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Julia Ogrydziak

Title: Creative Principal
Organization: Blacksquare LLC
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Member Since: 2013
Contributions: Judge
Website: Blacksquare

Julia is a relentless driver of creativity for Blacksquare, its employees, and its clients, including Bank of America, News Corp., Fox Studios, The GAP, Microsoft, NOAA, Peoplesoft, PRTM, William’s Sonoma, and Pottery Barn Kids. She has an unparalleled ability to deliver brand experiences which amplify business goals, world class design, and flawless usability.

As a multidisciplinarian* she draws on her design education, performance background, theoretical physics degree, serial entrepreneurship, and business analytics to exceed client and investor expectations at every level.

She holds a Masters of Design Degree with Distinction from the Harvard Design School, and Physics and Music degrees from MIT where she received the Alumnae Award for Top Female Graduate. While at MIT, she was also a researcher at the MIT Media Lab.

She is a member of The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences and also a judge for the Web Awards.

Julia is a concert violinist and soloist. Learn more about Julia’s music at julia-o.com or Twitter @ogrydziak.

*Julia was recently featured in a South Korean TV show about Global Multidisciplinarians.