User Experience Design and Research
Located in Chicago
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312-316-6685 • keem.caroline@gmail.com
I believe that good design is like a spoon. It serves up the necessary content and remains unmemorable if the job is done well.
These case studies and articles walk through the process involved with successful efforts to clarify design and functionality.
Set short and long term improvement goals for a an online product that previously lacked usability and accessibility guidance. Increased number of daily calls completed by care coordinators.
Outpatient care management software consistently put users 3 clicks away from patient data they needed. Patient data was compartmentalized in a way that prevented care givers from seeing negative health trends. Usability principles were employed to re-envision patients as a whole person.
I worked with HR, QA, and recruiting teams on 2 initiatives that identified best work practices and improved the new hire experience.
Complete redesign of underperforming sales funnel for small businesses purchasing healthcare benefits.
Care coordination is a notoriously fragmented experience. I employed user-centered design principles to assist in creating an outpatient care coordination tool integrated with an EHR that has saved 30% hospital readmissions.
Heuristic evaluation and redesign to remove confusion and reduce customer support calls.
Task and time tracking software primarily used by the legal industry faced an outdated and complicated interface badly in need of modernization.
Transforming the look & feel of a visually overpowering interface.
As part of training interns this year I found that I wanted to paint for them a more practical image of what being a design professional means. I've had many great instructors, but the best lessons have come on the job and through a willingness to stick myself out there...and maybe make mistakes.
I write about the best ways I have been able to put UX practices into play within my current environment. More content is added regularly. carolinekeem.medium.com
To build all-around empathy for the end-user, craft different persona libraries for different audiences. Continue
I have written or co-authored more company style guides than I have fingers upon which to count them. In the shadows of every effort has been that one guy with a surly look who mutters “but no one will ever use it” as he shifts back and forth impatiently. I don’t like that guy. My quest is to consistently prove him wrong. Continue
Bringing user-centered thinking to a team with no prior design guidance. Continue
Moderating mistakes I’ve made and how I fix them Continue
What does a grown-up look like? What ideals shape a mature approach to working in a team? What does it mean to think of the group first? Some insights that 20 years of on-the-job training in teamwork have granted me. Continue
I’ve used the expression “first commandment of usability” in many conversations over the years. I decided to put them down in a list… because UX and humor can mix, right? Continue
A good final product grows from a good working process Continue
Using data to drive progress Continue
I’ve learned one thing from a lifetime of relationships: no one can tell me what to do to “do it right”. Continue