HELLO!

I’m a multifaceted designer who makes products, systems, and experiences easier to understand and use.

I help define strategy, simplify complex digital products, and improve learnability to create experiences that people enjoy and deliver value.

WHAT I DO

Strategic expertise at the intersection of product, learning, and design.


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Experience Design & UX Strategy

End-to-end experience strategy for complex digital products.

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Intuitive interfaces and workflows for complex digital products.

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Product & UX Design


Help users understand your product faster and adopt it deeper.

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Learnability & Product Adoption

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Digital learning and education experiences that people actually use.

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Learning Experience Design


Senior design leadership without the full-time hire.

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Business Strategy & Design Consulting

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Trustworthy, learnable experiences for AI-powered products.

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AI Product Experience

ABOUT ME

I don’t fit neatly into a specific job description.

I’ve never been very good at staying in one box, or in one lane. My career has moved from graphic and brand design into digital, UX, product, learning, and business strategy, and somewhere along the way I became particularly interested in the messy space between them.

I’m a multifaceted designer who likes complicated problems, figuring out what’s actually going on, and making things make more sense. I care about whether people can understand something, learn it, use it, adopt it, and ultimately get value from it.

These days, I work as a nomadic designer and strategist, moving between disciplines, projects, and places. I bring a mix of design, strategy, curiosity, and a healthy adoration for ambiguity.

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WORK

A peek at some of the problems I’ve helped untangle recently.

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EXPERIENCE DESIGN & UX STRATEGY

Customer Success Business Model Transformation

A growing organization was underperforming. Customer Success operated reactively, leading to inconsistent engagement, rising churn risk, and untapped expansion opportunities. The business needed a customer strategy, not just account management.

Customer Success was managing a diverse customer base without a consistent framework for understanding who customers were, what they needed, or how the business should serve them differently.

Results:

  • Increased Net Revenue Retention from 92% to 118% (+26 pts)

  • Reduced churn by 38% within 2 quarters

  • Increased product and service adoption by 30%

A website homepage for Jungle Guides International showing a blurred image of hikers in a jungle, with overlay text that reads 'Professional Jungle Training. Transformational Expeditions.' The top menu includes options for certifications, expeditions, community, partnerships, association, and contact. There is a live chat box in the bottom right corner offering language options and a WhatsApp chat button.

BUSINESS STRATEGY & DESIGN CONSULTING

Jungle Guides International: Digital Experience Strategy and Web Design

Jungle Guides International (JGI) is a leader in wilderness medicine, expedition leadership, and jungle guide training. While the organization had earned an outstanding reputation in the field, its digital presence no longer reflected the quality of its programs and struggled to capture and convert leads.

The challenge wasn't simply to redesign pages, it was to rethink how the organization presented its value, connected with different audiences, and used digital experiences to support long-term business goals. I was brought in to look beyond the website itself and how to drive conversion.

Results:

  • 17.4% increase in average engagement time

  • Bounce rate reduced from 70.6% to 43%

  • 96% increase in engagement with expedition and course pages

  • 23% increase in organic search visibility

  • 41% increase in organic traffic

Screenshot of a web page titled 'Adaptive' showing a project creation interface with a progress bar, step instructions, and options to create a project or use a simplified flow.

LEARNABILITY & PRODUCT ADOPTION

Adaptive Product Onboarding Experience

Most SaaS onboarding treats everyone the same. Adaptive learns each user's role, goals, and experience, then reshapes the journey as it watches how they actually work — so support scales up or down to meet the moment.

Every screen shares one idea: the product should observe, explain itself, and adjust. Onboarding, in-product help, proficiency, and the admin tooling are all views into the same adaptive engine — which is what lets a single experience meet a brand-new user and a returning power user where each of them actually is.

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PRODUCT & UX DESIGN — AI PRODUCT EXPERIENCES

Multi-language AI-powered Form Development Experience

A low-code form and automation platform needed a better way for users to create forms for multilingual audiences. The challenge wasn't simply translating the form, it was helping users navigate the complexity of language configuration, translation, localization, and validation without requiring them to understand how the underlying system worked.

BLOG

I write about what I’m curious about, figuring out, and learning along the way.

Have a complex experience that needs simplifying?

Whether you’re facing UX debt, low adoption, or a rebuild, let’s talk about what you’re actually trying to solve.

“Working with Kaylyn transformed how we approach growth and process—all in one partnership. As an amazing facilitator and educator, Kaylyn taught us how to take a design thinking approach and its application in designing employee journeys and people strategy.”

— Human Resources Team

“Kaylyn possesses a rare blend of expertise, adaptability, and leadership qualities that are bound to bring success to any team or project. She has also been an absolute delight to work with, and I would choose to work with her again in a heartbeat.”

— Product & Engineering Executive

“We've always been impressed by her innovative approach, strategic thinking, ability to consult with cross-functional partners to get things done, and her diverse skill set. She brings a design and people-centric approach to problem-solving and consistently thrives in complex and challenging environments.”

— SaaS Executive Team

“Kaylyn excels at connecting the dots and seeing the bigger picture, making meaningful contributions and innovations across our business.

Kaylyn knows that HOW things get done for a client is just as important as WHAT gets done.”

— Global Pharmaceutical L&D Leader