Swarthmore College

Founder & Lead Designer at Flock Studio

Flock Studio

Founder & Lead Designer

A few great companies I'm working with:

- Down Dog (downdogapp.com) – an app for practicing yoga
- BetterOmics (betteromics.com) – software to help collect, organize, and understand bio data
- Kapwing (kapwing.com) – an online content creation platform
- Retain (retain.ai) – a b2b platform that helps companies understand the time cost of supporting customers
- HER (weareher.com) – a dating and social app for LGBTQ+ people

Self-employed

Freelance Product Designer

Reduct is Control-F for video.

I designed several iterations of the product, which was a fascinating challenge: a UI where text and video are combined in a new form of media that is searchable, editable, enjoyable. Super hard, super fun.

Reduct.Video

Product / Design

Designed the platform for HR analytics company Twine Labs (https://www.twinelabs.com/).

various startups

Worked on a two-person design team to deliver designs for the company’s B2B adtech platform, which serves 400+ clients.

Designed and launched a new organizational structure for the platform after leading a cross-team information architecture project, including new navigation and help content.
Conducted a series of user interviews to gather feedback on statistics and reporting. Designed and shipped a reusable reporting/analytics framework.

As Product Manager, planned, designed, oversaw development, and shipped a notifications system for the platform. Coordinated across engineering, product, and operations teams for requirements and feedback.

As UX Engineer, outlined and built a toolkit of resuable React components to enable more efficient development. Estimated time savings across full-stack team: 100hrs a week.

LiveRamp, An Acxiom Company

Product Designer

Provided technical support and guidance to 50+ clients. Assisted with product launch, including feature QA, client and product feedback, and stakeholders communication.

Product Implementation Manager

Researched, wrote, and edited Food Tank material for publication and distribution to over 100,000 subscribers
Represented Food Tank during interviews with leaders of food industry, contributed to organization’s online content

Food Tank: The Food Think Tank

Editorial Intern

Designed, implemented, tested, and launched RealWinWin’s updated website, including entirely new design, interface, and interactive content. Increased web traffic by over 100%. Assisted in database overhaul, contributed to sales calls, gathered and organized data for analysis.

RealWinWin

Web Dev/Product Intern

Redesigned landing page of website, created advertisements for use in social media, expanded database, sat in on meetings with companies seeking to organize meet-ups for tech entrepreneurs. Filmed a demo for the RoomHints app that was later sent to developers and investors.

RoomHints

Intern

Worked with the Career Services Office and Career Counselors to better prepare students for the job market, help them hone their professional skills, and review and update resumes. Planned and supervised Career Services events, such as alumni-networking opportunities, interview preparations, and information sessions briefing students on job resources and funding opportunities.

Nora Kako