Brian Black

Background

About Brian Black

BRIAN BLACK Founder, Creative Director Brian brings over 25 years of award-winning broadcast design and production experience to his current focus on interactive media. He has been actively working in the new media, television and film fields since starting his directing career in 1985. Brian founded Black Light Design as a creative production and software development company specializing in communication solutions across media. The company’s phased process provides a guiding structure that assists clients in realizing their strategic and tactical goals, from initial concept to final launch. Most recently, Brian was recruited to design the conceptual framework and graphical direction for TiVo's next generation UX. That included the product vision, interactive architecture and animated transitions for the targeted set-top box and remote control. He worked closely with a team of IA and Visual designers in tandem with a front-end and back-end engineering team. Prototyping and usability were actively tested with both current subscribers and prospective customers. Prior to TiVo, Brian was the consulting Creative Director with DIRECTV’s User Experience Group. He directed the design and development of the company’s current-generation satellite receiver and recorder. Brian was hired to expand DIRECTV’s digital broadcast network to include a unified, branded platform for various broadband services. The user experience included resident applications such as the EPG, DVR, VOD, networked games, internet browsing, enhanced programming and other advanced, standard-definition and high-definition features. Brian was previously Executive Vice President, Creative Director of Pittard Sullivan’s Interactive and Convergent Media Group. His group specialized in designing and developing solutions across interactive platforms and for a variety of brands including TiVo, WebTV, AOL/Time Warner, Microsoft, TV Guide, BT, Scientific Atlanta, SeaChange and Cox Cable.