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Aya Karpinska
New York, NY
e-mail: aya at technekai dot com
http://www.technekai.com
Experience
Brown University
Providence, RI
Sep 07 – Present
Teaching Assistant
Planning and conducting an intermediate-level class in which students
create projects
exploring techniques for effective and innovative use of text in digital
media.
R/GA New
York, NY
Dec 2006 - Aug 2007
Digital Culture Researcher
Combining trendspotting, ethnography, and consumer research to discover
and interpret key behaviors in the use of technology to enrich people’s
lives.
Sep 2003 - Sep 2006
Senior Interaction Designer
Designer of content, structure, and functionality of interactive projects.
Working with clients to refine their strategy and develop creative solutions
that balance their goal with users’ needs.
Missing Pixel New
York, NY
Oct 2006 - Dec 2006
Copywriter
Wrote concept and copy for games designed to teach children in grades
4 through 8 about telecommunications and technology.
Global
Action Project New York, NY
Jun 02 – Dec 03, Mar 05 – Sep 2007
Web Designer / Producer
Created a site that showcases GAP’s Documentary Project for Refugee
Youth, a program for teenagers expressing their experiences through video,
writing, and images.
Education
Brown University | Literary
Arts | Providence, RI
Master of Fine Arts | Graduation expected May 2008
New York University | Interactive
Telecommunications Program | New York, NY
Master of Professional Studies | GPA: 4.0 | May 2003
SUNY at Buffalo| Advanced
Honors Program Buffalo, NY
Bachelor of Science, Systems of Cognition and Expression | GPA:
3.98 | May 2001
Institut
de Touraine | Tours, France
Intensive French Language Course Spring 2001
Languages
Fluent spoken and written Polish (native) and French
Intermediate spoken and written Spanish
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