Katie Langerman

Highlights

My reach at GitHub is broad as a systems designer. I work on Primer owned components and patterns, but I also touch a lot of production code to help keep the lights on or improve things as needed. I would rather open a PR and fix something myself than file an issue.

• Elevated Primer's design token system to be framework agnostic, supporting everything from Rails to React.
• Influenced CSS authoring styles through documentation and tooling.
• Helped foster a collaborate environment where designers feel welcome reviewing a Pull Request.

Ships

• Contrast settings for all themes
• High contrast theme improvements
• Global focus styles

Highlights & ships

Created CarGuru's design system called Concrete to help support a React migration and newer design/product org. Before working on Concrete, I introduced new branding in the form of a style guide which influenced new component patterns and the overall visual design language.

Highlights

Designed and implemented key features for the StudentUniverse.com web app using HTML, CSS, and Angular.

Co-host a bi-weekly interface design podcast with Anthony Hobday.

Co-led the Boston chapter of Ladies that UX planning a design conference in 2018 with ~300 attendees, followed by monthly in person events.