Senior Director of Design

Lead UX, UI, and Show Art Production Teams across the CBS All Access video streaming subscription service; analyze competitive landscape, define requirements, manage shifting timelines, and work closely with platform developers to ensure milestones are met; report to SVP of Product.
CBS All Access:
• Conceived and created the direct-to-consumer video streaming subscription service from the ground up across multiple platforms in under 9-months.
• Ensured availability on every OTT platform, web, iOS and Android.
• Drove explosive growth of the premium subscription service from $0 to $1B in annual revenue over a period of 4 years.
• Recruited, developed, and mentored the UX / UI Design Team and the Show Art Production Team to exceed goals and expectations; assembled dream team of design managers, senior product designers, product designers, and associate designers.
• Leader from concept to execution of initiative to completely overhaul the CBS.com site along atomic design principles. Created total design system definition to ensure clarity and uniformity across the platforms; including comprehensive redesigns of both iOS and Android (scheduled for launch in Q3 2019).
• Embedded the concept of user testing into process DNA. Championed a culture focused on creating the best user experiences, supported by extensive A/B testing, partnership across iterations, on-point observation of results, analysis and research, and optimizing services.

Created the Fandango web, mobile web, and mobile app designs in a startup environment--reaching 36 million monthly moviegoers and resulting in an acquisition by NBC Universal / Comcast; solely responsible for UX / UI; spearheaded user tests and multivariate testing.
• Designed Fandango on iOS and Android for phone and tablet--one of the first available market apps at the time; both Apple and Google featured the Fandango app in their national commercials.
• Created the UX for all experiences, infusing life through visual designs and ensuring success through user testing and multivariate testing.
• Helped to introduce Scrum framework into the project lifecycle; created structured sprints, allowing the team to set attainable expectations, which decreased early stage chaos and provided the direction instrumental to roadmap, milestone, and timeline adherence.

Senior User Experience Designer

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Ka'o Carlos: Senior Director of Design

Ka'o Carlos

CBS INTERACTIVE

COMCAST

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY