I'm Kate Proulx, an interaction designer and educator living in Brooklyn, NY.

Experience

Rodrigo

Senior Product Designer (May 2013 – Present)

I'm working on a small, tight-knit team contributing as a designer and front-end developer. Responsible for concepting and designing websites, apps, and interfaces—and then making sure they're solid by building client-facing prototypes. I help make incredible products and services come to life for Rodrigo's inspired clients.

Huge

Visual Designer (June 2010 – May 2013)

Designed large-scale media projects, including conceptual pitches, website redesigns, as well as mobile and web applications. Worked closely with interaction designers, user experience designers, and programmers to develop high traffic properties and e-commerce sites. Collaborated on creative and original concepts with the project team, established style guides and comprehensive visual design systems, participated in visual design presentations to clients, and developed design specs for client delivery and production.

Parsons The New School for Design

Adjunct Faculty(January 2012 – Present)

Taught hands-on production skills and processes for website and interactive design including media integration and problem solving to undergraduate Design and Technology students. HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, information architecture, user experience, and visual design were all explored.

W Magazine

Design Intern(August 2008 – December 2008)

Designed shopping and lifestyle department layouts within the magazine's style guide. Supported the design team by cataloging photography, keeping the design board up to date, designing magazine event invitations and designing content for the Editor's blog.

ArtSpace

Communication Design Intern(May 2008 – August 2008)

Acted as the project manager, art director, and designer for ArtSpace's 2008 City-Wide Open Studios event. Developed and implemented a number of promotional materials, including a visual identity system, neighborhood maps, press releases, weekly emails, and direct mail advertisements. Integrated a participating artist mySQL database with inDesign to streamline the creation of a 400-page artist catalog to accompany the event. Worked seamlessly alongside a small staff to promoted New Haven's largest non-profit contemporary art gallery.

Clients

GE Capital

Royal Caribbean

Lowe's

Pizza Hut

Jet Blue

Pepsi

Frank's Red Hot

French's Foods

American Express

Target

Honors

Best Data Visualization

TechCrunch Hackathon 2011, awarded by Palentir  Technologies

Best Use of the Hunch API

TechCrunch Hackathon 2011

Education

Parsons The New School for Design

Communication Design (Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2010)