Kimberly Livne

Hands-on experience in all design phases of product development. 

Consistently seeking & generating improvements for innovative design concepts and solutions. 

Presenting ideas and creative solutions to teams, stakeholders, and clients.

UX expert: findability, engagement, designing content for improved user experiences.

Project Manager with strong experience building relationships with teams, vendors & clients

Developing products for mass production (consistently) with the demanding technical specifications. 

Fearless, devoted ally/ partner to see projects to completion -on time and under budget.

Consistently prioritizing key aspects of designs, cohering nomenclature, naming conventions across mediums.

Managing product life cycles /workflows / teams / margins / scalability.

Identifying progressive opportunities to increase sustainable growth.

Integrating UX methodologies to strategically improve user experiences & increased engagement.

User-centric – evaluating the pain points of stakeholders, clients, designers, engineers, end-users and customers. 

Ability to plan, conduct and deliver, actionable user research and results.

Using established guidelines and patterns to continue to promote consistency and brand coherence.

Translating requirements and research results into interactive digital prototypes.

Proven experience of building positive relationships with a range of both internal and external stakeholders.

Capitalize on multiple sources of customer data to inform content design.

Creatively solving business problems by prioritizing salient aspects of user stories.

Work in partnership with (and sometimes within) client product/design departments to design and develop cost-effective & high-engagement accessory, trim & hardware programs. 

Effectively work with mechanical engineers and the established client processes in support of brand, image, & strict technical/costing/environmental requirements. 

Facilitate, communicate & broker loose design concepts with engineers, product development, manufacturers, sewing, using analytic, communications & design skills.

Experience working in multidisciplinary teams to design and build services and improve existing service delivery

Create appropriate design elements to promote project goals, create visual designs, images, illustrations, responsive web layouts, prototypes, icons, reports, synthesis documents, user journey, user interface flows, wireframes and comprehensive style guides.

Employ agile sourcing/ development practices to remain competitive & streamline efficient supply chains to build sustainable & interactive, user-centric features.

Design, drive and provide innovative, solutions for pain points, while prioritizing holistic design processes. 

Ideating solutions for business problems with user insights, trends, user research and UX design methods

Working and collaborating with both engineers and designers on technical constraints and possibilities. 

Understanding of web interactions: patterns, best practices for design and content hierarchies for brand consistency and recognition.

Participate in setting strategic direction, standardization and designing compelling content with user stories.

Achieve project objectives using a comprehensive knowledge of technology, operations, and business to achieve project objectives. (concept to production: trend research, sourcing, design, tech specs, prototyping, user- persona, competitive analysis, feature matrix, wireframing, mind mapping, lo fidelity/ high-fidelity prototypes, branding, style guides A/B testing).

Provide in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define problems and help develop innovative solutions.

Northeastern University – BS Sociology

General Assembly – 40-Hour User Experience (UX) Design Certification

Hebrew Language – Speaking (Advanced) 

                                    Reading /Writing (Beginner)