# Katie Chen

> Software designer and three-time startup founder.

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/katiechen1

## Work Experience
### Principal Designer @ Cash App
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States
Lead design for Cash App's money management suite, shaping how our customers invest, save, and manage their taxes.

### Co-Founder, CEO @ Kairos
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | United States
Kairos is an NFT company focused on building no-code tools to enable any creator to create, sell and deliver utility with NFTs. We understand not every creator in web3 wants to build their own technical infrastructure in order to deliver value. We are a team of designers, technologists, art lovers and first generation immigrants. Our mission is to enable radical and diverse participation in the next version of the internet.

### Staff Product Designer @ Slack
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California
Building Slack Platform. I oversee 3 teams, manage people and do IC work.

### Experience Design Lead @ Airbnb
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Design Manager, Airbnb Plus 2018
Design Lead, Airbnb for Work 2017
Experience Designer, Search 2014-2016
Experience Designer, Discovery 2014

### Co-founder @ Red Pen
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
A feedback app for designers and their teams. It's simple and effing fast.

### Product Designer @ 8apixel
Jan 2008 – Jan 2014 | Sydney, Australia
Work with an array of clients to stregthen their communications across branding, corporate identify, website design, art direction, concept development and digital strategy. Provided digital marketing insights and business integration recommendations for start-ups and SMBs.

### UI Designer @ Pollenizer
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013

### Digital Strategist @ Visual Jazz
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011
Social media monitoring, web analytics and campaign planning.

### Strategist @ Media Contacts
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 | Sydney, Australia
Worked on social media and digital creative strategy and account management across multiple brands spanning from telecommunications, travel, retail, automotive and entertainment. As part of my role I have trained clients on social media monitoring, analytics and was responsible for several new business acquisitions.


## Education
### BA of Visual Media in Graphic Design, Marketing, Advertising
Griffith University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/katiepchen
- Portfolio: https://katiechen.design

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Source: https://flows.cv/katiechen1
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/katiechen1/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-04-13