Hey, I’m Kelsey.

I’m a designer & product leader with more than a decade of experience designing and leading teams. I live and work in DC, though I spent most of my career in NYC working in tech and media (and doing a lot of karaoke).

I’ve worked across a wide range of teams and products, but the common thread has been making sense of messy problems and creating space for people to do their best work. I work with early-stage teams in a fractional capacity as Head of Design.

My work lands somewhere between product vision and hands-on design. I help teams make sense of ambiguity, get the scope right, get aligned on what we’re trying to achieve, and execute design.

People first.

I create environments where people feel supported and able to do good work, all while still having the autonomy to make decisions. Kindness over everything.

Transparency always.

I share early and often — ideas, drafts, context. It builds trust, and is the only way to make the work better.

Impact > Output.

I point my time at the work that has real impact. Shipping is exciting, but it doesn’t matter if we end up shipping things no one needs.