About me

I am Kyle Ulrey

I design valuable and memorable experiences for people. I love learning, making, and collaborating with others. I’m a team player who desires cross-functional collaboration and I embrace any opportunity to understand another person’s thoughts and experiences.

I have a powerful skillset that includes an indepth knowledge of agile methods, design thinking, and rapid prototyping. Coupling this skillset with my dependability and compelling communication skills makes me an integral part of the team.

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Recent Experience

IBM – UX/UI Designer

  • Provide strategy for 5 continuous-delivery projects simultaneously
  • Mentor and align 3+ team members
  • Support 6 different development teams across 4 different time zones
  • Provide accessibility documents to ensure WCAG compliance
Tools
  • Sketch 4
  • InVision
  • Github
  • Zenhub
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe XD
  • Adobe InDesign
  • HTML/CSS
  • Mural.ly
Hard Skills
  • Experience Design
  • Usability Research
  • Rapid Prototyping
  • Visual Design
  • Wireframing
  • Writing
  • Accessibility Requirements
Soft Skills
  • Empathy
  • Communication
  • Leadership
  • Active Listening
  • Cross-Functional Consultation
  • Critique
  • Self-Direction
  • Collaboration (Remote & Local)
  • Facilitation
I solve problems.

I rapidly and creatively turn problems, pain points, and red flags into delightful and memorable experiences. To accomplish this, I employ a powerful skillset which includes facilitating Design Thinking sessions.

I make things happen.

Good design makes lives easier and helps people understand more about what others do, need, and want. At its core, design is people-centric and builds connections between people through efficient use of time. Design always has a powerful place whether it is wisely spending time to make the product delightful or intuitively saving time by making a goal easier to achieve for people using the product.

I design for scale.

Understand the user needs through the use of generative research, market analysis, and persona and journey map creation with Design Thinking methods

Rapidly sketch workflows based on personas to validate solutions with people who will use the tool while collaborating with the cross-functional team

Conduct evaluative research with people who will use the tool and gather insights for exploration, iteration, and presentation to the cross-functional team

Deliver high-fidelity prototypes to developer and support them with documentation, comments, and design artifacts throughout their sprint cycle