kristin au
  1. 2023independent 0-to-1 client work@ studio kau

    I turned ambiguous ideas into clear product concepts with launch-ready designs for teams like Airplane, Maven Learning, Finch Care, and Toko Tutor.

  2. 2022climate action tooling@ Watershedview more

    Led design for Watershed’s climate action team, launching three core products: regulatory reporting, reduction planning, and supply chain. I turned specialized, costly consulting work into software by learning each technical domain, defining the product model, and designing flexible workflows that made complex data and workflows understandable and verifiable.

  3. 2021slack customer love@ Slackview more

    I bridged $55M in ARR of sales identified product gaps by designing small and highly requested features for our customer love hack weeks. Features included @here and @channel settings, granular thread notification controls, hiding private channel names, an alert for file retention limit, and more.

  4. 2020slack mobile video calls@ Slackview more

    To make mobile video calls feel immersive during the pandemic, I maximized layouts for up to six people, improved call control usability, and partnered with brand to bring personality to the waiting room.

  5. 2018-2020quora notification system@ Quora

    I renewed mobile and desktop notification experiences, improving usability and increasing engagement by 25%.

  6. 2016venue management system@ VenueNext (acquired by Shift4)

    I established a design system to solve enterprise-product wide usability problems.

  7. 2015 disney style on softbank@ The Walt Disney Co. (Japan)view more

    I helped conceptualize, set UX guidelines, and design onboarding for a mobile product launch to SoftBank, a series of full screen animated app widget panels.

  8. 2015disney mobile on docomo@ The Walt Disney Company (Japan)view more

    I defined new UX for apps like weather and alarm for 3 quarterly Disney Mobile on DoCoMo mobile launches.