Katrina DeFeo
Kansas City Area
Summary
Innovative UI Designer with a strong background in front-end development, customer interaction, wireframing and technology analysis, and user experience design. Adept at creating intuitive, visually compelling interfaces that enhance user engagement and accessibility. Skilled in collaborating with dev's, engineers, project managers, and product teams to deliver high-quality, pixel-perfect designs. Passionate about designing enterprise-grade applications with a focus on usability and scalability.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Support Services Specialist
Tyler Technologies
07.2023 - Current
- Spearheaded UI improvements for internal knowledge bases, optimizing searchability and user interaction
- Collaborated with engineers to refine design implementations and ensure pixel-perfect accuracy
- Developed accessibility-compliant web content to enhance usability for diverse user groups
- Managed incident tracking and resolution workflows using Jira and ServiceNow
Front-End Developer Intern
Oracle Corporation
08.2020 - 12.2020
- Designed and developed a web-based tool improving project tracking efficiency
- Created responsive user interfaces using React, ensuring alignment with Figma mockups
- Conducted user research to refine UI elements for improved engagement and usability
- Worked within an Agile team, contributing to 100% sprint completion
Student Front-End Developer
Universidad Catolica Santa Maria La Antigua
09.2016 - 04.2017
- Designed and implemented UI components for a student portal, enhancing user engagement
- Led the design of a course registration interface, improving ease of use and accessibility
- Increased accessibility compliance by 35% through WCAG standards integration
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Systems
University of Colorado
12.2020
Associate of Science - Information Systems
Universidad Catolica Santa Maria La Antigua
Panama City05.2017
Skills
- Figma
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Wireframing
- Prototyping
- User Research
- Interactive Design
- JavaScript
- React
- HTML5
- CSS
- SASS
- Bootstrap
- JQuery
- Component Libraries
- Design Tokens
- Responsive Design
- Jira
- Git
- ServiceNow
- Agile Methodologies
- WCAG 21 Compliance
- Usability Testing
- Motion Principles
- Power BI
- Tableau
- Section 508 Guidelines
Certification
- Front-End Developer Certificate, Meta, 2023
- User Experience Design Bootcamp, 2021
- Interaction Design Foundation, 2021
Portfolio - Github
https://github.com/katrinadefeo
Languages
Spanish
Professional
Timeline
Support Services Specialist
Tyler Technologies
07.2023 - Current
Front-End Developer Intern
Oracle Corporation
08.2020 - 12.2020
Student Front-End Developer
Universidad Catolica Santa Maria La Antigua
09.2016 - 04.2017
Bachelor of Science - Information Systems
University of Colorado
Associate of Science - Information Systems
Universidad Catolica Santa Maria La Antigua
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