Kat M Komenda🇦🇺

About Kat M Komenda

Senior Product Designer (Growth) at IAG | xAtlassian, xWoolworths Group, xPublicis Sapient, xR/GA, xVML

Hi there, I’m Kat 👋

I’m a designer and strategist with 18 years of experience across branding, advertising, and digital product design.

Over the past 7+ years, I’ve worked in cross-functional product teams across B2B and B2C spaces, helping businesses deliver meaningful, scalable experiences through strong design foundations and strategic thinking.

As a mentor, I support designers and creatives navigating career transitions, growing confidence, and levelling up in their craft.

🎓🚀 I can help with: – Portfolios, resumes, and personal websites – App and web design – Design led growth – Experimentation – Leveraging AI in your process – Design and product strategy – Brand strategy and storytelling – Pitch decks and stakeholder management – Quality assurance and ways of working – Workshop facilitation and design feedback – Project management in design-led teams

If you’re looking for honest feedback, practical advice, or just someone to talk things through with, I’d love to connect.

XK

Expertise

Sessions with Kat M Komenda

• Rapid-Fire Q&A & Chat (30 min): Duration: 30 Minutes This is a focused, high-energy "make it make sense" session. Bring one or two pressing challenges, and let's tackle them together. This session is perfect for: - Quick questions about your career path - Advice on a specific workplace situation - Untangling a design problem or concept - Performance management challenges We'll start with a brief intro and understand your challenge. Then dive straight into actionable advice to get you unstuck.
• Ad Hoc Review Session (45 min): Duration: 30-45min Bring your resume, portfolio, or a specific design challenge you'd like feedback on. This session is dedicated to a hands-on review of your work. We'll spend the first part of our session going through your work together, where I'll provide high-level "live" feedback. After our call, I will follow up with a detailed email containing actionable feedback, suggestions, and relevant resources. This approach gives you immediate insights during our chat and a detailed "to-do list" you can work through at your own pace.
• Mentorship Plan: Kick Off & Goal Setting (60 min): This session is the first step toward a personalized mentorship plan. If you're facing complex, long-term challenges—like a career transition, building a portfolio from scratch, or growing into a leadership role—this is the session for you. Our goal: Deeply understand your experience, goals, and challenges. Together, we will outline a personalized mentorship plan. This plan will typically involve 3-5 following sessions to address your specific, actionable goals, or 5+ sessions for more complex, long-term ambitions. Depending on the complexity of the challenges you’ll either: 1. Leave this first call with a clear roadmap for our future sessions. 2. Receive a follow up email from me with the detailed roadmap.
• Mentorship Plan: Follow-up & Check-in (45 min): Duration: 30-45 Minutes This session is only for mentees who have already completed a "Mentorship Plan: Kick Off & Goal Setting" session with me. In this follow-up, we will work on the next steps of your personalized mentorship plan. Our agenda will be: Progress Review: We'll review the action items and "homework" from our last session. Challenge Deep-Dive: We'll tackle the next specific challenge or skill on our roadmap. New Action Items: We'll define a new set of clear, actionable goals for you to work on before our next meeting. Please come prepared to share: What you've completed, Where you got stuck, and What you want to focus on next.

What mentees say

“I just completed my first ADP session with Kat, and I couldn't be more grateful. Her amazing communication and extensive subject knowledge made our conversation not only enjoyable but incredibly insightful. Kat's motivation and problem-solving skills exceeded my expectations, guiding me through my questions with ease. I highly recommend booking a session”

“I had the pleasure of speaking with Kat to discuss my future development. I shared my experiences with her, and Kat provided detailed advice on how to leverage them and use them to my advantage. She provided examples from her professional experience, which allowed me to better understand my problem from the perspective of someone with more experience.”