How do we make a positive impact on the world, and leave it better than we found it?

I am a Swedish multidisciplinary design director based in Seattle, WA. I am also a hopeless optimist with a passion for human psychology, and creating access through technology and design.

18 years of experience in the design field for clients in B2B, B2C, Saas, Social.

7 years of experience leading design teams at three start-ups and at Microsoft. 

6 years of experience mentoring students and giving lectures at schools such as the University of Washington (MHCI+D, GID), NYU (IDM), Parsons (PS), SFU, Hyper Island (DM) in AI+ML ethics, Inclusive Design, Transition design, and project reviews. 


If you want to get in touch for work, collaboration, lectures, mentorship or know more check out my Twitter, LinkedIn, or shoot me an email at hello@andreaskleiner.com

Cheers

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I grew up in a university town in Sweden and started my design career 2006 building and designing websites. After college I worked in several design roles from Art Director in Advertising and Branding, to leading design teams at 3 start-ups and then evetually ended up at Microsoft. Where I am today working as a Design Director/Manager. When I am not at Microsoft I like to help government and communities solve wicked problems, and teach future design students.

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Facilitating a workshop with Surprisingly Good to solve the health crisis and wicked problem of health in underserved and poor community Brownsville,NY

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After working with the UW MHCI+D Students 2023

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Mentoring UW Students on Design Thinking Principles and prototyping 2019

What do I bring to the team?

ABOUT

  • Design team leadership/management
  • Design system thinking
  • Project planning
  • Mentorship/Coaching
  • Hiring/Placement
  • Design thinking/JTBD
  • Transition Design
  • Design facilitation
  • Ideation 
  • UX Design
  • Interaction Design
  • Information Architecture
  • Design Documentation
  • Visual Design
  • Motion Design
  • Prototyping
  • Recruiting 
  • Branding
  • Research

Skills & Craft

SKILLS

Proficient in: 
Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Zeplin, InVision, Google Workspace

Figuring out: 
Cinema 4D, Framer, Unity, Marvel, Principle, Adobe XD, React JS, JSON

Feat. Clients

LATEST CLIENTS

Microsoft Fluent Design
Microsoft Power Platform
Microsoft Covid response
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft AI
Microsoft Hololens
Meta (Facebook)
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Magic Leap (LuminOS)

USA FACTS
Google
Adidas
Hyper Island
MovieZine (Start-up)
Pepsi
Honest Buildings (Start-up)
The Hunt (Start-up)
Qatar Airlines
Scandinavian Airlines

Latest lectures

HONORS & AWARDS

Microsoft Design Week - Future of AI in Design
SFU - IAT 333
UW - Global Innovation & Design
Parsons School of Design - The New School
Microsoft Business Apps - Learning day
UW - MHCID
UW - HCDE
NYU
Hyper Island
Berghs School of Communication

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