Hello! I’m Katie (Mahtab) Karimi, a UI/UX Designer based in Toronto 🙂
I’m passionate about designing intuitive, accessible, and engaging product experiences that truly make a difference in people’s lives.
With a strong background in both UI and UX design, I’ve had the pleasure of working on a variety of projects, including web apps, mobile apps, e-commerce platforms, motion graphics, illustrations, icon design, and photography. My goal is to create seamless, user-friendly interfaces that not only look beautiful but also function flawlessly.
Experience
| Government of Alberta
Front-End / UX Designer,
(Fully Remote)
July 2023 – Present, Toronto
| CIBC
Visual Designer,
May 2022 – Feb 2023, Toronto
| Manulife
UX Designer,
May 2021 – April 2022, Toronto
Skills
Design & Tools
_ Adobe CS (PS, Ai, Id, Ae)
_ Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
_ Figma
_ Sketch
_ Adobe XD
_ Zeplin
_ InVision
_ Lunacy
_ Azure
UX Design & Research
_ Interaction Design
_ User Research
_ User Testing
_ Persona Creation
_ User Stories
_ Wireframing
_ Prototyping
Web & Front-End
_ C#
_ HTML5
_ CSS3 (Flexbox, Grid , Animations)
_ SASS, SCSS
_ JavaScript (ES6+)
_ Responsive Web Design
_ WordPress
_ e-Commerce Development
_ Bootstrap (or other CSS frameworks)
Familiar with
Proficient in creating and implementing consistent, scalable design systems for cohesive user experiences across platforms.
Experienced in working within fast-paced, iterative Agile frameworks, collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.
Comfortable with iterative design cycles, consistently refining designs based on user feedback and testing.
Expertise in UCD methodologies, ensuring that design decisions are based on user research, feedback, and behaviour analysis.
Strong knowledge of Design Thinking principles, emphasizing empathy, ideation, and iterative prototyping to solve complex problems.
In-depth understanding of web accessibility guidelines (WCAG) and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), ensuring inclusive, accessible web designs.
Skilled in creating intuitive, visually appealing icons that align with design systems and enhance user experience.
Familiar with JavaScript and basic coding, comfortable collaborating with developers to implement interactive features and functionality.
What does my UX process look like?
What does my UX process look like?
It depends on the type of product. Different projects require different approaches; the approach to a corporate website differs from the way we design a food app, for example.
Design thinking is a UX process that has five stages: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test. I apply design thinking to product design and follow a UX process with the following five key phases: Product definition, Product research, Analysis, Design, and Validation.
Product definition:
Before I can build a product, I need to understand its context for existence. During this phase, I brainstorm around the product at the highest level….
Educations
| Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.
UX Design
| Azad University, Tehran. Iran.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Software Engineering Technology
- Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science
Get In Touch
- Email: [email protected]
- Instagram: @Mahtabdatham