Kenichiro Tanaka
I'm not currently looking for a job, but feel free to look around. I will not stop you. Honestly, I wouldn't know how.
TiVo
User Interface Designer
May 2010 – present
I write specs for the new HD TiVo UI, focusing mainly on video on demand and the video watching experience.
I am also the UI contact person for the Virgin Media project, coordinating our work with Product, Engineering, and Virgin Media.
OnLive
Senior User Interface Designer
February 2008 – July 2009
I was responsible for the visual and interaction design of the OnLive game service. I came up with the concept for the UI and as the only designer on the project, I defined the visual style, created all the mockups, and produced the final screen layouts.
PDI / DreamWorks
User Interface Designer
September 2001 – February 2008
Worked on the usability of in-house animation, character rigging, lighting, texture painting, and movie playback tools. This involved working closely with the developers and users to define requirements, to create mockups and prototypes, to write design documents, and to help test the implementation.
Dasein Design
Senior User Interface / Graphic Designer
August 2000 – August 2001
Managed and designed corporate identities, including print and digital media.
Scott Hudson, Carnegie Mellon Human Computer Interaction Institute
Research Assistant
August 1997 – August 1999
Graphic design and interface design for subArctic Java toolkit.
Carnegie Mellon School of Design
Instructor
August 1997 – December 1997
Taught Communication Design Fundamentals, a typography course for non-majors.
MAYA Design Group
Visual Designer
August 1994 – August 1997
Responsibilities included graphic design, interface design, and project management.
Master of Human Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon University, 1999
BFA in Graphic Design from Carnegie Mellon University, 1994
Jeremy M. Heiner, Scott E. Hudson, Kenichiro Tanaka, “The Information Percolator: Ambient Information Display in a Decorative Object,” accepted for ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, November 1999
Jeremy M. Heiner, Scott E. Hudson, Kenichiro Tanaka, “Linking and Messaging from Real Paper in the Paper PDA,” accepted for ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, November 1999
Software:
MacOS, Windows, Linux, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Maya, HTML, some PHP, Javascript and Perl
Interface Evaluation:
Contextual Inquiry, Heuristic Evaluation, Cognitive Walkthrough, Think Aloud Usability Testing, Experimental Design
Fluent in Japanese