Why hello there.
Let’s get right to the point; here’s my resume.
Keren is a User Experience Researcher and Design Strategist based in Philadelphia, PA, but remotely available everywhere. Yay technology! As a quick start, you can learn about some of the long-term research I’ve done for Shopify here or watch a talk I gave for Miro on How to Establish Design Principles.
Keren can:
lead long-term strategic development
workshop, design-think, generate futures
perform remote or in-person (moderated or unmoderated) qualitative user research
foster accessible and inclusive research
collaborate w/ multidisciplinary product teams
craft website, product, or app strategies
facilitate stakeholder interviews
tie quantitative data to qualitative UX goals
translate qualitative insights into actions
design, scope, and moderate complex, multi-phase and multi-country studies
prioritize product MVPs and roadmaps
prototype, concept, and wireframe
rethink information architecture
dice, chop, mince, and julienne cut vegetables
Keren helps clients make meaningful connections to users and audiences, and brings keen thinking across business planning, research and analysis, and user needs. She has worked with Fortune 50 and Fortune 500 companies as well as early-stage start-ups.
She has delivered strategic insight across product design, content strategy, prototype testing, and user experience research, for clients including Amtrak, Etsy, Shopify Inbox, Shopify Point-of-Sale, GiveDirectly, IEEE, Netflix, Comcast Business, Bristol-Myers Squibb, The Moth, Columbia University, The Global Alliance for Rabies Control, AT&T, and The Museum of Arts and Design.
Speaking Engagements:
Ladies that UX Philly | CAREER CHANGER SERIES (Featured Panelist)
Miro 2022 | How design teams redefine collaboration
SXSW 2020 | Outsourcing Creativity: Authors, Artists, and AI
Guest Lecturer: Fox School of Business at Temple University | Survey Design
Guest Lecturer: University of Arts | User Experience Certificate Program
UX Nights | User Research Lightning Talks
Research Rewind | Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research
H$TL House | User Experience 101: What is a user?
UX Expert Series | Re-thinking Online Cart Abandonment
Think Company Lunch n’ Learn | What is a Competitive & Comparative Analysis?
Think Company Lunch n’ Learn | Introduction to Object-Oriented UX
Awards:
Keren is the recipient of a W3 Silver Award, a Webby Award in the 'School & University' website category, and a Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX) winner for the 'Nonprofit & Government' sector in web and mobile innovation. Her work in Real Estate has also received a W3 Gold Award. She is also a OMMA Finalist for the 'Charity/Non-Profit Organization' website category.