About

I'm Karlo, a product designer and creative director based in Washington.
I'm a Principal Product Designer and Creative Director at Xbox/Microsoft, currently reimagining Search across today's and next-generation Xbox platforms and leading design architecture for Discovery and Personalization. Previously, I built and led the Xbox AI design team, working across chat, voice, multimodal interfaces, and 0→1 product design.
My work spans search and discovery, AI product design, gaming, conversational UX, human-AI interaction, and design systems. I partner across product, engineering, research, and leadership to turn complex systems and emerging AI capabilities into experiences players can actually use and trust.
Before Microsoft, I worked across UX, visual design, brand, and apparel, and built businesses of my own, founding Kalacreative and co-founding Jeepney, a clothing brand that achieved international distribution and was later acquired.
When I'm not designing or obsessing over something creative, I'm usually spending time with my wife, Kelly, our twin daughters, Kaia and Kolbi, yes, we're all K's, our French bulldogs, binge-watching Netflix, or training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
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Experience
Creative Director | Search, Discovery & Personalization
Xbox | Microsoft
Creative Director | AI Product Design & Experiences
Xbox | Microsoft
Senior Design Lead | Xbox Trust & Support
Xbox | Microsoft
Senior Designer | Xbox Customer Experiences
Xbox | Microsoft
Interaction Designer 2 | Xbox Programming
Xbox | Microsoft
Interaction Designer 2 | Xbox Live
Xbox | Microsoft
Co-Founder | Creative Director
Jeepney
Principal | Creative Director
Kalacreative
Education
University of Washington
BFA - Visual Communication
Patents
Systems and methods for presenting visual content
12427412 · Issued Mar 28, 2024
Two-way interactive streaming media
358703.02 · Filed Feb 29, 2016
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