Katie Daw

product designer

It's me!

I got into UX because I love making stuff but dislike most technical software. It's too hard! We shouldn't have to fight against our humanity to collapse a menu pane in Blender. I design products for the rest of us-- who are only as stupid as our tools ✨

πŸ‘Ή Me as a person:

  • Friendly
  • Super brave
  • Hand talker πŸ™ˆ
  • Amateur unicyclist
  • Can't pronounce "Guillermo del Toro" on the first try
  • Used to animate Squidbillies and Aqua Teen Hunger Force

🎨 Me as a designer:

Visual Design
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Interaction Design
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Research/Interviews
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Design system setup
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Prototyping
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My favorite projects

Incredible presentation skills!

I used to be an animator and still enjoy whipping out my motion design skills whenever possible πŸ’ͺ

IMO the biggest accessibility issue with presentations is how boring they are, so I'm a big proponent of unexpected silliness.

At the time of winter Hack Week 2021, there were whispers that JW Player was in the conceptual stages of an e-learning platform. I really really really wanted to work on it so I flexed super hard in an effort to be the most obvious guy for the job.
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PS: I WON despite not knowing how to code πŸ†
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PPS: I kept winning so consistently that they had to change the prize categories to make sure engineers had a fair shot πŸ’…

"It's not fair!Β Katie had multiple actors, including a professor, and a cameo from... Plato?"
- coworker