 — January 1998 (1 year 5 months)
Online Producer for Plug In! Studios -- a teen content studio funded by the venture capital department of America Online, AOL Greenhouse.
The Studio employed teens from East Palo Alto and Palo Alto to create interactive communities for AOL, Intel and Sun Microsystems.
Plug In! Studios was a for-profit social enterprise developed to contribute to the non-profit organisation Plugged In.
