Kat BakThey/Them

About Me

Hi, I'm Kat. My pronouns are they/them. ‘Professional me’ is ‘real-life me’, but with better grammar and punctuation. I don’t have a ‘work persona’ - I’m always me. I work as a Product designer, writer, and illustrator. I'm not a rockstar, a ninja or a unicorn - nor will I crush it, smash it or kill it. I like to help bridge the common and occasionally tense divide between design and development silos, as well as advocate for the user perspective. I'm deeply interested in the social sciences, philosophy, art, design, and technology. I love learning - I'm always looking for the next course to take, books to read, DIY skills to YouTube, subjects to research, a pivotal event to wade through, or history to explore.

My Skills

• Illustration
• Product Design
• User Experience
• User Interface

My Career

• Design, Illustration, WritingKat Bak FreelanceJanuary 2008
  Current
• UX/UI DesignerIntrepid GroupAugust 2021 - October 2021
• Product DesignerMYOBFebruary 2021 - August 2021
• UX DesignerIntrepid GroupJanuary 2019 - March 2020
• Contributing WriterRarlo MagazineJanuary 2018 - November 2019

My Education

• Monash UniversityBachelor of Design, Visual CommunicationGraduated 2011
• RMIT UniversityShort Course - AnimationGraduated 2018
• General AssemblyCertificate IV in Design, 2D design, Printmaking, Painting, Illustration, Bookmaking, Art History, PhotographyGraduated 2016
• Star of the Sea CollegeVCE, Art, History, LiteratureGraduated 2006

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