Cheryl Platz is an internationally renowned interaction designer, author, and actress best known for her work on cutting-edge products and platforms including Amazon’s Alexa, the Echo Look, Cortana, the Sims family of games, Riot Games, and Microsoft’s Azure platform. Her first book, Design Beyond Devices: Creating Multimodal, Cross-Device Experiences, is the design manual for technologists who aspire to get a little bit closer to the starship bridge of their dreams – or just build better responsive websites and cross-channel experiences. Cheryl is presently the Director of Experience Design (XD) for Marvel Strike Force at Scopely. Cheryl is also a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University’s Masters of Entertainment Industry Management program, teaching the craft of video game design and production. Through her design education and consulting company Ideaplatz, LLC, Cheryl has delivered talks and workshops on 5 continents and over a dozen countries (and to countless virtual audiences) on a wide variety of topics like voice design, multimodality, improv, and UX research.
Sessions by Speaker
Design Beyond Devices: Creating Multimodal, Cross-Device Experiences with Cheryl Platz
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Beyond the Console: The rise of the Gamer Experience and how gaming will impact UX Research across industries (Videoconference)
Friday, May 17, 2024
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
Demystifying Multimodal Design: The Design Practice You Didn’t Know You’re Doing (Videoconference)
Thursday, April 4, 2024
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
Merging Improv with Design (Videoconference)
Thursday, March 7, 2019