Kimi Spencer
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
New York, NY, United States
Toptal member since June 27, 2024
Kimi is a senior product designer and design technologist with 10+ years of experience in interactive applications. She builds modular UI component libraries and design systems for production-ready high-fidelity designs, teaming with Engineering during implementation. Kimi creates digital UX from concept to launch through user research, iterative prototyping, and data-driven testing. At The Arrivals, she grew YoY revenue by 30% and won the Most Innovative Companies award for design excellence.
Portfolio
AI-powered Personal Productivity App for Smarty
Design Systems & Sass Marketplace for Lumi
Augmented Reality App for Lumi
eCommerce Site for The Arrivals
Digital Publication for SUITED Magazine
Data Visualization of Top Billboard Charting Song Lyrics
Work Experience
Product Design Lead
Smarty AI
- Served as the principal product designer on the core interface for Smarty, an AI-powered personal productivity app.
- Collaborated closely with the CEO and engineering team, conducted user research, and synthesized analysis into validated value propositions.
- Designed the foundational product app interface and created the design strategy for the product roadmap.
Senior UI/UX Engineer & Product Designer
Lumi
- Served as the product designer and developer of a modular UI component library that maintained cohesiveness across Lumi's various app UIs and visual design.
- Contributed as a senior front-end engineer in migrating Lumi's web applications into a functional programming language on top of a React framework.
- Designed and implemented an AR app to promote sustainability efforts.
Principal UI/UX Designer & Software Engineer
SUITED LLC
- Contributed to the premier launch of Suited Magazine's online edition.
- Created a customized CMS-driven template design built on top of the Squarespace developer platform.
- Collaborated one-on-one with the creative director and editor-in-chief to translate the print publication brand into a digital experience.
Founding Product Designer & Front-end Engineer
The Arrivals
- Handled interface design creation and implementation for a responsive, cross-platform eCommerce web app.
- Translated marketing needs and promotions into a highly polished user experience, designed and developed bi-weekly interactive campaigns, supported multiple product launches, and improved the site interface based on A/B studies.
- Created The Arrivals eCommerce platform from zero to one, growing YoY revenue by 30% from its debut. The platform became a globally recognized outerwear leader and won Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies award for design excellence.
Education
Master's Degree in Interactive Technology Design
New York University - New York, NY, USA
Bachelor's Degree in Political Science
University of California, Berkeley - Berkeley, CA, USA
Skills
Tools
FigJam, Sketch
Languages
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Processing
Platforms
Figma
Other
UX Design, UI Design, Design Systems, Responsive Design, User Research, React, Prismic, Squarespace, Data Analysis, B2B, Sass, Mobile UI, Augmented Reality (AR), eCommerce, eCommerce UI, Data Visualization, Creative Coding, Creative Direction
Experience
- Responsive Design - 12 years
- User Research - 12 years
- UX Design - 12 years
- UI Design - 12 years
- CSS - 12 years
- Design Systems - 6 years
- Figma - 6 years
- FigJam - 6 years
Tools
- FigJam
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