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Kryshana Ananthan

Mom | Storyteller | Creative Strategist
About

I'm a communicator, creative, storyteller, strategist, brand-builder, truth seeker and thought provoker. For the past decade, I've worked with entrepreneurs and executives to build successful brands, tell game-changing stories, and change organizations with strategic communications, a heaping dose of wit and stunning visual design.

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Work

Okta FY23 Company Kickoff 

Led, managed and directed the production of 6 mainstage keynotes and a multitude of breakout sessions for Okta's FY23 Kickoff in February 2022 at the Mirage in Las Vegas. The 3-day event was attended by 5,000 global employees both in-person and virtually. 

Work

Okta Showcase 2021

Produced and directed the design of Okta's Showcase 2021 Keynote for a live virtual conference with all the company's partners, investors and customers.

Thorn | Stop Sextortion Campaign

Led the production of an award winning campaign against Sextortion for non-profit organization, Thorn. We created a mobile first microsite showcasing an animated video about sextortion and created social sharing mechanisms for teenagers, parents and educators to open up the conversation and prevent sextortion at the source.

The campaign was awarded a Best In Class Interactive Media Award and was featured in the Huffington Post and Refinery29 among other prominent publications.

See campaign at www.stopsextortion.com

Fortnight (Lyft's Monthly Global All Hands Event)

Led production and management of Fortnight (Lyft's global monthly all-hands meeting) including agenda planning, content strategy and production, speechwriting for the co-founders, creative direction of media and video content, leading rehearsals, coaching speakers (including executives, senior leaders and presenters from across the company) and working with Lyft's co-founders on their monthly company-wide messaging strategy.

Foundation Medicine
Investor Presentation

Designed and animated Foundation Medicine's investor presentation in 2014 during my time at Duarte. Below is an abbreviated preview of the deck.

Lyft Fireside Chat with
Issa Rae 

Key member of the team that produced Lyft hosted fireside chat with actress and media personality, Issa Rae. 

Humanity United Performance Reports

Led the design and production of 3 performance reports for Humanity United — a non-profit organization dedicated to cultivating the conditions for enduring peace and freedom around the world.(2015, 2016 and 2018).

Parnassus Investments Website 

Was the lead designer on the Parnassus account while at CI&T where I led the design and development of Parnassus Investment's corporate website (both desktop and mobile), and the UI and UX of their customer facing portal. 

AXIS Dance Company

Led the development of a new brand identity and messaging platform for AXIS dance company, a global leader in disability and contemporary dance. They needed a fresh new vision that both honored their 30 years of history and positioned them as a leader bringing fresh new ideas to the next 30 years of dance. 

Eterneva Social Media Concepts

Led creative conceptual development of social media content for Eterneva, a company that helps people remember their loved ones by turning their ashes into diamonds.

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