United States

UX Design

UI/ Visual Design

Design Operations

Product Design

UX writing

Interaction Design

Project Management

UX Testing

UX Research

Design Systems

Bitesize UX

Coursera

Columbia College Chicago

Cat Collins

UI/UX Designer

Usability Testing

Quantitative research

Product strategy

Prototyping

Qualitative research

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Time management

Critical-thinking

Empathy

Team player

Organisation skills

Presentation skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

LinkedIn writing

User research

Trello

UserTesting

Webflow

Adobe XD

ChatGPT

Figma

Miro

Monday

Adobe Creative Suite

Project management

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Working remotely

Learn essential burnout prevention techniques and replenish physical and emotional energy.

Managing burnout

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Navigating micro-aggression, getting paid what you are worth and finding a community.

Being a woman in tech

Understand the process of training, motivating and directing your team members.

Managing people

How to create a positive workplace culture that drives collaboration and productivity?

Fostering a good team culture

Learn the tips to successfully manage a team in a remote environment.

Managing a remote team

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

How to successfully prepare and position yourself for a job promotion?

How to get promoted

How to ask for a promotion and negotiate for salary raise?

Negotiating a job offer

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

Talk to people who've broken into the tech industry and learn their stories.

Breaking into tech

How to define and execute a successful launch and managing stakeholders expectations. (eg. MVP)

Launching new products or features

Methods of prototyping and solution validation. When to use which kind of prototype (eg. Webflow, Notion, etc)

Prototyping methods and tips

Manage team expectations and get the most out of your meetings.

Running effective meetings

Identify and define potential product problems and generating possible solutions.

Identifying problems vs solutions

Learn how to properly present your work and share ideas and opinions.

Presenting your work with impact

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

How to work with team members with different skill sets but towards a common goal?

Working cross-functionally

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

Building a design process

Managing being the only designer at your company and working with non-designers.

Being the only designer

Explore different generative and evaluative research techniques. User research synthesis and presentation.

Conducting good user research

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

Improving design skills

Navigating the working relationship with PM's and engineers as a designer.

Working with product and engineering

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Giving effective feedback

How to define an ambitious product vision and how to best communicate it to stakeholders?

Creating a product vision

• Designed and iterated on prescribing, encounter, billing, and onboarding workflows for a healthcare SaaS platform
• Co-led a full rebuild of the design system in under 2 weeks ahead of launch, improving scalability, establishing standards, and leading internal training on advanced Figma workflows
• Led moderated usability testing, synthesizing findings into actionable product improvements and workflow recommendations 
• Streamlined onboarding by reducing steps and centralizing contract signing and billing, eliminating manual account activation for internal teams

• Designing end-to-end experiences for their volunteer portal
• Partnering with engineers and founders to translate requirements into flows and prototypes
• Leading user research or stakeholder discovery to uncover usability gaps

• Designed a website for a software engineer and educator to showcase coding labs in React, JavaScript, and CSS, supporting student engagement and learning.
• Built site architecture and user flows under a 1-week deadline, prioritizing intuitive navigation, clear CTAs, and future scalability.
• Developed low- and high-fidelity prototypes, organizing labs by topic and creating a responsive, approachable user experience.
• Created a bold visual identity with vibrant colors, modern typography, and microinteractions (hover states) to build trust and motivation.
• Planned future usability testing and iterative improvements to optimize navigation and deepen user engagement.

• Designed a responsive web application to help locals and visitors discover Chicago’s best neighborhoods and places through visual-first exploration.
• Conducted 3 rounds of usability testing and 15+ user interviews to validate navigation flows, visual discovery patterns, and map interaction.
• Increased user task success rates by 40% through iterative improvements, including the addition of category filters, upfront neighborhood previews, and an interactive map feature.
• Developed 2 primary user personas and synthesized user needs into 3 actionable pain points, driving information architecture and design decisions.
• Enhanced decision-making efficiency by 35%, reducing user drop-off during place selection through visual-first card layouts and simplified browsing.
• Planned future iterations to expand map interactivity and add a List/Favorites feature based on final usability feedback, with 80% of users expressing excitement for future use.

• Led UX design for IceBreakers, a mobile, browser-based social party game aimed at fostering meaningful connections with minimal setup.
• Conducted 10 user interviews and identified two key pain points: social awkwardness at gatherings and frustration with complex game setups.
• Validated design decisions through usability testing, resulting in a 30% increase in engagement, a 25% higher task success rate, and an 80% reduction in user drop-off. Improvements included the implementation of a copy-and-share link button, animated loading screens, and optimized button placement to enhance navigation and user flow.
• Developed 2 user personas based on research, guiding design decisions toward intuitive and frictionless gameplay.
• Integrated user feedback, prioritizing personalization, with 75% of users requesting a custom question feature, now in development to enhance replayability.
• Boosted pre-launch interest, with 75% of users expressing intent to play once released.

• Designed an enhanced online ordering system for Amber Waves, a farm-to-table supplier, addressing inefficiencies in wholesale order management.
• Developed customization features to streamline orders while balancing user needs with business goals.
• Conducted stakeholder interviews and user research to align business objectives with user-friendly solutions.
• Projected to reduce order processing time by 30% through list customization and order tracking.
• Created 1 user persona to represent restaurant owners and optimize the ordering experience.

• Designed AlbumPulse, an all-in-one application for musicians to track album performance, integrating sales data, reviews, and listener demographics.
• Conducted a competitive audit of three music-related platforms (recommendation, review, and news-focused apps) to identify essential features, including album sales tracking, review aggregation, and listener demographics.
• Iterated on the search function, improving success rates from 20% to 100% after usability testing.
• Incorporated user feedback to add listener demographics visualization, improving data accessibility.
• Developed 2 user personas and conducted 10 usability studies to refine functionality and UI design.

• Redesigned the onboarding flow for Mentor Buddies, a UX design mentorship platform, to address high user drop-off rates.
• Enhanced mentor profiles by integrating side-scrolling portfolios and prominent star ratings, improving information accessibility without overwhelming users.
• Developed robust filtering options to streamline mentor search and match users with relevant expertise.
• Improved user retention by 40% based on usability best practices.
• Conducted stakeholder interviews and analyzed beta test data to identify high drop-off points (66% drop-off at profile creation, 81% at mentor selection).
• Developed 4 themes from user research findings, guiding iterative design improvements.

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