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Knowledge Network

Pioneering On-Demand UX: Knowledge Network’s First Web & Mobile Streaming Service

Role & Deliverables

Role: Design & Protoypes
Agency: Work[at]Play, EUX
Client: Knowledge Network (K:)
Audience: K: is British Columbia's public educational broadcaster
Deliverables: Information architecture, responsive UI designs for web & mobile, native app prototypes, interaction specifications, design system & style guide

Context & Background

Following the modernization of Knowledge Network’s appointment-based broadcast site, BC’s public broadcaster partnered again with Work[at]Play and my studio EUX to pioneer its first online streaming service—web plus native Android & iOS apps—introducing UI and interaction patterns for browsing and discovering on-demand content across devices well before these patterns became industry standard.

Streaming Success

Mobile Streaming Apps, iOS & Android 2015

Knowledge Network
Knowledge Network
Knowledge Network
Knowledge Network

Reflection & Personal Takeaways

This project crystallized my shift from crafting websites or apps as marketing deliverables to what we now call product design—I was fully committed to building end-to-end software products.

The strong and gorgeous brand aesthetics were smartly well-thought-out for the blossoming digital age, and working under Knowledge’s Creative Director Murray Battle alongside Work[at]Play’s David Gratton made these years some of the best of my career. A personal highlight was receiving an award for my K: design work from Terry O’Reilly (Under the Influence, CBC). Witnessing a small non-profit achieve streaming profitability—through donations—before many larger players made their mark remains a career-defining success, reflecting both organisational impact and donor trust.

Awards

knowledge Agent Jesse Online