Kira Walker  

Trained as an architect, I am a product designer with a knack for creating intuitive design solutions that carefully balance the needs of the user, the business, and stakeholders.
Regaining Trust in Coupons

An MVP in Two Weeks

Rethinking Union Management

Learning Words Before Reading

Architecture

Ceramics

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Founding Product Designer for Logistics A.I. Assistant Platform CHANNEL 19 [Contract]⼁ February 2024 - Present
  • Working closely with the founder on defining the product and design direction.
  • Efficiently created all screens for the debut SaaS product release, integrating early client feedback.
  • Established an MVP design system for both the product and landing page.


Founding Product Designer for A.I. Powered Website Builder PAGESAKE⼁ June 2023 - February 2024
  • Designed diverse website templates with customizable theming.
  • Led UX and branding initiatives for editor launch.


Product Designer, SEO/Coupons & Rewards at SLICKDEALS⼁ Oct 2021 - May 2023

  • Crafted mobile-first redesign of Slickdeals Coupons, boosting extension installs by 28% and transactions by 3%.
  • Enhanced sub-category engagement by 40% through category pages redesign.
  • Consistently conducted user research, interviews, and prototype testing.
  • Co-led product strategy sessions, with ideas presented to leadership. Also led multiple design workshops for company stakeholders, integrating insights into product development endeavors.
  • Collaborated with developers on weekly design conversion reviews and represented their interests in design meetings.


Product Designer [Freelance]⼁Aug 2018 - Present
  • Designed an entirely new platform for union member management for LogicalDox.
  • Designed Librist, a vocabulary-building app.
  • Interned at social sports betting platform Wager Games, designing the social feed.


Junior Architect at MATT HOLLIS ARCHITECTS⼁Jan 2016 - Aug 2018
  • Produced drawing sets, details, 3D models, physical models, spec sheets and renderings for over a dozen residential, commercial, and hospitality projects.


EDUCATION

BA Architecture at University of California, Berkeley⼁Graduated 2016


SKILLS & SOFTWARE

  • Skills: Design systems, UX research, product management, SEO design, bilingual (Spanish)
  • Product Design: Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop, Miro, Airtable, Wordpress, Webflow,  HTML/CSS
  • Architecture: Rhino 3D, AutoCAD, VectorWorks, VRay, SketchUp