About me
I'm S, a Chicago-based product designer with a passion for solving complex usability problems.
With 5 years of digital design experience, I've worked across multiple business sectors including B2B tech, pharmaceutical, and web consultancy. I have a multi-disciplinary background, and focus on creating intuitive, user-centric, and accessible products. My specialities are designing interfaces, conducting user research, and aligning product strategy across departments. I prefer to focus on UX over UI, but I'm well versed in applying design systems and following brand guidelines. I have a deep fascination with behavioral psychology, and find such principals integral to my practice.
My design ethos:
I crave intellectual challenge through problem solving.
It's important my work creates value and impact.
Designing without research is a recipe for disaster.
I can read code, but I don't write it.
I excel in a environment with open cross-team collaboration.
Involvement
I've been volunteering for UX Y'all, an annual UX conference based in North Carolina, for the past 3 years, as a social media coordinator. I became social media lead for 2023, leading a team of 2.
I support my alma matter, the College of Design at NCSU, by offering portfolio reviews and career guidence for undergratuates looking to work in UX.
Did I mention I have a cat? I’ll probably do that a lot.
Her name is Katya.
