Hi! I'm Katie. I solve problems through strategic design for a living — to make living better for others.
INTRO
A Product Designer with research power ups.
Currently at Level Studios.
Previously at Microsoft/Xbox and Electronic Arts.
On a sidequest as a ceramicist.
WORKS I'M PROUD OF ↓
Creating a Scalable Registration Experience for EA-hosted Events
UX Research, UX Design
Redesigning Xbox’s Accessibility Support Page Using SME Insights
Content Design, UX Design, UX Research
Scaling the In-Person and Online Experience of a Small Art Business
Customer Experience, Design Thinking, Strategic Design, User Research, UI Design, Branding
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, engaging with people whose needs and perspectives differed greatly from my own. These experiences showed me the flaws in the systems meant to serve them—and sparked my interest in how technology and thoughtful design can bridge those gaps.
I have 4 years of experience using end-to-end research and design to improve digital experiences across games, internal tools, and non-profits. At EA, I led research for their IT design system and improved the web registration flow for major internal events. At Xbox, I ran accessibility studies that helped shape the gaming and support experience for disabled players. I’m especially drawn to accessibility and global research—interests shaped by my education in public health and time living abroad, where I learned the roles of empathy, equity, and cultural awareness in systems design.
Outside of work, I like to dabble in ceramics and art, read and play a lot of video games :)
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
contact
kddomines@gmail.com
© 2025
Katie Domines