Kathryn Sikes

Collaborating in a three person team to create new experiences and interactions for a social platform through methodology research, market benchmarking, and iterative design practices.

Developing wireframes in Balsamiq, user flows in Lucid Chart, and design guidelines in Adobe Creative Suite for iOS mobile consumer application and a responsive web/mobile consumer portal.

Generated a mobile component style guide and a library of over 150 icons via a thorough design analysis distilling our prototypes into essential building blocks in order to create efficient, consistent pixel perfect mockups for our mobile application.

Freelance designer in UI/ UX, graphic design, branding development and customized toy design.

Remodeled the entire help system for a suite of B2B SaaS tools by restructuring the information architecture of earlier help page content and rewriting the information into short, interconnected, keyword searchable articles.

Created graphic diagrams for key concepts and operations within the software to accompany help articles and improve customer usability.

Consulted on the interface design of new developments and tools with the Keep&Share software suite.

Generated HTML formatting standards for the new help system, and incorporated them into existing CSS styling.

Developed new icons drafts as needed.

Oversaw the staff, budget, supplies and overall creative direction of the Children’s Creativity Museum’s exhibits department. Collaborated with fellow managers and directors to shift the current and future exhibits towards our company goals. Implemented the latest research in early childhood education design in the development of new exhibits. Coordinated projects with third party partners and fabricators as needed.

Worked with supervisors and fellow wiki authors to develop articles about the role of exhibits in informal science education based on research.

Orchestrated a collaborative project involving the Levine Museum of the New South staff and UNCG Interior Architecture professors to develop, prototype, fabricate and evaluate a successful constructivist interactive into a preexisting exhibit space.

Assisted with design development and evaluation of prototype interactive exhibits, using multiple iterations of timing, tracking and interviews and subsequent prototype redesigns in response to evaluations.

Transformed a spreadsheet of ideas to enhance a period setting exhibit into design plans and contractor fabrications in absence of a head curator of exhibits. Carried out the research, design, prototyping and installation of successful interactive exhibits in collaboration with the education department. Oversaw exhibits and lighting maintenance and assisted with installation of new exhibits.

Fabricated casework, vignettes and developed interactives in major museum exhibits as part of the exhibits team. Assisted the head exhibits designer in case and exhibition design. Assisted with the transfer and installation of traveling exhibits.

Constructed fabric and foam mannequins for the display of Ottoman robes. Gathered experience in silicone casting, life casting, faux finishing, artifact installation, special event set up as well as grant-writing in a Smithsonian workshop.