Kim Wiessner
Human-Centered.
Hello. I’m Kim, a UX leader who is human-centered in everything—including my leadership style. These days, I “design through people” and can’t think of a career that would better suit me.
I seek opportunities to deliver compelling, human-centered products and service experiences to users. I enjoy solving complex problems through cross-functional collaboration and thrive in the future and vast discovery spaces.
The breadth of my career spans various aspects of design, team leadership, product strategy, and making. I’ve spent a reasonable amount of time developing innovative business models and p0 product experiences and concepts. I have successfully influenced product, service, and design decisions based on customer insights.
My career in design has spanned a range of businesses and teams from small tech-led startup teams (Roofsmith.com, 89Glass.com) to a global digital organization (HSBC), an enterprise innovation team (USAA), a bricks/clicks co-op (REI) and now a thriving startup, onX, with a strong mission. Throughout all of these experiences, the context of my role shifted; the problems may change, and the complexity may vary, but the way to solve for customers within these spaces remains the same: It starts with human-centered design.
My ability to craft vision, balance organizational timing with creativity and persistence, lead teams through ambiguity, build strong relationships across an organization, and practice the ability to chase after poignant questions that shift leadership conversations in favor of the customer have served as the foundation of my life-long passion and career in human-centered design.
The depth of my expertise in art and design is founded upon a lifelong passion for art & design. This crucial creative foundation has enabled my design skills to evolve. It includes brand development, illustration, product experiences, global digital brand guidelines, UX design, UX strategy, design research, and insights. Through all of these areas of design, I have carried with me an entrepreneurial spirit and ambition to explore every opportunity to its full potential with users