Resume

I design simple, intuitive user experiences and beautiful user interfaces for people and companies with big (and small) ideas.

Career Development

Kathleen Johnson Design
Freelance Senior User Experience Designer
October 2013 - present

I am a highly experienced designer who specializes in user experience design and user interface design. I also have a thorough knowledge of visual design, branding, and identity development. I have always done freelance projects throughout my career, both in Seattle and in New Mexico where I now live.

Some recent projects:

  • Redesign of the sign up experience and customer portal for Darwin's Pet, a raw food pet company based in Seattle
  • Design of an android app, email design for multiple projects, as well as branding, ux, visual design, and interaction design for the entire product suite for Boomtime, a marketing company that services small to mid-size businesses
  • Design of an iPhone app, coupled with a web and merchant experience for an ecommerce startup
  • UX and visual design of a web interface for Teradactyl, LLC’s TiBS true incremental backup software, which was designed to facilitate managing and maintaining data backups across large-scale networks, as well as a rebranding of Teradactyl, LLC’s corporate website
  • Wireframe creation for an image editor, tools, and page editor for the redesign of a popular CMS primarily serving churches
  • Redesign of the order flow for jewelry insurance company, Lavalier.com

 

Amazon.com, May 2010-October 2013
Senior User Experience Designer

I worked on two of Amazon’s design teams. The first was the Retail Customer Experience (RCX) Team (May 2011 - October 2012) where I worked as a designer for the Amazon.com cart and checkout pipeline, as well as the designer for the Subscribe & Save program. The second team was the Internatioal Selection Expansion (ISE) Team, where I was the designer for Javari, one of Amazon’s international websites.

  • Designed the UI architecture, interface, and interaction flow of the Subscribe & Save order experience on Amazon.com, iPad, iPhone and Kindle Fire
  • Worked on the redesign of the Amazon Shopping Cart
  • Redesigned Javari.co.uk to be a fully responsive website, internationalized and localized for four different countries (UK, France, Germany and Japan)
  • Created user-centered designs by considering market analysis, customer feedback and usability study findings
  • Developed conceptual diagrams, wireframes, visual mockups, and prototypes
  • Developed and maintained detailed user-interface specifications
  • Presented design work to the product team and Amazon.com executives for review and feedback

View selected work from Amazon
Amazon.com  |  Javari

 

PayScale, Inc., October 2004-May 2010
Creative Director (October 2008-May 2010)
Senior Web Designer (October 2004-August 2008)

At PayScale I was the designer for all B2C and B2B projects: reports, print, advertising and web. I defined, wireframed, and designed user interfaces using user-centered design principles. I worked with product management, development, and marketing to implement UX, UI, and content strategies for both the consumer and B2B PayScale products.

  • Redesigned the PayScale Career Research Center to improve navigation and user interaction
  • Developed visual branding for PayScale Consumer and Professional products
  • Designer for PayScale Insight, an online compensation data analysis and reporting application for the PayScale B2B platform
  • Designed print advertisements, brochures, reports, and whitepapers for PayScale business to business team
  • Have worked on cobranded design for AOL, Yahoo, Bing, Careerbuilder, and Forbes.com

View work from PayScale.com

 

drugstore.com, 2000-2004
Creative Lead (2002-2004)
Beauty.com Designer (2002-2004)
Brand Store Designer (2000-2002)

I was hired as a junior designer at drugstore.com and was promoted several times into positions of progressive responsibility. As Creative Lead, I supervised a team of designers, writers, and photographers, set creative direction and vision, and coordinated with production and merchandising teams to ensure design projects were delivered on time.

  • Managed a team of seven while also completing major design projects as lead designer fordrugstore.com, Beauty.com, and Sexual Well-being
  • Art Director and Designer for the 2002 Launch of the Sexual Well-being store
  • Designed the user interface for Beauty.com's integration into the drugstore.com platform
  • Created the template structure for department pages, specialty stores, and brand stores on thedrugstore.com website
  • Designed brand stores and specialty boutiques for over 50 drugstore.com vendors includingColgate, Homedics, Neutrogena, Lubriderm, Gilette, Bain de Soleil, Healing Garden, and Shu Uemura
  • Designed emails and print pieces for both Beauty.com and drugstore.com marketing initiatives

 

Markette.com, 1999-2000
Web Designer and Editorial Assistant

  • Designed interfaces and created graphics for three Markette.com websites: Salesguy.com, LeadSwap.com, and Markette.com
  • Designed a cobranded execution for advertising efforts in conjunction with KJR FM Radio Station
  • Edited and wrote content for the Salesguy.com website
  • Wrote html code for development and maintenance of the Salesguy.com website

Software Skills

  • Highly skilled in the Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Fireworks, InDesign, and Illustrator
  • Advanced protoyping in Axure
  • Responsive design experience
  • Mobile design experience: Kindle Fire, iPad, iPhone, limited Android
  • Understanding of HTML and CSS
  • Limited Flash
  • Work in both PC and Mac Operating Systems

Other Skills

  • Art Direction
  • Photostyling
  • Photography

Education

MSW, University of Washington
BA, Psychology/English Literature

Activities

Cellist, Northwest Symphony Orchestra, 1998-2000