Kate Ushakova

Designer and design leader with 15+ years of experience delivering transformative digital products for top-tier financial institutions.

My strength is leading complex initiatives from ambiguity to reality—turning large-scale rebuilds and redesigns into successful launches, then operationalizing what’s been built so teams can sustain and evolve it without constant reinvention.

I drive success through user-centered strategy, strong cross-functional partnership, and practical systems thinking—connecting product vision to measurable outcomes and enabling teams to execute with focus and confidence.As a leader, I foster a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring that our design process is not only strategic but also adaptive. Grounded in the double-diamond model, my approach emphasizes frequent user feedback cycles, measurable outcomes, and iterative refinement to enhance the user experience. I also champion accessibility, ensuring that our products are inclusive and usable for all, regardless of ability.

Things I can do for your business:

  • Customer Journeys

  • Information Architecture

  • Hifi and lofi wireframes

  • Pixel perfect dev-ready assets in Figma

  • User personas

  • Interactive prototypes

  • Heuristic analysis

  • User research

  • Competitive analysis

  • User flows and sitemaps