Kate Geschwendt

Designer in Grand Rapids, MI, United States

Member since January 10, 2016

I specialize in helping to organize the chaos and find the right solution for your complex problems. Whether you need help getting your business processes streamlined so that your team can operate more efficiently or if you need an experience designed to serve your customers better, my value is in the details. I love listening and learning so that we can plan and execute an innovative and optimal solution.

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Portfolio

Digital Design

Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America (MCFA)
- Manufacturing
- User Research
- Adobe Creative Suite
- InVision
- Material Handling
- UX Design
Hurley Medical Center and Hurley Foundation
- Hospitals
- Patient Services
- Donations
- Volunteering
- ADA Compliance
- UXPin
- Project Management
- Trello
- Jira
- Design Systems
- UX Design
Haworth and Haworth Store
- Furniture Design
- Design
- Project Management
- Adobe Creative Suite
- InVision
- SiteFinity
Automation.com
- Digital Magazines
- App Store
- Google Play Store
- Amazon Store
- Design
- Adobe Suite
- Automation
Insite Captial
- Banking & Finance
- Finance
- Investments
- User Research
- Adobe Creative Suite
- InVision
- Sketch
- UX Design
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System
- Sales
- Finance
- Strategy
- Usability Testing
- Adobe Creative Suite
- InVision
- Sketch
- UX Design
- User Research

Employment

VP, Operations
2020 - PRESENT
DIG
- Plan, direct, coordinate, and oversee operations activities.
- Ensure efficient and cost-effective systems are implemented to track resource performance, manage project scope and track client budgets. to deliver on-time and in-budget solutions.
- Responsible for the operations team ensuring client satisfaction. and delivering high-quality work.
- Continued responsibilities as Experience & Strategy Director.
Technologies: Teamwork, Harvest, UXPin, Slack
Experience & Strategy Director
2018 - 2020
DIG
- Helped customers understand their audiences so that goals, deliverables, and interactions could become compelling experiences.
- Crafted experiences that positively impacted brand awareness. and engagement.
- Responsible for the experience team and delivering high-quality digital experiences (websites, application) with a focus on IoT projects.
- Maintained high-level of knowledge around UX/UI best practices, including ADA Compliance.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Teamwork, Slack, GitHub, UXPin, Harvest
Experience Strategist
2017 - 2018
Thank Black Inc.
- Created a series of workshops to help organizations gain internal alignment while gathering an understanding of their user’s needs, wants, and motivations to build strategic initiatives.
- Reduced technical debt by implementing the right solution with customers.
- Worked with teams of designers, developers, and strategists to reach. the goals of each initiative while continuously testing and improving the crafted solutions.
Technologies: Trello, Jira, InVision, Adobe Suite, Sketch, UXPin
Technical Project Manager
2017 - 2017
Dealer Inspire
- Worked with development teams to streamline processes, optimize communication, and manage priorities, so the work was meaningful, well-informed, and on-time.
- Developed a series of performance reports around product and team performance for senior management and the organization to use to monitor success.
- Ran sprint planning sessions to determine product scoping and track team progress and velocity.
Technologies: Trello, Jira, InVision, Adobe Suite, UXPin
Product Manager
2016 - 2017
Varsity News Network
- Responsible for ensuring the suite of products fulfilled the needs. and desires of 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.
- Worked to create standards in research and process for the UX team.
Technologies: Trello, Jira, InVision, Adobe Suite, Sketch, UXPin, ADA Compliance, GitHub

Education

Bachelor of Science degree in Graphic Design with a minor in Marketing
2008 - 2012
Ferris State University - Michigan

Certifications

UX Certification
FEBRUARY 2014 - PRESENT
Nielsen Norman Group

Experience

UX Design10 years
User-centered Design (UCD)10 years
UX Strategy10 years
Usability Testing6 years
ADA Compliance4 years
InVision4 years
Product Roadmaps4 years
UXPin2 years

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InVision
UXPin

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Designer in Grand Rapids, MI, United States

Portfolio

Employment

VP, Operations

Experience & Strategy Director

Experience Strategist

Technical Project Manager

Product Manager

Education

Certifications

Experience

Tools

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