Andy Huntington

Head of Design

London, England, United Kingdom23 yrs 3 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Led interdisciplinary teams at Microsoft.
Developed innovative AI-powered experiences.
Created impactful educational platforms for schools.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Design Leader specializing in User Experience and Interactive Technologies.

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Skills

Core Skills

User ExperienceDesign ThinkingDesign StrategyProduct DesignInnovationProduct DevelopmentPrototypingInteraction DesignProject DesignCurriculum DevelopmentResearchInteractive InstallationCreative TechnologyInteractive Exhibition

Other Skills

Experience DesignAI powered experiencesSupply ChainInteractive AdvertisingUser-centered DesignConcept DevelopmentUser Interface DesignInformation ArchitectureInformation DesignInternet of ThingsRapid PrototypingLean Manufacturing

Experience

23 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

11 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Microsoft

5 roles

Partner Design Director

Mar 2026 – Present · 2 mos

Leading a hands on, prototyping focused, interdisciplinary team exploring new technologies, product applications and interaction challenges.

Interaction DesignExperience DesignUser ExperienceDesign Thinking

Principal Design Director

Promoted

Jul 2024 – Mar 2026 · 1 yr 8 mos

Leading a hands on, prototyping focused, interdisciplinary team exploring new technologies, product applications and interaction challenges.

Interaction DesignExperience DesignUser ExperienceDesign Thinking

Principal Design Manager

Promoted

Mar 2021 – Jul 2024 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Team lead across the design, incubation and application of AI powered experiences in partnership with Windows, Edge and M365. Continued material exploration in embedded intelligence, embodied voice assistance and search.

AI powered experiencesUser ExperienceDesign Strategy

Product Design Lead

Jul 2018 – Mar 2021 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Working with the cross discipline studio to incubate and develop new products bridging intelligence research and execution.

Product DesignUser ExperienceDesign Strategy

Product Invention Lead

Oct 2014 – Jul 2018 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Working within Lift Labs: an innovation team set within a Microsoft Games Studio, inventing cutting-edge entertainment products and services that create impact and magic in the marketplace.
Leading incubation and prototyping projects at the intersection of 2D and 3D computing: across hardware, software and mixed reality.

PrototypingInnovationUser Experience

Berg

Hardware Producer & Designer, Project Lead

Jan 2011 – Sep 2014 · 3 yrs 8 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

Product development from design and build of prototypes through to manufacture: 4 days a week.
Oversaw the development of Little Printer from initial end-to-end prototypes, building a supply chain, certification and took it into production. Designed, built and open-sourced the BergCloud Dev Kit hardware.
Also worked on client research projects such as Connbox for Google and the development and build of #Flock for Twitter.

Product DevelopmentPrototypingSupply Chain

Andy huntington design ltd.

Owner

Oct 2005 – Apr 2012 · 6 yrs 6 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

Interaction design - focussing on software and hardware prototyping for clients including BBC, Mulberry, Ogilvy, The Science Museum, Snibbe Interactive, AllofUs, Orange, Nokia and Denstu London.

Interaction DesignPrototyping

The helen hamlyn trust

Project Design and Direction for filmit

Oct 2005 – Sep 2011 · 5 yrs 11 mos · UK & India

filmit was an experimental video sharing platform and curriculum created for the Helen Hamlyn Trust's Open Futures initiative. In collaboration with Andy Cameron I researched, designed, developed and deployed a series of activities and software to introduce schools across the UK to digital video making and sharing.
In 2007 the project expanded to include schools in India where the current activities are supported by the Indian National Trust for Arts and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) in 180 schools over 13 cities.

Project DesignCurriculum Development

Bartlett school of architecture (university college london)

Research Associate

Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 · 1 yr · London Area, United Kingdom

Working with Stephen Gage's Interactive Architecture workshop, developing a floor-based interactive installation based on virtual ecologies.

Interactive InstallationResearch

Fabrica (benetton)

Creative Technology Consultant, Interactive Dept.

Jan 2001 – Jan 2003 · 2 yrs · Treviso, Italy

Created performance software, a 4 month interactive exhibition called DARE at The American Museum of the Moving Image (New York) and developed United People (an online video messaging system for Benetton stores) in addition to DVDs, CDroms, sound toys.

Creative TechnologyInteractive Exhibition