Krysta Curtis

Designed and launched a clinic platform from 0 to 1, enabling accessible asynchronous care for low-acuity medical conditions. Built a comprehensive design system from scratch to ensure consistency, scalability, and efficiency across the platform.

Built the design system for the LingoAce Connect app and owned the marketing website design system. Increased the conversion of signups by designing LingoAce’s first low-touch-onboarding experience and iterating based on A/B testing and optimization results.

Championed the design of the Volunteer Peer Review panel, growing membership 6000% from 400 to over 25,000. Led an overhaul of the Cureus Author Dashboard, providing more visibility to the publication process, delighting users and reducing customer support tickets.

Gathered deep educator insights through user research with dozens of teachers to bring Piper into educational settings by meeting the needs of educators. Performed usability studies with 100’s of children ages 4-18 to identify problem areas to increase learner’s success.

Conducted a rigorous user experience design process to design a new educational SaaS product offering. Led the development process of Recap, an innovative asynchronous video learning platform for K-12 students, teachers and administrators.

Co-founded a 2-person game studio that launched two polished cross-platform casual games from scratch. Secured publishing contracts for both titles, with Seek and Find reaching #1 iOS app in dozens of countries.

Responsible for team leadership, game design and business success of TinyCo’s flagship Tiny Zoo Friends game. Performed user research and utilized A/B testing to prioritize new features to maximize revenue, retention and virality.

Created and led development of Namco Networks’ most played web game, Mahjong Butterfly. Earned “Employee of the Month” award and the department wide “Get Stuff Done” award.

Conceived and prototyped new-to-the-world products and pitched to toy manufacturers. Facilitated and participated in client design thinking workshops.

Studied toy design principles and practices. Focused on creative product development and design thinking.

Completed an Associate in Applied Science in Electrical Technology. Gained foundational knowledge in electrical systems and technology.

Completed a comprehensive UX Design Bootcamp. Acquired practical skills in user experience design methodologies and tools.

Earned a certificate in UX Design from Google. Developed expertise in user experience principles and design processes.

Completed a certificate program in AI for UX Design. Focused on integrating AI into user experience design workflows.