Kartik Rao

Kartik Rao is a Senior Interaction Designer at YouTube, where responsibilities include designing video viewer experiences across various platforms such as Phone, Tablet, Web, and Mobile-Web since August 2018. Prior experience includes a role as a Designer focusing on mobile camera development for Pixel devices, as well as a Graduate Research Assistant at Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing, where improvements were made to mobile app adoption among older adults through user studies. Kartik also interned as a User Experience Researcher at Verily Life Sciences, conducting qualitative research for a health wearable, and worked as a UX Designer at Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd, delivering design solutions in an Agile environment. Kartik holds a Master’s Degree in Human Computer Interaction from Indiana University Indianapolis and a Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology from Savitribai Phule Pune University, along with a Diploma in Information Technology from Mumbai Educational Trust.