Adam is a passionate designer practicing and honing his own unique form of user experience design. Drawing experience from physical product development, interaction design and design research, he has positioned himself at the intersection of some of the most captivating things happening in technology today.
A firm believer that crafting a user experience is not a one-man job, Adam thrives in collaborative teams made up of other designers, researchers, engineers, product managers and business stakeholders. His high-energy approach breathes life into complicated, systemic design problems where a strong vision, paired with an attention to detail, is the only way to create fantastic experiences.
Adam is a full time, lead designer in New York City and provides consultation on a limited basis.
User Experience Designer @ Changing the way people view healthcare and insurance by combining elegant design, robust technology and great people. At Oscar, Adam is responsible for crafting and augmenting a multi channel user experience through frequent user testing, hands on research, ideation, service mapping and interaction design. From October 2014 to Present (1 year 3 months) Greater New York City AreaUser Experience Designer, Cloud Security @ Abstracting rich technology into dynamic, usable experiences for one of the top Information Security companies in the world. Currently focusing on web based products tailored to the unique needs of advanced IT forensics professionals. From November 2013 to September 2014 (11 months) Senior Interaction Designer @ Integral member of the Global User Experience team working both to conceptualize enterprise software systems but also educate the greater company about the importance of a strong user experience. While at Motorola, Adam headed such significant design projects as Motorola's first mobile workforce management platform, tablet-based collaboration tools for the police and the UI/UX for Motorola's first eInk wearable, the SB-1. From May 2011 to November 2013 (2 years 7 months) Greater New York City AreaIndustrial Designer @ Member of a cross business unit team which researched, developed and marketed footwear falling under both New Balance Team Sports and Warrior Lacrosse divisions. From January 2011 to March 2011 (3 months) Designer @ Worked in a consultancy environment creating packaging and user interfaces for companies such as Ops-Core, Warrior Lacrosse, 3M and the United States Department of Defense. From June 2010 to November 2010 (6 months)
BID, Industrial and Interaction Design @ Syracuse University From 2005 to 2010 Adam Karnas is skilled in: User Interface Design, Design Research, Wireframes, Mind Mapping, Design Strategy, User Experience, User Experience Testing, Graphic Design, Creative Direction, Industrial Design, Mobile Devices, User-centered Design, Interaction Design, User Interface, Product Design, Adobe Creative Suite
Websites:
http://www.adamkarnas.com,
http://www.motorolasolutions.com