Hi! I'm Katie, a Chicago-based product designer.

INTRO

Designer with research power ups.
Lvl 100 in crafting accessible, enjoyable solutions.
4 years of boosting enterprises to deliver useful, intuitive products.
On a sidequest as a ceramicist.

SELECTED WORKS ↓ 

ABOUT

As a product designer, I aim to create intuitive, equitable experiences through high-quality, data-informed designs while ensuring business goals are met.

In my past lives, I worked in healthcare and abroad as an English teacher where I engaged with people whose needs and perspectives varied greatly from my own. During this time, I saw firsthand the flaws in the systems that were meant to serve these populations, and I realized the impact design has in solving human-centered challenges. This sparked my interest in how people interact with technology, leading me to pursue a career in design.

I have 4 years of experience in utilizing the end-to-end research and design process with special interests in accessibility design and global user research/design. I have led research in EA IT's design system, conducted numerous Accessibility research studies at Xbox and designed for various non-profits to ensure experiences were enjoyable and rooted in empathy.

SKILLS

Design

Wireframing
Prototyping
Interaction Design
Design Systems
User Flows
User Journey Mapping
Storyboards

Research

Usability Testing
Interviews
Surveys
A/B Testing
Card sorting & Tree testing
Ethnographic Research
Accessibility Research
Games User Research

Front-End

HTML
CSS
JavaScript
Bootstrap
jQuery
C# (basic)

TOOLKIT

Figma
Adobe XD
Sketch
Miro
Framer
Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects)
Procreate

UserTesting
Alchemer
Optimal Workshop
Atlas.ti
Dovetail
Dscout
SPSS, R

EXPERIENCE

User Research Specialist

Microsoft/Xbox (via Randstad)

2022-2023

Experience Design Researcher

Electronic Arts (via ProUnlimited)

2020-2022

User Experience Designer

Andrew Weishar Foundation

2020

English Teacher

귀산초등학교 (Guisan Elementary)

2018-2019

Medical Assistant

Various Hospitals & Clinics

2015-2018

EDUCATION

Certification in User Interface Design

Shift Nudge

2024

MS in Human-Computer Interaction

DePaul University

2018-2021

BS in Public Health (Disability Studies)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2011-2015

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Katie Domines