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Get to know me.

Get to know me.

Product designer. Curious by nature, detail-obsessed by habit.

Product designer. Curious by nature, detail-obsessed by habit.

But if you want the longer version, you're in the right place.

But if you want the longer version, you're in the right place.

With over 10 years of design experience spanning graphic design, marketing, and product, I've spent the last 6 focused on UI, UX, and design systems across fintech, SaaS, and nonprofit sectors. My graphic design foundation keeps craft and visual detail at the center of everything I do, even when the work is deep in systems thinking.

UX · UI · Design Systems · Accessibility · Figma · Framer · Webflow

UX · UI · Design Systems · Accessibility · Figma · Framer · Webflow

A look at how I approach a project from start to finish.

Discovery

Identify the problem, understand why it exists and who it affects, consult stakeholders and developers, and review competitors and precedents to build on what works rather than starting from scratch.

Define

Establish patterns, map content and user flows, identify entry and exit paths for a complete experience. Determine MVP scope and flag future enhancements to design for scalability from the start.

Design

Iterate from wireframes through component implementation to high fidelity, with testing and feedback at each stage. Present, refine, repeat.

Deliver

Finalize, document rationale, spec for development, QA in staging. Post-launch iteration informed by user feedback and usage data.

Thanks for taking a look around, and if you made it this far, let's talk.

A look at how I approach a project from start to finish.

Discovery

Identify the problem, understand why it exists and who it affects, consult stakeholders and developers, and review competitors and precedents to build on what works rather than starting from scratch.

Define

Establish patterns, map content and user flows, identify entry and exit paths for a complete experience. Determine MVP scope and flag future enhancements to design for scalability from the start.

Design

Iterate from wireframes through component implementation to high fidelity, with testing and feedback at each stage. Present, refine, repeat.

Deliver

Finalize, document rationale, spec for development, QA in staging. Post-launch iteration informed by user feedback and usage data.

Thanks for taking a look around, and if you made it this far, let's talk.

Thanks for taking a look around, and if you made it this far, let's talk.

A little background on how I ended up doing what I do.

I began my career while earning my BFA in Graphic Design, working as part of a small but mighty marketing team where we built a department brand from the ground up, creating visual systems, launching event campaigns, and refining websites that helped define the team's identity and voice.

Since then I've worked across a range of products and platforms, from dashboards and a touchscreen clock-in kiosk in HR SaaS, to multi-brand component libraries, responsive financial platforms, and WCAG-compliant accessibility improvements in wealth management and fintech. Most recently I led a full Webflow site build for a literacy nonprofit spanning UX strategy, visual design, and front-end execution.

Along the way I've developed user journeys, built prototypes for user testing, contributed to design system documentation, and delivered high-fidelity work across complex, cross-functional products. I've presented to stakeholders, led design critiques, and stayed adaptable through shifting specs and evolving requirements.

The process isn't a method I follow, it's how my mind naturally works.

What drives me is the full range of it, from digging into the strategic problem at the start to obsessing over the pixel level details at the end. Great experience design is often invisible to the user, but it takes a lot of thought to get there, and that just so happens to be where my mind lives.

My next goals are to expand my front-end development knowledge and take on more ownership across the full arc of a product, from early research through to launch and beyond. I also have a never-ending pile of craft projects that could use my attention in my free time.

Designed and built with care and curiosity by Rachel Kear ♡

Designed and built with care and curiosity by Rachel Kear ♡

Designed and built with care and curiosity by Rachel Kear ♡