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Windows Phone ads land Brandon Foy a job at Microsoft

Aug 1, 2011 5:46 pm by Kip Kniskern | 6 comments

Remember back in February, when Brandon Foy’s Windows Phone ad concept video went viral? For a quick refresher, here’s the video:

We liked it a lot, and so did some folks at Windows Phone, who brought Brandon to Mix 2011 in Las Vegas, where he debuted a second video. This time, Windows Phone promised that if the video captured 200,000 views, they would turn it into a national ad spot.

Well, the ad didn’t quite make it (it’s been seen over 108,000 times), but looks like Brandon still came out ok on the deal, as today he tweeted that it was his first day as a UX Designer at Microsoft!

Awesome day! Huge thanks to everyone who supported my #WP7 videos. Today was my first day as a UX Designer for #MSFT! =D

Aug 1, 2011 5:26 PM via Twitter for iPad ReplyRetweetFavorite

@brandonfoy

Brandon

Glad to see that a talented young designer is getting his due, congrats Brandon, and congrats to Microsoft on a great hire!

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I’m happy for him and all, but “via Twitter for iPad”? :(
- Candid Calum
  Hopefully that’ll turn into “via Twitter for Windows” when some decent Windows 8 tablets are out ;)
The Black Mamba
It is to see people get rewarded for thiei talents and hard works. Gongrats B!!!
Candid Calum
This is great news! He certainly has talent, and if someone has talent and ability, it doesn’t matter what qualifications they have (he may well have decent qualifications, we don’t know, but I’m just making a point :p).
brian johnson
Im very happy for you Brandon you deserved it your ad is way better than those first set of “really” ads that that microsft produced now i can look forward to seeing some great ads, congrats once again you deserve it
Jj
Seems to me he is more a visual designer then UX