About Me

My name is Katie Pohlman and I build experiences that solve users’ problems without getting in the way. A UI/UX Designer, HTML/CSS nerd, and midwesterner through and through, I love understanding a problem and finding the simplest solution to solve it.

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Work Experience

Launch Scout

Principal UX Designer

Project leadership; User Experience Design; User Interface Design; HTML/CSS Implementation; Accessibility; User Testing

April 2016 – Present

Sanger & Eby

Art Director

Art Direction; Responsive Web Design; User Experience; Usability Testing; Print design; After Effects animations; Flash animations

August 2013 – April 2016

Global Cloud

Design Intern

Web design for nonprofit organizations; design of internal documents; print advertising design

May 2012 – August 2012

Speaking & Awards

Connect.Tech Atlanta

Pixel-Perfect Mockups and Other Disasters

Discussion of why focusing on pixel perfect mockups can harm your product.

2022

GDUSA American Web Design Award

Design of the Return on Investment Tool for Chegg

2020

Agile Cincy/Indy Conference

Lost in a Maze of Maps? Here's a Map to Find Your Way Out

Co-led a workshop outlining several of the different design mapping exercises and when to use them

2018

Platinum, Gold MarCom Award

Design of the 2014 Fifth Third Corporate Social Responsibility Report

2015

Education

Miami University

BFA in Graphic Design

Minors in Interactive Media Studies & Marketing

Graduated May 2013, Magna Cum Laude

Skills

  • User Experience Design
  • User Interface Design
  • HTML/CSS
  • Prototyping
  • Project Management
  • Discovery