Katie Elander

About Katie Elander

Hi, I’m Katie (she/her)! I’m a Senior Product Designer with 6 years of experience designing delightful, user-centered solutions to tough problems in the B2B space. I\'m passionate about finding out the \"why\" of a problem, always designing solutions based on thorough user research. I work in an extremely collaborative, cross-functional manner, building relationships with both clients and my team to ensure success. As a Senior Product Designer at Curalate/Bazaarvoice, I’ve helped create, manage, and maintain our design system based off the Atomic Design Methodology. Ensuring that teams I work with have a set of reusable, consistent design guidelines and components is crucial to the success of the product and engineering, as a cross-functional, shared language is key. I\'m currently based in Denver, CO working remotely for TaxBit. When I\'m not designing, you can find me scouring the depths of Spotify for the newest musical find, skiing and hiking the mountains of Colorado, and hanging out with my chocolate lab Dennis. My portfolio can be found at:

Experience

1. Staff Product Designer

   Taxbit

   Jul 2023 — Present · Denver, CO, US

   Drive & document UX team processes including component documentation, design critique cadence, and user research methodologies in a fast-paced, startup environment to ensure productivity across 4 designers • Facilitate cross-functional success between product, UX, engineering, and more by hosting regular design critiques at various stages of work, improving the shared dev-design language, and inspiring others to utilize processes (ie, Design Sprints) that been demonstrably successful • Communicate design vision across the organization through collaboration with leadership, management, and ICs

Education

• Stellenbosch University/Universiteit Stellenbosch

  Interdisciplinary Studies

  2014 — 2014

• Lafayette College

  Bachelor of Arts (BA), Psychology and Art, Cumulative GPA: 3.85

  2011 — 2015