Karin Kotani
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Experience
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Rasa
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Product Designer
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Jul 2021 - Present
- Leading the design of the new feature to help enterprise customers build a bot. - Conducted qualitative UX research to better understand the problem space, synthesized the insights, and used those insights to define and prioritize the problems to solve. - Successfully involved many other stakeholders to the design process by facilitating the discovery or ideation workshops, and organizing the design critique sessions. - Gained knowledge about Conversation Design, ML, Rasa Open… Show more - Leading the design of the new feature to help enterprise customers build a bot. - Conducted qualitative UX research to better understand the problem space, synthesized the insights, and used those insights to define and prioritize the problems to solve. - Successfully involved many other stakeholders to the design process by facilitating the discovery or ideation workshops, and organizing the design critique sessions. - Gained knowledge about Conversation Design, ML, Rasa Open Source, and Generative AI to design a feature and help customers build a high quality bot. - Successfully delivered the new feature designs and communicated the solutions to the team as well as to the customers. Show less - Leading the design of the new feature to help enterprise customers build a bot. - Conducted qualitative UX research to better understand the problem space, synthesized the insights, and used those insights to define and prioritize the problems to solve. - Successfully involved many other stakeholders to the design process by facilitating the discovery or ideation workshops, and organizing the design critique sessions. - Gained knowledge about Conversation Design, ML, Rasa Open… Show more - Leading the design of the new feature to help enterprise customers build a bot. - Conducted qualitative UX research to better understand the problem space, synthesized the insights, and used those insights to define and prioritize the problems to solve. - Successfully involved many other stakeholders to the design process by facilitating the discovery or ideation workshops, and organizing the design critique sessions. - Gained knowledge about Conversation Design, ML, Rasa Open Source, and Generative AI to design a feature and help customers build a high quality bot. - Successfully delivered the new feature designs and communicated the solutions to the team as well as to the customers. Show less
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Cooler Future
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Germany
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Product Designer
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Apr 2020 - Jun 2021
- Led the design of Cooler Future (the impact investing app) from research and concept to prototyping and testing. - Introduced and managed design library. - Defined and managed the product roadmap together with CEO and techlead. - Documented the test cases and took responsibility for QA testing. - Led the design of Cooler Future (the impact investing app) from research and concept to prototyping and testing. - Introduced and managed design library. - Defined and managed the product roadmap together with CEO and techlead. - Documented the test cases and took responsibility for QA testing.
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Mercedes-Benz.io
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Germany
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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500 - 600 Employee
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Product Designer
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Jan 2018 - Mar 2020
- Led the design of Bertha, the mobile app that allows users to search for cheap gas, get discounts and pay for gas from inside the car. - Conducted user testing and user interviews and iterated the design based on feedback from users and the team. - Mentored working students and interns. - Facilitated the ideation sessions to brainstorm the design and feature concepts together with other designers, developers, product manager, scrum master, and more. - Created wireframes and… Show more - Led the design of Bertha, the mobile app that allows users to search for cheap gas, get discounts and pay for gas from inside the car. - Conducted user testing and user interviews and iterated the design based on feedback from users and the team. - Mentored working students and interns. - Facilitated the ideation sessions to brainstorm the design and feature concepts together with other designers, developers, product manager, scrum master, and more. - Created wireframes and prototypes to test my ideas. - Successfully launched the app and new features. - Updated and maintained the design library. - Wrote user stories and did QA. - Worked in an Agile environment. Show less - Led the design of Bertha, the mobile app that allows users to search for cheap gas, get discounts and pay for gas from inside the car. - Conducted user testing and user interviews and iterated the design based on feedback from users and the team. - Mentored working students and interns. - Facilitated the ideation sessions to brainstorm the design and feature concepts together with other designers, developers, product manager, scrum master, and more. - Created wireframes and… Show more - Led the design of Bertha, the mobile app that allows users to search for cheap gas, get discounts and pay for gas from inside the car. - Conducted user testing and user interviews and iterated the design based on feedback from users and the team. - Mentored working students and interns. - Facilitated the ideation sessions to brainstorm the design and feature concepts together with other designers, developers, product manager, scrum master, and more. - Created wireframes and prototypes to test my ideas. - Successfully launched the app and new features. - Updated and maintained the design library. - Wrote user stories and did QA. - Worked in an Agile environment. Show less
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Service Partner ONE GmbH
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Berlin
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Product Designer
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Jul 2017 - Jan 2018
- Led the design of web platform to connect office manager and cleaning service provider. - Collaborated with CEO, product managers and developers to work on concept and user flow of the new B2B SaaS product. - Iterated the style guide and UI design of the existing website and successfully launched the new design. - Led the design of web platform to connect office manager and cleaning service provider. - Collaborated with CEO, product managers and developers to work on concept and user flow of the new B2B SaaS product. - Iterated the style guide and UI design of the existing website and successfully launched the new design.
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homify
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Germany
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Partner Management
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Aug 2014 - Jul 2016
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TRANSIENCE
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United States
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Social Media Marketing and Graphic Design Intern
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Nov 2013 - May 2014
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HPGRP Gallery
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United States
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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Curator Assistant Intern
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Feb 2014 - Apr 2014
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Aaron Wexler
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Greater New York City Area
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Artist’s Assistant Intern
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Aug 2012 - Jan 2013
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Education
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Marymount Manhattan College
Bachelor's degree, Graphic Design -
Career Foundry
UX Design -
Lakeland University Japan (LUJ)
Associate's degree, Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies