Krista D. Varner
User Interface Designer, Health technology
Raleigh, NC · (910) 555 0195 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/kristadvarner
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Six years in user interface design, three owning a component library
INDUSTRIES
Health technology, clinical software, digital agencies
SPECIALTIES
Design systems, component states, responsive layout, accessible color and type, developer handoff
SYSTEMS
Figma, Storybook, Adobe Creative Cloud, Jira, Zeplin
CREDENTIALS
Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies, International Association of Accessibility Professionals
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in graphic communication, North Carolina State University
Results at a Glance
74
Elements now used
60
Open questions engineers
118
Failures found
23%
First quarter
Executive Summary
User interface designer with six years on clinical software, where a wrong state on a screen has consequences. Owns the component library, the interaction states behind it and the handoff engineers build from. Works in the space between the research findings and the shipped pixel, and tests contrast before anyone asks.
Signature Achievements
- Built a component library of 74 elements now used by four product squads, which cut new screen build time by roughly 40 percent.
- Documented every interaction state for the library, including empty, loading, error and read only, and closed 60 open questions engineers had been guessing at.
- Raised color contrast across the clinical interface to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and removed 118 failures found in the first audit.
- Redesigned the medication entry screen and reduced entry errors reported by nursing staff by 23 percent in the first quarter.
- Cut design to development rework by publishing a single source file with token names matching the code.
Professional Experience
User Interface Designer
Piedmont Care Technologies, Raleigh, NC 2022 to present
Product design team of eight inside a clinical software company serving 90 hospital departments
- Own the design system, from color and type tokens to the component specifications engineers build against.
- Design screen states and responsive behavior for tablet and desktop, and hand off in the design tool with annotated specifications.
- Run a component review with two front end engineers every two weeks so the library and the code stay in step.
- Check every release against contrast, focus order and keyboard behavior before it goes to staging.
Junior User Interface Designer
Oak Hollow Digital, Durham, NC 2020 to 2022
Digital agency of 22 building web applications for healthcare and education clients
- Designed screens and component sets for six client projects, working from wireframes supplied by researchers.
- Produced responsive layouts across three breakpoints and specified how each component reflowed.
- Built the agency starter file that later became its standard project template.
Licensure and Certification
Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies, International Association of Accessibility Professionals
Member of the Interaction Design Association
Education
Bachelor of Science in graphic communication, North Carolina State University, 2020
Core Skills
Design systems · Component libraries · Interaction states · Responsive layout · Design tokens · Accessible color · Developer handoff · Visual hierarchy · Prototyping · Design documentation