Katherine Delorme • UI/UX Designer
Work History • Education • Volunteer Work • Hobbies • Contact
Hello, I'm Katherine Delorme. I have a fascination for user experience and user interface design. The more I work on designing and developing websites, the more I become curious about the user's experience. As I progress in design and development, I continue to seek answers to questions on how to make interactions, task completions, and the overall experience better for users.
I have a Bachelor's Degree in Digital Media - Web Design from the University of Central Florida with six years of experience in the field. My skills started with Back-end and Front-end Web Development. I find that the knowledge I have in these areas help me when executing UX research and laying out UI designs. Understanding the tools, limitations, and hard work that goes into developing, helps me make sound decisions and become a better communicator with other developers. I've worked for the University of Central Florida, Digital Risk, and other large-sized corporations. Contracted projects include work for design agencies such as Knight Agency and Findsome & Winmore, and the Angular based company VCreative. My abilities has even taken me abroad, where I worked as a web designer and developer for a company in Japan.
Work History
Transition to UI/UX
UI/UX Web Designer • Hospitality Service • Orlando, FL • 2021 - Present
UI/UX Developer • Road Servicing • Orlando, FL • 2020
Contract UI/UX Designer • Knights Agency • VCreative, LLC • Orlando, FL/Remote • 2018 - 2019
Frontend/Backend Development
Frontend Web Designer and Developer • J-Cast JoliArts Co. Ltd. • Tokyo, Japan • 2017
Web Designer & Marketing Analyst • Digital Risk • Maitland, FL • 2015 - 2017
Web Design Lead • Nicholson School of Communication - University of Central Florida • Orlando, FL • 2014 - 2016
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Education
January 2011 - May 2014
University of Central Florida
College of Arts & Humanities: Bachelors of Arts - Digital Media, Web Design
Minor in Business - July 2014
Personal Continued Education
Learning React.js • 2019 - 20
React.js Essential Training • 2019 - 20
React:Ecosystems • 2019 - 20
Mobile App Design by Pablo S. • 2020
Udacity • June/July 2020
Udacity • Coming Soon
LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning
Udemy
Front End Developer Nanodegree Program
Pledge to Equality Scholarship Program Winner • UX Design
"The most valuable skill
is the ability to learn new ones."
- Irene Shih's, Senior UX Designer at Apple, favorite quote from the Awwwards Conference 2017
What I'm Curious About
I am learning the Japanese language. Studying a new language has placed me in a mindset of how gaining fundamental skills for retaining information can be accomplished. There are multiple popular techniques, methods, and apps that garner recognition. In general, I find it to be a fun puzzle game. Having serious efforts towards my learning journey has introduced me to a community, I might have otherwise missed. It would be delightful to be able to do research and design layouts that would reach this community.
By learning Japanese, I gained a new perspective of user experience that is different from my western perspective. It also piqued my interest in eastern design, practices, culture, and history. I want to learn more about these differences and carry the knowledge gained into solutions in future designs.
I am also curious about designs aimed towards children. For example, the Cartoon Network App and Nickelodeon App are prominent apps with young audiences. A young audience's thinking patterns and abilities differ from adults. Children have different pain points, life experiences, limitations, and capabilities. A difference can be seen in how companies such as Disney, Cartoon Network, and Nickelodeon deliver messages to children audiences in addition to their overall message. Products aimed at children evoke bright feelings of cheerfulness and fun, which tugs at a part of me that greatly enjoys these concepts.
Writings
Did I Just Learn Sketch and Principle In a Day?
Medium: Design + Sketch (publication)
Things were actually making sense after having a quick break down and being thrown into the fire to learn.
The Break Up • Medium
She Found in Sketch What She Hadn’t in Photoshop
5 Add-ons That Will Transform Your GitHub README • Medium
A good README.md file should be USEFUL reference for users.
Volunteer Work
Girls Who Code
An organization founded with a single mission: to close the gender gap in technology.
Tech Sassy Girlz
I volunteered my time to help rebrand Tech Sassy Girlz and redesign their website.
Hobbies
大学生の時日本語のクラスにとりいました。でも子供の時から日本の文化が好きでした。今は日本語を勉強します。私のレベルはN４、次のレベルほしたいN３です。話すのが怖かった、でも 話し始めたら、良くなりました。これからもっと良くなっていくのを楽しみにしています。私の夢は、ウェブデザインと日本のスキルを一緒に使うことです
Meetups
I can't help but be social and I love learning from those around me.
I'm a member of:
WordPress Orlando
Dribbble Orlando
AIGA Orlando
Orlando Lady Developers
Front End Orlando
Creative Jam
Orlando Japanese Language Meetup*
Orlando Language Exchange
MASAKA! Japanese & English Time
Swing Knights
DOUX — Downtown Orlando UX Meetup
ADPList
Design Buddies
UXDC
San Gabriel Valley UX
#HIREBLACK
UX Come Up
Nextplay
UX HER
Sista Circle
Ladies that UX Vancouver
Hosting Meetup Events
I joined the Orlando Japanese Language Meetup to meet other language learners and find a space to improve my Japanese. Soon after joining, I went from member to Event Coordinator and am now the meetup Organizer.
The first Meetup event I ever hosted was Let's Dance おどりましょう - Friday Night Swing Dance. Since then, I have hosted 137+ meetup events and attended 326+ events. Highlighted events include countless Beginner’s Japanese Language Study Grammar Lessons, Let's Eat Ramen ラーメンを食べましょう, Let's Do Aikido 合気道をしよう (あいきどうをしよう), Let's Talk With A Japanese Person, Okonomiyaki Party, Let's Hang Out At The Orlando Japan Festival, and 🧘♀️ Yoga in Japanese!!! 😲😱 一緒にヨガしましょう.
Credit: Katherine Delorme
Credit: Katherine Delorme
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