Simply Katerina Rose

I make complexity navigable.

For systems, for teams, and for the people working inside them.

Part professional portfolio, part creative space, part ongoing experiment in building an intentional life out loud.

My Professional Experience Download My Resume
Katerina Rose, smiling, with red and blonde hair, gold jewelry, and a floral tattoo

Experience includes

Selected work

Virtual conference platform interface
UX Design

B2B SaaS platform experience

Designed core workflows for a workplace technology platform, bridging high-level product strategy with day-to-day design execution.

Product design
Hospitality management platform
UX Design

Travel marketplace optimization

Crafted seamless shopping experiences for a global travel platform, balancing consumer usability with partner-facing revenue goals.

Experience design
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The blog is coming.

I'm building something here. Writing about what it actually looks like to navigate a non-linear career, design systems for real life, and show up as a whole person while doing it. The plan is four content pillars:

Systems and Design pillar
Systems & Design

The craft behind functional, minimalist design. How operational thinking applies to the things we use every day.

Career and Identity pillar
Career & Identity

The UX-to-Ops journey. What it looks like to rebuild your professional identity when the path isn't linear.

Life in Full pillar
Life in Full

Service dog handling, adaptive curling, and the logistics of existing in a world that wasn't built for everyone.

Creative Practice pillar
Creative Practice

Digital templates, stationery design, and building things at low stakes for the fun of it.

First posts are in the works. Subscribe below if you want to know when they land.

My name is Katerina.

I started as a web developer, learning how systems are built from the inside out. Then I spent a decade as a UX designer, learning how people move through them: where they get lost, where they find flow. Eventually I turned that same lens inward, from designing for users to designing for the teams doing the building.

Outside of work, I've been navigating a life that required its own kind of operational thinking. I was a service dog handler. I'm an adaptive athlete competing in curling. I've built a creative community online, learned the hard way what burnout costs, and rebuilt something more sustainable in its place.

Not because I have everything figured out, but because good structure makes navigating complexity a little less exhausting.

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