User Experience Designer

Meriel Karen

Hi! I’m a UX Designer based in Seattle who is passionate about how technology shapes the interactions in our world. With a background spanning marketing to cloud computing, I bring a diverse perspective to human-centered design.


UX/UI • GenAI

Wikif.ai – Wiki Creation and Management with GenAI

Designed an AI-powered internal tool to simplify the creation and management of company wiki pages showing how generative AI can be leveraged to enhance collaboration, streamline content creation, and improve knowledge sharing across teams.

UX/UI • Legal Compliance

India Compliance – AWS Onboarding Update

Updating payment experiences for India-based customers to comply with new legal requirements in the region while ensuring seamless user interactions and maintaining regulatory compliance.

UX Process • Agile/Scrum

UX Process: Agile/Scrum with a Growing UX Team

As part of a small, agile team of two designers and one researcher, we support an organization with 75 diverse products by integrating SCRUM processes to effectively intake, prioritize, and track projects.

UX/UI • User Research

Organizational Reporting Redesign

This new feature designed to enhance the tracking of open and overdue action items, improving visibility and accountability within internal teams to streamline workflow management.

UX Optimization • UX Strategy

UX Strategy for Operational Readiness Reviews (ORR)

Self-driven initiative to define user personas and map the end-to-end customer journey for a new tool I was onboarding to with the goal of optimizing user experience from the start.

UX/UI • UX Strategy • Brand Development

Confident Quotes Website Design

Led the end-to-end creation of a new insurance website, from concept to launch, driven by research in a new market venture for the company.

UX/UI • Mobile Design • Interaction Design

Mobile Optimization for Inquiry Forms

Redesigned an outdated legacy experience with a focus on mobile optimization, ensuring customers could seamlessly engage with the product wherever they were.

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