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 solved product gaps associated with $55M in ARR by designing for small but highly requested features. Features included channel settings to use settings to use @here and @channe and enabling all thread notifications. to controls for thread notifications.

  4. 2018-2020quora notification system@ Quora

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

  5. 2016venue management system@ VenueNext (acquired by Shift4)

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

  6. 2015disney mobile on docomo@ The Walt Disney Company (Japan)

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

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

    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.