Hello, World!

​I'm Kristi, a User Experience Designer and User Researcher,
​solving problems for companies around the globe.

My Design Process

My design process is an iterative process requiring collaboration between multiple teams and your end users. It's easy to get attached to initial design solutions and omit research and testing, but in my experience this rarely works. First solutions are often wrong because in the early stages, it's difficult to know the full scope of the problem you're attempting to solve. It's important to first validate the problem presented to you and discover the root cause.

​Deep knowledge of your users, their environments, and their goals is required for great design. Conducting research, talking to users, getting requirements from stakeholders, collaborating with different teams and testing prototypes all help keep a project on track. I believe that successful design projects stem from good communication and keeping the end-user in the forefront.​

Case Studies

Meetup Group Owners
A story about approaching a design challenge for
​Meetup Group Owners.

​Background: 
​A story about improving the Meetup group owner experience by including an analytics dashboard feature on the group owner view.
SeriesX
A story about making UI updates based on feedback from users and stakeholders.

​Background: Who is SeriesX?
​SeriesX was an end to end, B2B, SaaS company that can turn a traditional asset into a security token to be readied for trading on any supporting alternate trading system.
NAMI Central Texas
A story about conducting evaluative research and making informed design decisions.

​Background: Who is NAMI?
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) is the largest grassroots organization dedicated to building better lives for millions affected by mental illness. 
MaMA
A story about visual communication that meets accessibility standards.

​Background: Who is MaMA?
MaMA (Maternal Monitoring App) was an award winning app that was designed to monitor the physical and mental health of pregnant and postpartum women in underserved areas. The app was sold July 2020 to a growing maternal health company.
Career Booster App
A story about conducting generative research and staying focused on the user's needs.

​Background:
There’s a statistic thrown around pretty often that a woman typically makes 76 cents for every dollar a man makes. The 76 cent statistic comes from raw data - essentially, someone took the median U.S. salary for male employees and compared to the median salary for female employees, and came up with a 24-cent gap.

​Resource: Pew Research Center website
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