# Karen Kathryn S. > Leading with purpose, designing with heart. Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/karenkathryns Designing intelligent systems that serve human intention—where UX strategy, HCI, and emerging tech converge to create experiences rooted in clarity, ethics, and human value. I’m a Senior Product Designer and UX Strategist driven by a passion for Human–Computer Interaction and purposeful design. I create experiences that are not only usable but meaningful—designing for people, designing what matters, and designing it right. As a creative team lead, I find fulfillment in helping others unlock their potential, fostering growth through collaboration, mentorship, and shared learning. I believe that what we think, we become—and that design, like people, thrives on curiosity and possibility. Areas of Focus: ∙ Product Innovation & UX Strategy ∙ Visual & Interaction Design ∙ Design Systems & Brand Development ∙ Marketing Communications & Digital Strategy ∙ 12+ years crafting for the evolving web ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Designer | UX Strategy - Client Digital Platform, Enterprise Capabilities @ CHG Healthcare Jan 2024 – Present ### Product Design Lead - Cart & Checkout (eComm) @ Samsung Electronics America Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Mountain View, California, United States ### Senior UX Designer, Visual UI @ Samsung Electronics America Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Mountain View, California, United States ### Freelance Creative Designer | Visual UI, UX @ Unknown Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | United States ### UX Visual Designer III at Google @ Google Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Mountain View, California, United States Working as part of the Better Together team, owning projects acrossAndroid Engineering, and collaborating with XFN teams while bringing the best Android user experience in every release. Designing for Nelson Connect's client (Google) as part of Android Engineering team. ### (Part-time) Sr Creative | UX Design Consultant @ Meta Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 ### Sr Creative | Visual UI, UX Designer - TechPubs @ Meta Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Fremont, California, United States Designing for Meta as part of the internal creative team (TechPubs) - leading, developing, and implementing design principles for various stakeholders and numerous design projects across the entire Infrastructure Data Center department. Working closely with VPs/execs, engineering teams and business stakeholders - crafting and directing various visuals from graphic designs, print, presentations, infographics, internal websites, landing pages, UX/UI, branding and so on. Acting as a bridge of communication across multi functional teams while implementing consistency on brand across FB company driving 100% internal/external traffic and audience engagements. ### Digital Media | Marketing Manager (Volunteer) @ Ira Jaan Foundation Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Remote ### Creative Designer | Visual UI Designer @ Kohl's Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | Milpitas, California, United States Worked closely with the entire Kohl's Digital team to launch numerous projects across engineering teams and business stakeholders, being the middle person to translate technology into engaging visuals driving 100% project approvals. Various visual design projects were done within the Kohl's Digital realms - helped in strengthening Kohl's culture across teams. Worked closely with the Kohl's Digital product and engineering teams in creating UX and Visual UI designs from mockups of redesigning kohls selected pages to innovative proposals. Employment Timeline: April 2015 - January 2016 October 2016 - January 2020 ### (Part-time, Remote) Digital Marketing & Design Consultant @ WaveStrong, Inc. Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Pleasanton, California, United States ### Web & Visual Designer | UX Designer @ WaveStrong, Inc. Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Pleasanton, California Digital Marketing Strategist and Overall Marketing Manager Work closely with CEO, CFO, and CTO to run company's digital portals while being responsible for advertising, market research, brand management, and acquiring and maintaining vendor partner relationships as we implement the company's long and short term goals. Created WaveStrong's website from scratch to finish - wireframing and mockup creation as part of the design process. Manages all marketing research, analysis, & targeted opportunities in line with WaveStrong’s cloud and data security solutions Employment Timeline: FTE from January 2016 - October 2016 Part Time/Remote Consultant from October 2016 - October 2017 ### Creative Visual Designer @ Kohl's Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Milpitas, California, United States Designing for BayOne Solution's retail client - Kohl's Digital Technology. ### Web Designer | Developer @ Robert Half Technology Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | San Jose, California Contract web designer & developer for the Colliers International client - from design research, sketching wireframes and mockups, development to site launch. ### Managing Partner | Co Founder @ Digital CreatiCX Jan 2010 – Jan 2015 | Philippines - OffShore ### Freelance Graphic & Web Designer @ Unknown Jan 2007 – Jan 2014 | Philippines ## Education ### Pre-Bachelor of Science in Computer Science in Information Technology Ateneo de Davao University ### Bachelor of Science in Computer Science in Computer and Information Sciences, General AMA University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kathrynstanton - Portfolio: https://kathrynstanton.com - Portfolio: https://digitalcreaticx.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/karenkathryns JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/karenkathryns/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13