KARYN Y. LU

[ karynlu@gmail.com ] [ http://dm.lcc.gatech.edu/~klu ] [ LinkedIn ] [ 404.518.2573 ]

EDUCATION

MS in Digital Media
Georgia Tech, 2003-2005

BA magna cum laude in English Literature, Psychology
Wellesley College, 1998-2001

EXPERIENCE

Manager, Site Development | CNN.com, Atlanta, GA
[2007 - Present]

• User Experience Lead, www.iReport.com [launched February 2008]
• Product management for CNN.com core offerings related to community, user-generated content, and blogs.
• Proactively evaluate and integrate new initiatives for CNN.com.
• Provide direction on product definition, user experience, information architecture, and interaction design.

Site Production Coordinator | CNN.com, Atlanta, GA
[2005 - 2007]

• Coordinated new initiatives for CNN.com, including blogs, user-generated content, and community initiatives.
• Coordinated functional changes or redesign efforts on CNN.com.
• Defined and created requirements for projects.
• Provided direction on user experience, information architecture, and interaction design.

Producer | Brightcove, Cambridge, MA
[Summer 2005]

• Provided direction on user experience and information architecture.
• Helped to develop business model during startup phase.

Master's Thesis | Interaction Design Principles for Interactive Television
[2005]

• Published for industry reference from Broadband Bananas and ITVT. 1200+ downloads since publication.
• Collaborated with the Interactive Television Alliance (ITA) and industry leaders to develop interaction design principles for iTV programming in the U.S.
• Based upon a visual culture and human-computer interaction (HCI) framework.
• Advisor: Janet H. Murray; Committee: John Stasko, Peter McGuire, Allison Dollar (CEO, ITA)

Project Manager | eTV Prototyping Group, Georgia Tech
[2003 - 2005]

• Produced interactive TV project in collaboration with PBS series POV. Application used by PBS as an educational tool nationwide.
• Produced interactive TV prototype in collaboration with the American Film Institute and PBS American Experience.

Researcher & Founding Member | Mobile Technologies Group, Georgia Tech
[2004 - 2005]

• Developed new and experimental applications for current and next generation mobile technologies.
• Storyscape project (mobile location-based storytelling) funded by the City of Atlanta for Art in Freedom Park public art exhibition, summer 2005.

Graduate Fellow | Proteus, Washington, D.C.
[Summer 2004]

• Creative design and content development for mobile, Web, and interactive TV platforms.
• Notable projects included HBO Wireless, ABC Enhanced TV, and D.C. Courts.

Freelance | Designer, Web Developer & Editor
[1997 - Present]

• Works closely with clients to design, create, and maintain Web presence.
• Clients include Harvard University and Tufts University.

Managing Editor | Tufts University, Medford, MA
[2001 - 2003]

• Provided in-house editorial direction for all institute Web and print publications.
• Supervised the hiring and training of editorial office staff.
• Managed editorial budget.

Teaching Assistant | Writing Program, Wellesley College
[Spring 2001]

• Designed and instructed a credit-carrying introductory writing course designed to improve writing, critical interpretation, analysis, and study skills.

SKILLS

Product Management, Project Management, Product Definition, Interaction Design, Rapid Prototyping, Information Architecture, User Experience, Functional Specifications, Writing

Software: Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, Final Cut Pro, SoundEdit Pro, CMX Studio

Languages: HTML, CSS, XML, Actionscript

PRESENTATIONS

"Videoblogs: Supporting Multimedia Authoring and Media Literacy in Classrooms"
Social Software in Academy Workshop, Annenberg Center, USC
May 14-15, 2005

"American Experience Virtual Channel Prototype"
Living Game Worlds Symposium, Georgia Institute of Technology
March 16, 2005

"Love and Diane: An Interactive Timeline"
UC Digital Cultures Graduate Conference Narr@tive: Digital Storytelling, UCLA
April 22-23, 2004

"Identity and the Virtual Community"
Science and Technology in Context: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, George Washington University
April 24-25, 2004

PAPERS

"Visual Identity and the Virtual Community." (republished). digitalsouls.com: new media art, philosphy, culture. October 2007.

"Visual Identity and the Virtual Community." Atopia Polygenic E-Zine. Issue 4, February 2004.

HONORS

Graduate Research Partnership, NSF ADVANCE (2003-5)
Completed undergraduate degree in 3 years
Charlotte Paul Reese Memorial Prize for Creativity in Writing (2001)
Johanna Mankiewicz Davis Prize for Prose Fiction (2001)
Mary C. Lyons Prize for Writing (2000)
Kathryn Wasserman Davis Prize for Writing About Art (2000)
National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Award in Writing (1997)
Scholastic, Inc. Silver Award for Nonfiction Writing (1997)

ET CETERA

Student Reviewer, Applied Developmental Science

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