About – Resume

Introduction

Hi there! My name is Katie Carlton and I’m a passionate problem solver who utilizes strategy and user experience in my design work. Outside of work, I am spending time reading, playing field hockey, or hiking the Colorado mountains with my Australian Cattle dog, Luna. I enjoy having a change of scenery to help with creative innovations in my work and brainstorm out-of-the-box solutions.

Skills

UI Design

Technical Illustration

Design System Creation and Management

Wire-framing

Mapping

HTML5, CSS3

Angular – PrimeNG

Agile, DevOps

User Story Planning

Prototyping

UX Design

User Centered Design

Design Research

Design Component Library Creation and Management

Adobe Creative Cloud

Figma

Miro, Visio, Lucidchart

Microsoft 365

Jira, Confluence

Work Experience

VieCure
Denver, CO

(Sep 2019 – present)

Role: Product Designer

As a Product Designer, I am:
– an influential contributor in improving workflows and overall user experience for hundreds and
thousands of medical oncology staff and consumers
– responsible for the entire product creation process of feature enhancements and the design system
library, which plays an important role during all stages of product development
– ultimately responsible for discovering and defining a problem, and then empathically designing a
solution
– a contributor in user research, prototyping, visualization, testing, analyzing, and communicating with
product design team members, product managers, stakeholders, and software engineers

Role: Scrum Master Apprentice

As a Scrum Master Apprentice, I am responsible for:
– assisting the development team, business team, client services, and leadership with coordinating
business and client development needs.
– organize and plan out current and future sprints
– manage the product backlog based on upcoming feature requests and business deals with partners
– establish the development estimation process where a group of developers break down and estimate
their tasks for future sprints.
– assist in reviewing requests and breaking down user pain points to write up the feature specifications
and design specifications prior to handing it off to development
– improve tracking of team allocations, work priorities, and release timelines to ensure smooth communication and set expectations for each release

For Day to day:
– assist the team in their daily stand-ups
– provide updates on deadlines and priorities
– facilitate open discussions for blockers or development questions throughout the work day

Role: Lead UI/UX Designer

As a Lead UI/UX Designer, I was responsible for:
– all design aspects surrounding the proprietary VieCure software platform, as well as company design standards for both electronic and printed materials.
– working as a member of a multi-disciplinary team encompassing design, development, quality assurance, and client services professionals to enhance the look-and-feel, ease-of-use, and overall
user experience for the clinicians and patients.
– Junior UI/UX Designer(s) reported to me for
design reviews and collaboration in addition to design process implementation.

PocketExpert (acquired by MyKaarma)
Pittsburgh, PA

(Aug 2017 – Sep 2019)

Role: Interaction Designer

My role as an Interaction Designer at PocketExpert included:
– front-end development and responsive web design
– UI/UX Design and prototyping
– product planning/spec write-up and testing
– product support
– business process development and workflow documentation
– SEO and online/digital/printed marketing
– video production and editing
– design presentation templates and interactive demonstrations
– rebrand the company’s identity and enforce brand consistency by establishing identity guidelines

Pacer Studios
Beaver, PA

(Dec 2016 – Aug 2017)

Role: Graphic Web Designer

Technical responsibilities included, but were not limited to:
– creating web slides and managing web content for hosted client websites
– ensuring marketing materials on the web and in print stayed compliant with our clients’ corporate
company standards
– creating graphics for print and web
– assisting in video production by adding constructive feedback and support in graphic creation
– distribute work to the team each week to ensure work flow is consistent and smooth
– respond to all client inquiries for project updates and Q/A or technical support via phone and email
– give the Creative Director and President status updates for projects and where the team was at with
each of them

Education

Team TreeHouse

(2019)

Certificate: Web Design Track Certificate – Web Design, Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

Robert Morris University
Moon Township, PA

(2013 – 2017)
Magna Cum Laude

Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) – Focus in Graphic Design

Achievements:
– Media Arts Leadership Award recipient
– 2017 RMU Women of Achievement Award recipient
– Dean’s List for 8 consecutive semesters
– Dean’s Scholar Award for 4 consecutive years
– Accepted design submissions in the juried RMU Gold Show for 4 consecutive years.
– Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Academic Honor Roll for 2 years.
– Peer Mentor for the RMU Women’s Leadership and Mentorship Program (WLMP) for 2 years.
– Member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) and RMU’s Chapter of American Marketing Association (AMA).
– Designer for the RUNE Literary Publication for 1 year.
– Division 1 NCAA Athlete for the Women’s Field Hockey and Women’s Rowing teams.