KELLY
HURLBURT
DESIGNER BY DAY
MAKER BY NIGHT
Kelly Hurlburt is a user experience designer based in New York City.
Kelly hails from upstate New York, where she transformed her childhood obsession with Kid Pix into a career in design. She loves digging into complex technical problems, designing systems, and turning user research into product strategy. She believes designers have a responsibility to create products that are inclusive, impactful, and ethical.
In her free time, Kelly loves to ditch computer pixels and experiment with analog crafts. Her running list of projects includes crochet, quilting, pottery, and clay jewelry. She also loves traveling, hiking, photographing landscapes, and visiting art museums.
Experience
ADOBE
Staff Experience Designer, Creative Cloud Services
Work on high-level product strategy, information architecture, and foundational cloud platform features across multiple cloud service teams. 2022-Present
Senior Experience Designer, Libraries
Co-led design for Adobe's cloud-based brand and design system solution. Key initiatives included integration with Adobe XD, new organization features, and the introduction of team libraries. 2020-2022
Experience Designer, Assets & Collaboration
Collaborated on designs for Adobe's cloud platform. Key initiatives included a redesign of the platform's website, vision concepts for future cloud collaboration features, and a comprehensive audit of asset workflows across Creative Cloud's ~two dozen apps. 2017-2020
CREATIVE CARROT — VICE DIGITAL AGENCY
Design Intern
Created graphics and assets for client pitches, client campaigns, and internal branding projects. Collaborated with a 16-person intern team to pitch a multi-platform campaign to Dove Men+Care. Summer 2016
RIT PRODUCTION SERVICES
Multimedia Specialist
Worked with a team of designers and editors to create promotional videos for the university. Acted as a hybrid art director — designing video graphics, consulting on editing and sound design, collaborating on scripts and storyboards, and producing film shoots. 2014-2017
WITR 89.7 RADIO
General Manager
Managed the long-term strategy and day-to-day functions of RIT's college radio station, including 5 departments and 80+ student staff. Led the station's rebrand and overhauled staff training. 2015-2017
Key skills
- UX/UI design
- Information architecture
- User flows
- Qualitative user research
- Product strategy
- Illustration
Education
Rochester Institute of Technology
BFA, New Media Design '17
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
4.0 GPA
Certifications
Disability Inclusion & Accessible Design Certificate
Completed an 18-hour course through the University of Michigan's continuing education programs. 2021
Volunteer events
Desert X Festival
Desert X is a bi-annual festival that features large, outdoor art installations in locations across the Palm Springs area for several months. I acted as a docent, educating visitors about the installations. Spring 2021
DeYoung Museum
The deYoung Art Museum in San Francisco hosts an annual, family-friendly fundraising event called the deYoungsters Art Party. I collaborated with other designers to create interactive installations for the event. 2019-2021
Open Books
Open Books is a literacy foundation based in Chicago. One of their education programs teaches middle and high schoolers how to write and publish their own books. I designed book covers for student writers. 2017-2020
Mentoring
- Act as a mentor for new grads and career-changers in Adobe Design's Mentor program. 2021-Present
- Regularly present my experience working in design to students at General Assembly and participate in portfolio reviews. 2020-Present
- Regularly participate in portfolio reviews for RIT's New Media Club (my alma mater design program). 2017-Present
- Spoke at a panel InternCon, a conference run by tech interns for tech interns. 2020
- Hosted a day-long design workshop with students from the Inneract Project, a program that provides design classes to under-represented high schoolers. 2019
Brooklyn, NY
kelly.a.hurlburt@gmail.com
585.689.9792
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