About
I'm Kyle, a Staff Product Designer and Head of Product Design based out of Los Angeles, CA.
Here's a bit about me;
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My work focuses on building artful products that translate a companies' vision.
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I've designed products for 25+ companies, from huge enterprises to early stage startups, that have been featured in Forbes and Variety & awarded by the Webby's and Awwwards.
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I like to add *delight* to the design process. Let's enjoy it!
You can see my work @ www.makischuk.com
Work Experience
Leading projects & product design @ Howl. Focused on improving social commerce for Creators, Brands & Fans.
Leading product design projects for our clients from initial discovery and research to final hifi's and design systems.
Clients include;
Dapper, Flow, Yahoo Finance, Tempo, and Binance.US.
Led the web and product design for the rebrand of Huddle, a startup that allows you to rent a pop-up team of experts from companies like Airbnb, Spotify and Uber within a week.
Responsible for running key client projects, managing and getting the design team stoked, pitching new business, deciding what internal projects to focus on, and implementing new processes.
Clients included;
Cyxtera, Overflow, ShearShare, Creator+, and Slalom.
Responsible for all of our client projects and internal concepts on the product design side of things.
Clients included;
Cyxtera, Overflow, ShearShare, Creator+, and Slalom.
The sole visual designer on autoTRADER.ca’s in-house branded content agency. Designed and art directed content campaigns and built new ad formats for the marketplace.
Clients included;
Audi, VW, Ford, BMW, TD, INFINITI, BMW, and Acura.
Ran the product design team at an art startup. Designed and launched an art market intelligence platform, secured major institution partnerships and published the first ever Canadian art market report in collaboration with art fair, ArtTO.
Handled all design related needs for McGill’s varsity sports’ teams including promotional posters, social media content and Athletic’s branding.
Education
Graduated from McGill University with a B.A., majoring in Art History and minoring in Economics. Co-curriculars included; Varsity Rugby and VP Design, Visual Arts Society.
Volunteering
Judging at CSSDA, a web design & development award platform for digital folk, UI/UX peeps and inspiring leaders of the web.
Mentored 3 graduating students of George Brown's graphic design program.
Mentored a group of students for the capstone project of the Master of Human-Computer Interaction & Design program.
Side Projects
A weekly newsletter highlighting emerging creatives. Directed and designed the site, branding and display campaigns.