Katie Blackman

Designer in Denver, CO, United States

Member since December 2, 2020

For more than 15 years, Katie has worked in large design teams, as a solo designer, and, most recently, for startups. She specializes in user experience, responsive web design, app design, branding, and development (HTML/CSS). Her designs are eminently engaging, and she cultivates alignment to ensure the integrity of design from concept through implementation. As a former startup founder, Katie excels when working at high speed and collaborating on iterative designs.

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Digital Design

Cactus Dashboard
- HTML
- CSS
- Product Design
- Product Strategy
- User Interface (UI)
- User Experience (UX)
- Wireframing
- Animated Interactions
- Design Systems
- Digital Design
- UX Flows
- Vue
- Mindfulness
- Dashboards
- Dashboard Design
- Web Dashboards
- Calendar Design
- Data
- Digital Product Design
Cactus Brand
- Branding
- Logo Design
- UI Patterns
- Mood Board
- Iterative Design
- User Interface (UI)
- Design Sprints
- Google Design Sprints
- Mindfulness
- Apps
- Health & Wellness
- Digital Design
- Graphic Design
- UI Branding
Craftsy Journal
- Animated Interactions
- Product Design
- HTML
- CSS
- Remote User Testing
- Design Systems
- User Interface (UI)
- User Experience (UX)
- Wireframing
- Product Strategy
- System Design
- Digital Design
- E-learning
- User Profiles
- Whiteboarding
- User Flows
- React
- Iterative Design
- Jobs to be Done (JTBD)
Kinecho App
- Logo Design
- Product Design
- Squarespace
- Email Design
- HTML
- CSS
- User Interface (UI)
- User Experience (UX)
- Wireframing
- Product Strategy
- Digital Design
- MUI (Material UI)
- UX Flows
- Recording
- Audio
- Family
- Short Stories
- User Profiles
- Branding
Anecdotal App
- UX Flows
- Wireframing
- Xcode
- User Interface (UI)
- User Experience (UX)
- Product Design
- Digital Design
- Audio
- Recording
- Short Stories
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- iOS
- Apps
- Apple
- Pencil Sketches
- Mood Board
Cactus Illustrations
- Illustration
- Branding
- Product Design
- Adobe
- iPad
- Apple Pencil
- Product Strategy
- User Interface (UI)
- Design Systems
- Digital Design
- Mindfulness
- Responsive UI
- Health & Wellness
- Emotional Design
- Color Schemes

Employment

Head of Design
2018 - 2020
Cactus (Kinecho)
- Designed a mindfulness app where users could journal their thoughts and reveal insights on how positive their writing was and what emotions came through.
- Led the brand strategy, which we used to inform early interface choices and guide us toward our broader vision.
- Focused on product strategy, design, UX, and development.
- Worked in an Agile environment with rapid prototyping and constant deployment.
- Collaborated and participated in every phase from inception to implementation.
Technologies: Product Design, User Experience (UX), Vue, CSS, HTML, Sketch, Figma
Senior UX Engineer
2013 - 2019
Craftsy (Bluprint)
- Launched new social discovery, community, and monetization for over 12 million users.
- Played a key role in two major launches and the acquisition by NBC.
- Created a living design system to foster cohesion in our work from design to implementation.
- Polished features in the code so that engineers could focus on more technical functionality.
Technologies: Product Design, User Experience (UX), OmniGraffle, Balsamiq, React, CSS, HTML, Adobe CC, Sketch
UI Designer and Web Developer
2012 - 2013
Freelance
- Collaborated with multiple businesses on new web designs, responsive web design and development, infographics, icons, and logos.
- Set up content management systems and coached clients on how to maintain their sites.
- Managed accounts and client expectations.
Technologies: WordPress, Drupal, CSS, HTML, Adobe CC
Web Production
2008 - 2012
Elevated Third
- Developed responsive websites using content management systems for multiple businesses.
- Maintained relationships with clients and conducted client coaching sessions.
- Specialized in keeping the integrity of designs through to implementation.
Technologies: Drupal, CSS, HTML, Adobe CC

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Journalism
1999 - 2003
Iowa State University - Ames, IA, USA

Experience

User Interface (UI)15 years
Branding15 years
CSS15 years
HTML15 years
User Experience (UX)7 years
Product Strategy7 years
Product Design7 years
Wireframing7 years

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Designer in Denver, CO, United States

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