ABOUT

Hey, I'm Katie!

I’m a self-taught UX/UI designer living in Cincinnati. I have three cats, Bootsy, Teddy, and Beanie Baby; a dog, Willow, and I enjoy starting online learning courses. 😉 I also enjoy digital illustration, reading, psychology and philosophy, playing video games, watching TV, studying French, and talking.

TOOLS

• Figma, Sketch, and Penpot for design and low fidelity prototyping
• Zeplin and Storybook for design system documentation
• UserZoom, Qualtrics, and Mural for design research
• Mural and Whimsical for mind maps, storyboards, and wireframing
• HTML5 and CSS3 for front-end web development
• Adobe Analytics & Google Analytics for site analytics
• Adobe Illustrator/Vectornator and Procreate/GIMP for digital illustration
• Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom for image manipulation
• JIRA for work coordination and management
• Ghost for content management systems

TRAINING

• User Experience Research and Design Specialization
  Certificate, Ongoing, University of Michigan (Coursera)
• Design Thinking Practitioner
  Certificate, 2022, LUMA Institute
• Human-Computer Interaction
  Professional Certificate, 2020, Georgia Tech X (edX)
• Design 101, UX: Research + Strategy, Interaction Design
  Certificates, 2019, Designlab
• Psychology
  Bachelor of Arts, 2015, Oakland University

AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

Membership, The Interaction Design Foundation

Membership, AIGA

A BRIEF INTERNET HISTORY

I've been pushing pixels since 2005. Here are just a few of the different sites I've designed over the years:

• Shrines to my favorite Disney movies
• Pixel art "portfolio"
• Obligatory cat fan page
• Book blogs #1-3
• Myspace!!
• Author site
• Psychology podcast blog
• Like 4 customized Tumblrs at once
• Book blog #4
• Portfolio (you are here!)
• Enamel pin Shopify site
• Book blog #5
• Personal blog (still active!)