Passionate about building and delivering delightful experiences to users.

Seasoned designer who enhances the usability, visual identity, and technical product capabilities, with a history of working at startups and alongside large companies. Always hungry and always curious in all things UI/UX.

  • Design Systems

  • Informational Architecture

  • Personas

  • Prototyping

  • Sketching

  • Storyboarding

  • User Flows

  • Visual Design

  • Wireframing

Toolkit

  • Adobe Creative Suite

  • Atlassian

  • Figma

  • Invision

  • Loop

  • Lucid Chart

  • Miro

  • Notion

  • Sketch

  • Storybook

  • Zeplin

  • zeroheight

What They’re Saying

  • "Extremely proficient in producing quality component-based designs. She understands the importance of design patterns and reducing the amount of custom work. Kate is not afraid to question a design solution when she feels that it is out of line with system thinking. She is also observant of the pre-existing patterns and experiences in external products. In addition, Kate is extremely responsive to feedback during the design process. These skills allow Kate to quickly propose proven solutions to stakeholders and iterate to a final product."

    Jim Sabia
    Head of User Experience

  • “Kate joined our team and instantly I was aware of her professionalism and elevated skills. She always asked questions on the process and procedures and then followed through with the guidance. This attitude and dedication helped the team grow to a higher performing team. She is talented and skilled and made it look easy (a sign of a true professional). Kate always took time to answer any questions I had and to take that little extra in helping educate on any topic of UX Design. Slowing down and taking time coupled with being able to speak in novice language was so helpful in learning and understanding any feature, story or concept. Just as important is her patience and understanding when she had to repeat the information if you didn’t understand the first time. Always does so with a great attitude. This clarity provided the opportunity for growth and is appreciated. She is easy to talk to and always willing to assist. Summary is simple, Kate is a valuable teammate and one that should be sought after."

    Russ Binger
    Scrum Master

  • "A tenacious designer with a vocal passion for great user experiences. When you engage with Kate, she’s never shy about placing functionality, common sense, and practicality front and center. Working with Kate for over three years as both consultant and peer, I found her strengths to be the speed and deftness in which she iterates her design solutions. This is true even when working with incomplete specs, conflicting priorities, and high-pressure situations. Kate also advocates for unsung voices and brings a contagious “get things done” energy to design teams."

    Monirom Southakaoumar
    UX/UI Director

  • "A great asset to the iOS team at CircleBack. As others have indicated, Kate is always eager to "get it right" whether that's something as straight forward as slicing design assets for the development team or as in-depth as crafting the user experience for an entire feature or app. Her work is forward thinking, creative, and shows an understanding of the platform and medium she's working in, and her working manner is friendly, efficient, and with an eye towards detail. I would highly recommend Kate as a member of any creative team. "

    Patrick Zearfoss
    iOS Engineer

  • "A team player with a smile. I guess that's what describes Kate best. As an iOS engineer I worked with her on several apps. She put together a design, style sheets with descriptions and definitions on colors, sizes and fonts or sliced assets. Always accurate, always complete. Whenever I ran into a problem during implementation, half a word was enough to get her creativity going and before I was actually blocked she already had designed a proper solution. Kate is for sure a valuable team player with a smile. Never complaining, always at your service to help!"

    Wim de Nood
    Director of Technology

My Principles

Product Efficiency and Usability

Products are marked as efficient when it solves the problems of the users in the most simplified manner. And one of my responsibilities is to help facilitate the delivery of this. It’s about designing the right things and designing them correctly.

Empathize

As product-focused person, I represent those whose voices are not in the room. I have the ability to put myself in another person’s shoes. Because the role of a designer is essentially to solve user/customers’ problems. To do this effectively, you have to understand those problems on a deep, emotional level, and this requires empathy.

Zooming In and Out

When analyzing things I use both a macro and micro lens. I see the high level 30,000-feet view of the product and where it fits in the market, but I can also drop down into the minute details like micro copy on the screen. Details make the difference. This allows me to navigate the product landscape and apply quality craftsmanship to the product on every level.

Storytelling

As a designer, it is my responsibility to tell the story. This starts with understanding the problem (who are the actors and what they are trying to accomplish). This is especially helpful when we are breaking new ground with a new proof of concept.

Designing with Business Sense

While users are the center of all the products I design, business is also on my radar. A designer must advocate for both. One of my goals is to generate revenue by delivering value to users. Users come first, but the business facilitates the whole exchange. In order to accomplish this successfully, I must know the business context, the value proposition, the business model, and how this keeps the company afloat.