Kadi Lee

Product Designer

Ojai, California, PST (GMT-8)

Open to work

hikadilee@gmail.com

About

Product Designer with 2+ years of experience designing thoughtful, user-centered experiences across consumer and B2B products. Skilled in translating complex workflows into intuitive ones, collaborating closely with product and engineering teams, and iterating based on qualitative and quantitative feedback. Passionate about building accessible, human-centered products, especially those that improve well-being, clarity, and trust at scale.

Experience

Aug 25 – Now

Founder & Community Lead at Friends of Figma

Ventura, CA

  • Founded Friends of Figma Ventura and grew the community from 0 to 30 members within the first quarter through event planning, outreach, and partnerships.
  • Coordinated recurring design meetups that foster peer learning, collaboration, and professional connection.
Mar 23 – Now

Product Designer at Freelancer

Consultant

  • Led complete redesign of Piʻikū's investor page, including UX design, content strategy, and copywriting, collaborating with the founding team to create experiences optimized for investor appeal and engagement.
  • Led discovery research through stakeholder interviews, affinity mapping, and competitor audits.
  • Created accessible, intuitive design systems and interactive prototypes in Figma.
Jul 24 – Sep 24

Product Designer at NimbleBrain

B2B AI SaaS Platform for Enterprise

  • Designed end-to-end user flows and high-fidelity interfaces for a data-intensive AI product, improving clarity and reducing friction across core workflows.
  • Contributed to a reusable component library and design patterns, improving consistency and speeding up future feature development.
Sep 18 – Apr 24

Digital Imaging Technician & Photographer at Critical Content

Entertainment Production Company

  • Redesigned cross-functional workflows by identifying pain points from on-set crews and post-production teams, increasing reliability and task efficiency across 50+ episodes.
  • Acted as a cross-functional bridge between creative and technical teams, navigating shifting priorities to ensure timely, high-quality video content delivery.
  • Secured buy-in for three additional productions on E!, CBS, and Animal Planet by scaling and documenting the system’s success.

Education

California Institute of the Arts

BFA in Photography and Media

Valencia, CA

Minor in Creative Writing

Skills

Design Skills

AccessibilityClient CollaborationDesign PrototypingGoogle's Material Design SystemInformation ArchitectureInteraction DesignInteractive DesignInterface DesignUsability TestingUser-Centric DesignUser EmpathyUser FlowsUser InterfaceUser TestingUX/UI Designer

Tools

Adobe Creative CloudAdobe Creative SuiteChatGPTDovetailFigmaFramerIllustratorMicrosoft 365MiroNotionProtopieSketchingSlack

Soft Skills

AdaptabilityAttention to ClarityCuriosity & EmpathyProblem SolvingSimplifying ComplexityTechnical MindsetUser Advocacy

Collaboration & Process

AdaptabilityAgile WorkflowsCollaborativeCommunicationCritical ThinkingCross-Functional CollaborationCross-Team CollaborationDesign SystemDesign ThinkingFigma Dev HandoffFlow MapsInteractive PrototypesProblem-SolvingProject ManagementPrototypingPublic SpeakingSoftware DesignSprint PlanningStakeholder CommunicationStakeholder managementSystems ThinkingUsability TestingUser-Centered DesignUser FlowsUser JourneysUser ResearchVisual DesignWireframesWireframing

UX & Product Skills

AccessiblityAI-Powered ToolsDashboard DesignDesign SystemsInformation ArchitecturePrototypingResponsive DesignUser ResearchWorkflow Mapping
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