I blend systems thinking and a deep care for quality user experiences to design beautifully simple products.

📍Sydney, Australia

👩‍💻 Principal Product Designer @ Canva

About me

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Hi! I’m Kat, a craft-led product designer with an Industrial Design background.

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Currently I’m designing Canva’s core editing experience, balancing the discoverability of features and scalability of surfaces in the Editor.

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I’m passionate about user experience and work closely with research and customer support teams to improve product from the ground up.

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I work best when collaborating across teams— facilitating alignment, driving clarity, and bringing people together around a common goal.

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I’m a strong advocate for design systems and bridging the gap between design and engineering.

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I love to sketch and jam with others. My happy place is markers and a whiteboard.

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In my spare time I love to read, dance, practise teach yoga and I will never say no to karaoke

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Recent work

AI powered design in the editor

Canva – 2025