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John S. Couch, Head of Galvanize Studios.
Galvanize Studios is currently engaged with Amazon Prime Video, helping the product design team to envision the future of the experience. Prior to this, Galvanize Studios worked with Verses.ai on their vision video and strategy. John was formerly Chief Experience Officer of Blockchain Creative Labs and Former VP of Product Design at Hulu.
At Blockchain Creative Labs, John oversaw Product Development, Product Design, Marketing and Brand, leading teams to innovate in the web3 space. Blockchain Creative Labs, FOX Entertainment’s Web3 technology company, is on a mission to forge the future of content creation, distribution and monetization through connecting creators and communities with blockchain technology.
As former Head of Design for Hulu he led the successful 2017 redesign of the Hulu Experience (across mobile, living room and web) as well as the recent 2020 UX update. He continues to lead innovation and the design of the future of next generation storytelling in emerging platforms and formats.
His first job out of college was curating an art show in London of Beat writer William Burroughs’ “Shotgun Paintings” (as implied, shotguns and exploding cans of spray paint were involved) and then, in classic young starving artist mode, he ambulated to Paris, Vienna and Tokyo before finally settling in San Francisco. He launched his design career at Wired Magazine, where he shared an office with Douglas Coupland (“Generation X”) and developed a love for technology, design and tech and, as he is fluent in Japanese and could write copy, he helped launch Wired Japan. Then he moved to LA, taking leadership roles at The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), CBS and eBay before landing at Hulu. Couch lives in Southern California, in a secluded house in the dusky Santa Monica mountains surrounded by ancient oaks. He has a lovely and brilliant wife, JC, who serves as his muse and creative producer. In addition to his day job, Couch continues to write daily in the wee morning hours and paint every evening.