Hi, I'm Kate!

I'm a UX Designer with over eight years of commercial design experience, which includes UX, UI, Graphic and Brand design.

Hey there, I'm Kate!

During my career, I went from designing for start-ups and medium-sized businesses to corporate FTSE 250 global companies, and collaborated with people on different levels and often dealt with difficult and demanding stakeholders. I focus my everyday practice on user-centred design, which I found very rewarding, as it allows me to always design with the real people in mind and have a chance to make a difference. I’m interested in innovation and pushing the boundaries and would like to be part of a team that encourages an open-minded and diverse culture. When I'm not designing, I grow orchids and have a collection in a variety of shapes and colours.

SKILLS

I help to develop products for both B2B and B2C experiences. Below are some of my core skills (for more information, please visit my LinkedIn).

    Hard Skills:

  • UX Design
  • UI Design
  • User Research
  • Personas
  • Journey Mapping
  • Information Architecture
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Ideation
  • Prototyping
  • User Testing
  • Design Systems
  • Art Direction
  • Brand Development

    • Methodologies:

  • Design Thinking
  • Design Studios
  • Agile & Scrum

    Soft Skills:

  • Empathy
  • Teamwork
  • Creative Problem Solving
  • Creative Strategy
  • Presentation
  • Communication
  • Planning & Project Management
  • Product Management

    • Technical Skills:

  • SaaS/Mobile/Desktop
  • Figma
  • Miro
  • Adobe xD
  • Sketch
  • InVision
  • Marvel
  • Adobe Creative Suite

EXPERIENCE

Product Designer (UX/UI) - fintech

I’m currently taking on the challenges of the complexity of financial technology to create B2B and B2C, SaaS (Software as a Service) products, PWA (Progressive Web Apps) for desktop and mobile platforms. My experience includes being part of the teams @ Acre Software, On The Money Technology and Loan.co.uk in recent years.

UX/Product Designer, contractor - edtech/eCommerce/health tech

During my career, I have been also working as a Product and UX design contractor. This experience included building platforms and websites for education, customer service, social enterprise, wellbeing data analysis and e-commerce. Some projects also included brand development and design systems creation.

Brand/Graphic Designer - marketing & comms/ research & innovation

Over the period of nearly a decade, I had a chance to design for start-ups, medium size to corporate FTSE 250-global businesses, for both Government and commercial businesses. I worked with Heads of Digital, Brand and Marketing to develop and re-brand our identities, create digital communications for marketing campaigns on the web and social media, supported events with interactive presentations on large touchscreens and infographics just to name a few.

EDUCATION

  • General Assembly, User Experience Immersive Course
  • University of Arts London, MA Graphic Branding and Identity Design
  • Kingston University London, BA (Hons) Graphic Design and Photography

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