kari Y. Snyder, MFA

Kari Snyder has over 20 years of experience in developing and creating multi-media projects as a Creative Director and multidisciplinary Designer (Graphic Design, Product Design, Interactive Design, Visual Design and Instructional Design). Her expertise includes developing blended learning educational courses, eLearning certification programs, and materials that facilitate effective, interactive learning experiences for adult learners, college students and elementary students.

Online User Training Wiki: Oversaw an International team at Odysee to re-build online documentation communications hub in multiple languages. In the first three months of launch, the help hub had 45.3K visitors with email help requests going down by 45%.

Property Inspection Safety Training: Distilled complex technical concepts into clear, engaging, and learner-centered content to train adult learners via eLearning and instructor-led training (ILT) modules. Lead producer, writer, video editor and online module developer. Average knowledge retention score three months after training: 78.1% retention.  

CHI St. Luke Hospital Out-Patient Recovery Training: Created detailed TV app wireframes, visuals, voiceover scripting, interaction logic, and addressed accessibility considerations for in-hospital TV video network learning series for hospital patients. Co-produced and edited various patient explanation videos for CHI St. Luke’s Sugar Land hospital.

Texas Children’s Hospital Augmented Reality (AR) Out-Patient App: Wrote and developed full instructional content, including narration scripts, onscreen text, activities, knowledge checks, and assessments for augmented reality AR mobile video game for at-home patient care.

Augmented Reality (AR) Botanical Learning App: Designed instructional strategies, content structure, sequencing, and learning approaches for an augmented reality (AR) learning app geared for 3rd through 5th graders to find, classify, analyze and preserve botanical discoveries. Lead producer, writer, and illustrator.

Texan Ranch Simulation Game + Documentary: Analyzed existing training materials and aligned training content to an approved competency framework that allowed teen through adult players to start and run a virtual ranch based on authentic Texan ranch history. Interactive experience complemented a documentary TV show, "Cowmen: Texas Founders and Descendants."

Multi-media Mathematical Learning Modules: Wrote and developed full instructional content, including narration scripts, workbook activities, and assessments for multiplication exercises aimed at 3rd - 4th graders. Over 5 million views on YouTube for NumBears Multiply songs.  

Get Made$ Kid Entrepreneurial Learning Series: Authored all content and was lead producer, editor and writer of kid entrepreneur video series featuring 12 episodes filmed across the United States. Distributed via YouTube and educational channels.

MR Surgical Simulator Demo: Created a demo MR Surgical Simulator training module that mixed the power of tactile 3D organs via digital augmentation to measure skill assessment to ensure procedural efficiency.

As a Lecturer of Digital Media at the University of Houston, Kari taught courses in design, simulation and gaming, mobile app development, costing and transmedia marketing.

The Creator and Executive Producer of the Healthcare Games Showdown™, she created an internship event and live-stream show for college students to produce video games for healthcare for companies such as Texas Children’s Hospital, AT&T Business, and Mount Sinai Abilities Research Center.

The Creator and Executive Producer of the XR Showdown™, this event and live-stream show involved young talent working on enterprise VR/AR/MR projects and was presented by ExxonMobil.

She has managed and directed teams of up to 90 both in-house and globally distributed as they develop and create multi-media, social media, and transmedia projects that involve technology, design, branding, marketing, social media, finance, and business strategy.  

As KYS REALM, she is the creator of the transmedia series, The Elements Club® and launched The Elements Club: Unity Match® video game.

She is the creator and developer of the Transmedia Realm® platform which blends social video game mechanics with narrative to allow authors to BUILD, DISTRIBUTE, and ENGAGE fans in multi-media story worlds. Don't just read a story--engage with it.

She presented and led panels regarding full-motion video game development, esports, and transmedia at SXSW, Dreamhack, Comicpalooza and other conferences. In all these endeavors, she is focused on developing transmedia projects that incorporate full-motion video games, video production, and mobile technology.

Kari earned her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Media Design from Full Sail University and earned the distinction of being valedictorian of her class. Previously, she graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BS in Business Administration from Capella University.

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