User Experience Designer at TeleNav
San Francisco Bay Area
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- User Experience Designer at TeleNav
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- User Experience Designer (Self Employed) at Google
- Senior User Experience & Visual Designer at Momentum Design Lab
- User Experience & Visual Designer at Ingenuity Systems
- User Experience & Visual Designer at Google & Successfactors
- Web Developer at NASA Ames Research Center
- Visual Designer & Information Architect at Organic
- Noted Experience at Multiple Companies
- Education
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- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Portland Community College
- Moorpark College
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
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Michael Kosmatka’s Summary
Educated at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a focus in Art & Technology, I understand the relationship between art and science and its impact on our everyday lives.
Most recently, on Google's Corporate Engineering team, I was overseeing the experience design of many core internal Google applications; e.g. mobile enterprise social apps, profile creation and editing, Googler search, compensation and bonus planning, hiring process, performance management, career management, and headcount allocation tools.
With a specific focus in User Experience, I appreciate simple yet efficient design while lovingly guarding the rights of the user.
I'm intimately familiar with the conceptual development process. Whether it be from a requirement document or scribbles on paper, I can quickly absorb new technologies and techniques. I'm able to integrate into existing development pipelines as well. I excel at team collaboration and communication.
I'm an effective team player, known for creativity, flexibility, and timeliness. In fact, a former creative director noted: "Michael brings a sense of urgency to his tasks. He's warm, communicative, and has a wonderful sense of humor."
Michael Kosmatka’s Specialties:
Technical areas I have passion for are rapid prototyping, 2d composition, color, typography, and the creation of pixel perfect detailed designs. I have a deep understanding of temporal based experiences which include movement, sound and the visual.
Michael Kosmatka’s Experience
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User Experience Designer
TeleNav
(Privately Held; Wireless industry)
November 2009 — Present (1 month)
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User Experience Designer (Self Employed)
Google
(Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)
August 2007 — June 2009 (1 year 11 months)
I've been with the Corporate Engineering team overseeing (from a user experience perspective) the design and the implementation of many core Google internal applications.
Compensation and bonus planning, hiring process, performance management, career management, googler search, profile creation and editing, enterprise social apps, and human resource tools such as headcount allocation.
As a User Experience Designer my responsibilities include direct interaction with a team of designers, engineers and testers to ensure adherence to project requirements, while developing designs from concept to implementation. -
Senior User Experience & Visual Designer
Momentum Design Lab
(Privately Held; Design industry)
February 2007 — July 2007 (6 months)
Momentum Design Lab specializes in user-interaction and visual design. Their clients range from the small web 2.0 start-up to large enterprise teams.
As a Senior User Experience / Visual Designer my responsibilities include direct interaction with the client, managing projects with a team of designers and engineers, ensuring adherence to project requirements, research, develop designs from concept to implementation, and lead design reviews. -
User Experience & Visual Designer
Ingenuity Systems
(Privately Held; Biotechnology industry)
December 2004 — February 2007 (2 years 3 months)
At Ingenuity Systems I worked with a small design team to develop next-generation data visualization applications for academic and pharmaceutical clients in the biotechnology space. Our team were primary architects in developing the user experience for Ingenuity's flagship application, Ingenuity Pathways Analysis.
From rough conceptual sketches to final design mock-ups, I visualized and presented abstract user interface and interaction concepts to teams of management, marketing, and engineering personnel. -
User Experience & Visual Designer
Google & Successfactors
(Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)
March 2004 — December 2004 (10 months)
As an independent contractor I worked on short-term projects entailing visual design, user experience and collaboration with implementation engineers.
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Web Developer
NASA Ames Research Center
(Internet industry)
2000 — 2002 (2 years )
I was part of a small team who developed a concept video featuring the PSA robot winning Best of Category from I.D. Magazine in 2000. The same video aired on Discovery Channel's "Inside the Space Station". Graphic stills were published in Newsweek and Popular Science. This exposure allowed the team's work to excite the public imagination and enable continued technological development.
As a sole developer, I managed the entire creative development process for Ames Research Center's Computational Sciences Division and Engineering Division websites.
I designed a commemorative poster for the IVHM program which earned praise and was distributed throughout the NASA agency. -
Visual Designer & Information Architect
Organic
(Public Company; OMC; Marketing and Advertising industry)
1998 — 2000 (2 years )
I conceived and designed the graphical user interface for law.com which served as their primary design for over 4 years. Working with a small group of designers and engineers we continued to develop many top-tiered e-commerce experiences for clients such as Target, DaimlerChrysler, Payless, MC Sports and Haystack Toys.
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Noted Experience
Multiple Companies
(Design industry)
1995 — 1999 (4 years )
The following companies are where I worked during my college years in Chicago, Illinois. The industry experience spans Fine Art, Internet, 3D, and Design.
ArtN Labratory, Ambrosi Associates, Avid Softimage Inc. - Montreal,Canada, Post Effects, Information Resources Inc., Swell Pictures.
Michael Kosmatka’s Education
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Art & Technology 1995 — 2000
Student Merit Scholarship Awards (1995-2000)
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Portland Community College
General 1995 — 1996
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Moorpark College
General 1991 — 1994
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California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Architecture 1991 — 1991
- Activities and Societies:
- Summer Architecture Program
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Michael Kosmatka’s Interests:
Professional software interests: Fireworks, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, After Effects, Painter, Suitcase, Firebug, Unix command-line. Other interests: cycling, gaming, music production, art, future technology and its impact on culture.
Michael Kosmatka’s Groups:
BayCHI - The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of ACM SIGCHI
Michael Kosmatka’s Honors:
NAAP GO Platinum Contest - Best Design 2004
I.D. Magazine - Best of Category, 2000
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Merit Scholarship 1995-2000
Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center - Best of Show 1993
Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center - Best in Category 1993
Arts Council of Conejo Valley - Scholarship 1993
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