# Tara K.

> Senior Product Designer

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

I'm a jack-of-all-trades product designer with a variety of supporting skills: product management, usability testing, QA, project management, and customer support. I thrive in startup environments that require a lot of independent initiative. I am fascinated by people and want to make their lives easier with efficient, elegant solutions.

• Usability testing • HTML/CSS • Python • Copywriting and editing • Feature prioritization • Troubleshooting • Figma • Design thinking • UX principles

Portfolio:
https://tarakirkland.com

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer @ InfluxData
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States
• Designed first cloud native connection (MQTT)
• Created onboarding flows for several querying languages
• Facilitated a revamp of our design system

### Product Designer @ Mentor Creative Group
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Designed dashboard, drill-down table view, and email reports for sales analytics software

### Product Designer @ TrueVault
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States
• Built a design system from scratch
• Designed an application for CCPA Compliance
• Redesigned an application for privacy request management
• Established and ran a usability testing program

### UX Design Consultant @ The IndyHub
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
• Ran a competitive usability study
• Completed a website analysis on content, design, and typography
• Redesigned the landing page

### Product Manager @ Chartio
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Planned and facilitated usability tests, synthesized results into actionable improvements
• Oversaw complete chart builder redesign, working closely with engineering and design
• Checked in with customers regularly to understand their needs
• Ran engineering sprints and managed ticket backlog

### QA Engineer @ Chartio
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Advised engineering on usability improvements
• Built Selenium test suite and manual testing plans
• Created and maintained customer-facing release notes

### Customer Experience Engineer @ Chartio
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Collaborated with engineering to shape product goals
• Designed and built documentation site in Squarespace
• Built a Jira plugin to manage feature request notifications

### Customer Service Representative @ Horoscope.com Inc
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Created a web application to help reps provide advisor recommendations
• Established fraud investigation procedures and identified over 100 fraudulent accounts


## Education
### UX Design
Springboard
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020

### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Art History
James Madison University
Jan 2005 – Jan 2009


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tarakirkland
- Portfolio: https://tarakirkland.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-25