Brandon Karratti

As a UX Designer, I look at ways to enhance a user's experience in any way that I can. From making things easier to find, easier to read, easier to access, or easier to utilize, I hope to help students at WGU to best utilize the tools they need to achieve their goals both in education and in their lives.

I utilize personal meetings and user stories from product owners to develop the flow for users, from the larger picture of a project down to the minute details of look, feel, and experience. Using sketches, mockups, and wireframes, I then develop the interface designs for use on multiple apps and websites.

My goal on every project is to make things as intuitive and even entertaining as possible as possible, so that users can quickly, efficiently, and pleasantly perform the tasks that they are trying to accomplish.

I was a game designer for NinjaBee/Wahoo Studios, where I developed game projects for a number of outside clients, including Verizon, Land Rover, Sony Pictures, Acuvue, Carte Noire, and Subaru.

On each project, I conceptualized, proposed, developed and delivered, working in multidisciplinary teams to create the best games possible, and I did everything to surpass expectations for each project that I worked on.

For each, I would develop mockups and/or wireframes as necessary, and incorporate feedback in order to create the best experience possible for the player.

I developed user interface, animations, user experience and gameplay for each project using Flash-based systems and scripting, as well as providing art assets using Photoshop, and creating/editing sound.

I am a graduate of the University of Utah's top-ranked Entertainment Arts & Engineering program, where I studied game production and design in multidisciplinary teams.

During that time, I worked on multiple projects and prototypes, as well as two published projects, including Aquaducks for the Utah Natural History Museum, and Race of the Zodiac, which is a published title for Android as well as Kinect/PC.

The friends, contacts and experience that I gained from this program have been invaluable in my career.

Press Start is an organization dedicated to helping individuals in and around the Univerisity of Utah to better prepare themselves to seek and acquire employment in the video game industry. The primary focus of the group is understanding personal brand awareness, how to interview and present yourself, resume work, and networking skills.

I founded this club with Sterling Pierce in 2012, and am currently President-Emeritus since graduation.

In the summer between my grad school semesters, I worked as a designer at PoleVault Media, working on everything from web site redesigns to media campaigns to even designing concepts for a portable mercury testing lab. It was a varied, interesting, and versatile environment with a variety of challenges, and I was grateful for the time that I spent there.

I designed and developed this game with a talented team of artists and engineers for the Utah Natural History Museum, in an effort to engage children in learning about water conservation in Utah. I designed, managed, and presented this project.

The game is still on display as of March 2012.

Below The Line was an independent television pilot exploring those on a television set who are often overlooked - the grips, the electrics, the producer's assistants, the camera guys, etc. The idea was to have a show within a show, as the story played out during the filming of the hit procedural drama, Sugar and Spies.

I was one of the original creators of the show, along with Weston Critchfield and Chris Clark, and during filming was responsible for unit production, scheduling, and day-to-day operations management of this independent television sitcom pilot submitted to ITVFest in 2010.

I scheduled and managed crew for live broadcast of multiple collegiate sports broadcasts, and acted as liason between management and talent, crew, and advertising representatives. This required the ability to thrive in a quick-thinking environment, and being able to deftly diffuse high-stress situations.

I was responsible for menu and graphic creations and quality control for numerous digital product releases, including DVDs, web displays, and kiosks. I also provided support and acted as liason between multiple producers throughout various projects.