Kayla Montgomery

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Design Manager at Harvest Bio · Brand and marketing design

Harvest Bio
Toronto, ON · ET (UTC-5)
13+ years experience
Concordia University
English
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Overview

13 years in product design, the last 3 at Harvest Bio, where I lead the brand team. Shipped the brand redesign that lifted task completion 26%. Most at home with brand design and illustration.

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illustrationbrand designsynthesisweb designtypography

Experience

  1. Design Manager
    Apr 2024 - Present
    Harvest Bio · 2 yr 6 mo · Contract · Toronto, ON
    • Ran 119 usability sessions and turned them into a research repository.
    • Brought the brand flows to WCAG 2.2 AA.
    • Built a component library 68 engineers ship with every day.
  2. Senior Product Designer
    Aug 2020 - Apr 2024
    OpenText · 3 yr 8 mo · Contract · Toronto, ON
    • Cut support tickets about brand by 42% with clearer copy and states.
    • Built a component library 90 engineers ship with every day.
  3. UX Researcher
    Jan 2017 - Aug 2020
    Shopify · 3 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Toronto, ON
    • Cut support tickets about brand by 32% with clearer copy and states.
  4. UX Researcher
    Oct 2013 - Jan 2017
    KPMG · 3 yr 3 mo · Contract · Toronto, ON
    • Shipped the brand redesign that lifted task completion 16%.
    • Built a component library 20 engineers ship with every day.

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Education

  1. Concordia University
    BEng, Visual Communication
    2009 - 2013

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