Kate Dupon
Designer
Grand Rapids, MI, United States
Member since January 10, 2016
Kate has a love for strategy and understanding the user's needs, wants, and motivations which allows her to create seamless enterprise web and mobile and software application designs. She understands web development and user-centric design proficiently and enjoys finding meaningful solutions.
Kate is now available for hire
Employment
- Experience Strategist2017 - PRESENTThank Black Inc.
- Coordinated with organizations to help them gain internal alignment while gathering an understanding of their user’s needs, wants, and motivations to build strategic initiatives.
- Collaborated with teams of designers, developers, and strategists to reach the goals of company strategic initiative while continuously testing, iterating, and improving.
Technologies: UXPin, Sketch, Adobe Suite, InVision, JIRA, Trello - Technical Project Manager2017 - 2017Dealer Inspire
- Collaborated with development teams to streamline processes, optimize communication, and manage priorities so that the work which was meaningful, well-informed, and on-time could consistently be delivered.
Technologies: UXPin, Adobe Suite, InVision, JIRA, Trello - Product Manager2016 - 2017Varsity News Network
- Ensured the VNN products fulfilled the needs and desires of their customers and delivered on company initiatives.
- Performed extensive research and discovery to understand the market and create product visions and strategies which could be planned, designed, and executed into intuitive, strong experiences for customers while successfully meeting company goals.
- Created standards in research and process for the UX department.
Technologies: UXPin, Sketch, Adobe Suite, InVision, JIRA, Trello - Lead UX Designer2013 - 2015brightly
- Specialized in strategizing, conceptualization, and crafting thoughtful, useful, and beautiful end-to-end experiences.
Technologies: UXPin, Sketch, Adobe Suite, InVision, JIRA, Trello
Education
- Bachelor of Science degree in Graphic Design with a minor in Marketing2008 - 2012Ferris State University - Michigan
Certifications
- UX CertificationFEBRUARY 2014 - PRESENTNielsen Norman Group
Experience
- UX Strategy10 years
- UX Design10 years
- User-centered Design (UCD)10 years
- Usability Testing6 years
- InVision4 years
- Product Roadmaps4 years
- ADA Compliance4 years
- UXPin2 years
Tools
- InVision
- UXPin
