Currently, I lead the design team for emerging video products at Adobe.

I'm passionate about building growth-minded design teams, creating strategic context, cultivating an open and inclusive creative culture, driving zero to industry leading products, sweating the details, and having fun doing it.

At Adobe, I’ve led the design of Acrobat on web, several new workflows in Premiere Pro and After Effects, and the development of new video product lines including Premiere on mobile.

Previously, I was a product designer at the Washington Post Innovation Lab and co-founded Little Tinker, a software and hardware company.

Outside of work, I’m a volunteer meditation facilitator with a local Buddhist sangha, part-time art student at Pratt Institute, and have run over 20 marathons.

I’m currently evaluating art and design university teaching, guest lecturing, critique, and curriculum development opportunities. If you’re interested in having me in your academic setting, please email me,

Side Projects

Gallery House NYC art curation galleryhouse.nyc

V.O2 a coaching app for runners vdoto2.com

Clear Sky Club night sky photography clearsky.club

Runnning.com road, track, and trail running photography runnning.com

Snow Watch a forecast app snow.watch

Highly Clickable a silly game of clicking dots highlyclickable.com

Writing

2025 — “Behind the design: Adobe Premiere on iOS” Adobe.design

2024 — “How can applicants stand out when applying to design jobs?” Adobe.design

2023 — “What does a Design Manager do?” Adobe.design

2021 — “Premiere Pro gets a cutting-edge refresh for today’s creator” Adobe.com

2020 — “Accessible design for all.” Powered By Design, Stevens, Renée. pp. 168-171

Mantras

Because of impermanence, all things are possible.

All you need is love. If it’s not love, let it all go.

Contact

You can email me at christopherazar@gmail.com.

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