Or, if you prefer, let me introduce myself in a few more words.

Interviewing and volunteering at UX events around the Netherlands is what inspires me the most! I see great potential in connecting UX professionals with UX students to learn from each other.

I tend to concentrate on one specific UX factor in a project, from the stages of research and ideation to prototyping and testing. Based on experience from UX educational program and internships, I have come to the conclusion that minimalist design is the one that delights the users the most, and makes them describe an interface as easy to use, fast & beautiful. The User Experience field is the one I excel in as I have the freedom to solve problems in an innovative way and gather insights into human’s psychology and emotional state.

I firmly support the notion that companies should hold more discussions on AI ethics. I try to incorporate my moral values into all of my design decisions. As a UX Designer and tech enthusiast myself, I keep on innovating in the field of Conversation Design, however, I always keep in mind that the technology I pioneer should serve humanity and have a positive impact on our society. I openly discuss the ethical implications of the projects I embark on with my team. Our crave for innovation should never undermine our code of ethics.

This year, after a lot of hard work and a successful final project for Clockwork with a final grade of 8.5, I obtained my User Experience Design Bachelor of Science diploma at The Hague University University of Applied Sciences. The Bachelor is the first of its kind in The Netherlands as it focuses entirely on User Experience Design. I am grateful to the whole team at Clockwork for assisting and mentoring me along the way in executing a conversational design project! I am eagerly awaiting to work on conversational actions or skills for future clients, perform ethnographic research and explore their conversion side.

During my internship period at Clockwork, I was selected as one of the Top 500 people in Tech in The Netherlands under the age of 26 by The Next Web and Accenture.

Graduation Day

Planning to disrupt the smart speaker market and reach 100 million users with your service? Reach me at kirilkarov@gmail.com or linkedin.com/in/kirilkarov.

Internship’s work-space at LivingMap in Bath, South West England
My thesis project about a Google (voice) Action — final presentation at Clockwork’s headquarters
Meeting my hero — Jake Knapp, the author of Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days
UX Insight Conference, 2018, Utrecht, The Netherlands

My biggest achievement in my other area of interest, debating, is my excellent performance in the two rounds of The World Scholar’s Cup debate competition in 2014, held in the United States and Singapore.

The final debate round at Yale University, New Haven, the USA in 2015.
Yale University, New Haven, USA

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Kiril Karov
Kiril Karov

Written by Kiril Karov

26. Product Designer & UX/UI Teacher based in Sofia. Writes about fin-tech and how it can benefit our societies.

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