kaihess.com/hello Creative direction, design leadership, product design, UX, illustration I craft thoughtful and intuitive digital experiences - beautiful products that are useful, easy to use, joyful, and of unparalleled quality. Connect by illuminating your shared interest in hiking, travel, baking, or games.

Experience

MageFounding Product Designer

2021 — Now

Bay Area

Designing the future of data engineering

Europe & AsiaExplorer

2018 — 2021

Expanded my world.

Lived, breathed, photographed, and cooked my way through 24 countries

Curious.comPrinciple Product Designer

2014 — 2018

Silicon Valley

Made education addicting.

Designed the hooks, systems, and experiences that made daily learning a habit. Helped ideate, design, release, and iterate all features and products, including a constantly evolving web experience, mobile app, and mobile game.

Web & App Product Designer

Games Product Designer

Interaction Designer

User Researcher

Visual Designer

InflectionDesign Lead

2009 — 2014

Silicon Valley

Made data sexy.

As a veteran member of the UX team, I helped Inflection sextuple in size. Played a critical role as "translator" between the engineering, design, frontend, and management teams. Had a hand in developing all core properties, reaching millions of users.

Design Lead

UX Lead

Senior Product Designer

Senior Frontend Developer & Web Designer

Frontend Development Hiring Manager

Freelance Creative DirectionDesign Consultant

2005 — 2008

Silicon Valley

Designed for big dreamers

Education

Santa Clara University

Experience

Education

Bachelor of Arts - BA