# Kaitlin Brooks > Principal Product Designer @ Atlassian Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/kaitlinbrooks My name is Kaitlin and I am a designer based out of Napa, CA. I do a mix of visual, system, and UX design. A few quick things about myself: - I believe good design marries function and beauty – something that works well can also be beautiful. - I like to help others, whether its end customers or the people I work with. - I think a solid design system makes everything better and life a bit easier. ## Work Experience ### Principal Product Designer @ Atlassian Jan 2025 – Present Principal Product designer working on Atlassian’s Design System. ### Senior Design Manager @ Microsoft Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area Senior Design Manager working on VS Code. ### Senior Art Director @ Microsoft Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | Napa, California, United States In my new role, I am managing the new Design Systems team as well as leading design system efforts across the developer division including work in-product and across our marketing sites. In addition to my role as manager, I am also the design lead for our Visual Studio design system efforts. ### Designer 2 @ Microsoft Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Napa, California, United States As a Designer 2, I have worked on UX design, systems design, and brand design. I started this role focused on UX design for developer services in the Azure portal and designing extensions for Visual Studio Code. I then transitioned to working on a design system for VS Code extension creators to utilize while creating webviews within their extensions. After building a foundation for that system, I focused on brand identity and visual design systems, focusing on the Visual Studio product family. In Summer 2022, I became a systems design lead focusing on both in-product UI and marking design systems. ### Designer @ Microsoft Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Redmond, WA UX Designer on the Developer Division Design Team. I have been working on Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, developer tools in the Azure Portal, as well as some of our marketing and language sites. ### Contract UX Designer @ Microsoft Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Redmond, Washington I am currently a UX Designer on the DevDiv team contracting through Aquent. ### Design Intern @ 1185 Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Palo Alto, CA ### Software Tutor @ Carnegie Mellon University Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Pittsburgh, PA Work with students who need help in Photoshop. Illustrator, InDesign, and AfterEffects. ### Teaching Assistant @ Carnegie Mellon University Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Pittsburgh, PA Currently a teaching assistant for Freshman Studio and Masters Lab. For Freshman Studio, assist professors in class and help students with their assignments. For Masters Lab, assist in teaching Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and AfterEffects as well as basic design principals. Constantly work with students to ensure they understand the software and what is being taught in their studio course. Fall of ‘15, worked as teaching assistant for the Sophomore Communication Design Lab. ### Design Intern @ Capital One Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | McLean, VA Design Intern, part of the Design Development Program, at Capital One. Working for Consumer Bank on the Bank UX team. ### Freelance Designer @ Anthropocene Institute Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Menlo Park, CA Worked with software entrepreneur and investor, Carl Page, as a freelance designer. Created a series of educational videos about nuclear power and the future of our planet. Gained practical experience working with clients, dynamic deadlines and fluid project objectives to fit the client’s needs. ## Education ### Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Communication Design Carnegie Mellon University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kaitlinbrooksdesign - Portfolio: https://www.kaitlincreates.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/kaitlinbrooks JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/kaitlinbrooks/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13