About
8+ years of experience helping companies build value & achieve their mission.
With over 8 years of experience in product design, Kirk Draheim specializes in building AI-driven products that merge cutting-edge technology with human-centered design. He has led design at early-stage startups and growth-stage companies, consistently helping teams discover product-market fit while shaping intuitive, impactful AI experiences.
Kirk has designed across multiple modalities of artificial intelligence — from generative voice and text-based assistants to computer vision and machine learning-powered video editing. As Founding Product Designer at Q Concierge, he is pioneering the first multi-modal AI concierge for hotels, creating voice and text interfaces powered by LLMs. Previously, as Founding Product Designer at Revl, he designed the A.I. video editing platform used by consumers, B2B clients, and in a multimillion-dollar joint venture with Audi, where he explored how AI could transform driver safety, security, and experience.
Grounded in a multidisciplinary foundation of computer science, fine art, and interaction design, Kirk’s approach blends technical insight with creative intuition. He believes AI products should feel seamless, trustworthy, and human — tools that enrich daily life through clarity and simplicity. Known for his ability to engage executives, engineers, and customers alike, Kirk brings vision and leadership to teams navigating the fast-moving landscape of AI-powered technology.
Experience
Education
Previously worked with the robotics, automotive, and A.I. industries.
Mighty Buildings
Director of Brand and
Experience Design
2021-2023
Directed a company-wide rebrand and new website/design system supporting the new company pivot to B2B (devleoper focused) and new fundraising round.
Orchestrated creation of digital marketing assets and internal design systems improving cross-org consistency.
Partnered with the exec team to align branding design and business strategy.
Collaborated with robotics and structural engineers to ensure branding, renders, messaging, web experiences, and product marketing assets accurately represented the systems capabilities.
Revl
Founding UX/UI Designer
2016-2021
Led end-to-end design of the Revl Camera app, which used AI to automatically edit video.
Created telemetry overlays (speed, altitude, G-forces) for richer stories.
Built Revl Experiences, a B2B AI editing system processing thousands of videos/day, cutting editing time from hours to seconds and boosting revenue for experiences/attractions.
Drove design for a multi-million-dollar JV with Audi, exploring AI features for driver safety, security, and experience.
Collaborated across engineering, design, sales, and operations to deliver at scale.
Worked with CV/ML, mobile, and backend engineers to define data models, evaluate outputs, and train CV models.
Frog Design
Interaction Designer
2015
Designed UX/UI for a mobile app on a venture client project; pitched and won executive greenlight.
Led internal strategy/design for a future transportation concept with hyper-connected, autonomous vehicles.
Hylo
UX/UI Designer
2014
Leading product design of a multi-modal voice and text based AI concierge for hotels, powered by LLM and Agentic AI technology. Responsible for researching user needs, ideating use cases for LLM based AI in the hospitality space, prototyping new B2B and B2C facing products, designing final AI interfaces and products. Responsible for all of Q's brand design, website (design + development), and product marketing.
Working with small to medium size companies to help them build company value through design. I work side by side with founders and executive leadership to generate creative ideas and turn them into reality.
My guidance and hands on approach to product design and brand building help build company value with tangible results.
Redesigned core UI (feed, navigation, community flows) to improve usability and engagement.
Collaborated directly with the CEO and engineering to ship a new design system under tight deadlines.
Worked closely with engineers to refine components, improve performance, and ensure high-quality implementation across core flows.
Educated in design by top industry professionals from Frog, IDEO, Meta, Google X, Twitter, Nike.
Q Concierge
Founding UX/UI Designer /
VP Design
2023-2025
Draheim Consulting
UX/UI + Marketing Consultant
2023-2025
California College of the Arts
Interaction Design BFA
2013-2016
Graduated with distinction from CCA, reciveing a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Interaction Design.
Trained by educators that work at major comapnies around the Bay Area. Curiculum includes courses in Design Research, Visual Design, Experience Design, Systems Design, Storytelling, Wearables, Object & Spacial design, Cognative Science, Programming, and Sustainable Design.
Activities and societies: CCA sponsored Workday design sprint team
Completed three years of study, initially majoring in Computer Science and later switching to Fine Art. Additionally, I took courses in social sciences, including anthropology, psychology, sociology, and economics.
Sonoma State University
Computer Science + Art
2010-2013