Ulrike Kerber is a creative director, AI artist and researcher (PhD). With more than 25 years of experience as a designer, creative director, and founder of the award-winning design studio Viva Design, she has worked with global media brands including Disney, MTV, Nickelodeon, E! Entertainment, and BET. Her work has received multiple recognitions, including an Emmy nomination and Promax awards. She holds an MA in Communication Design and a second MA in Digital Management with a focus on AI and Creativity from Hyper Island (2023). As a PhD researcher, she examines how AI can enhance creativity, and how design education reshapes in rapidly evolving technological environments. She leads AI workshops in Design Thinking, Speculative Design, Motion Design, and experimental storytelling, and contributes to scientific research in AI and creative practice. Her books "The Best AI Tools for Designers" and "Ancestors of the Future" are available on Amazon. 
She teaches motion design at Berlin International University (BA) and design management and AI at the Media University (MA). She previously served as a professor of visual communication at SCAD, USA. Other positions include industry leader at Hyper Island, Sweden; lecturer at Berghs School of Business, University of Communication, China; and AI workshop leader at the Design Thinking Center of Kazakhstan.