Sep 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 8 mos

Jun 2022 – Sep 2022 · 3 mos

• Hired to update website to new brand model

Feb 2022 – May 2022 · 3 mos

• Build and maintain design systems and libraries in conjunction with the wider Product Design Team to ensure product-wide visual consistency
• Work with Engineering to build out the live site to incorporate company’s new branding

Jun 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 11 mos

• Review student UX work and provide actionable, written feedback
• Coach students in certain soft skills such as time management and taking feedback

May 2021 – Dec 2021 · 7 mos

• Built out spec ready screens for internal beta launch of product
• Worked with Engineering and Product teams to align on handoff and other Design teams to align on consistent experiences

Apr 2021 – May 2021 · 1 mo

• Test and provide insights on upcoming features to help build a better platform for the every growing community.

Dec 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 5 mos

• Conduct UX portfolio reviews for junior designers trying to break into the field
• Provide helpful insights, advice, and resources to help young designers jumpstart their careers in the UX/UI and Product Design space

Dec 2020 – Apr 2021 · 4 mos

• Creating wireframes for a client redesign project that elevates, refreshes, and simplifies the website design and overall user experience.
• Working with both the agency team and client to satisfy the needs of the user and business.

Oct 2020 – Nov 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo · New York City Metropolitan Area

• Oversee the mentor and student relationships while ensuring that these students successfully transition into the field of UX
• Manage the Slack account, focusing on increasing community engagement through providing resources and prompts to spark ideas in these young designers

May 2020 – Apr 2021 · 11 mos · New York, United States

• Collaborate with stakeholder to understand business model and expected outcomes
• Update screens based on design principles and create working hi-fidelity prototype to understand user’s happy flow, both for the curator and buyer’s side of the platform
• Conduct research to determine if designs align with user expectations and assumptions

Apr 2020 – May 2020 · 1 mo · New York City Metropolitan Area

• Redesigned the landing page for an offshoot of the main site, as well as the homepage of the main site
• Organized and used user research to better understand how users interact with a forms page, and how three different types of users can log in via one homepage
• Designed hi-fidelity wireframes based on the conducted research, while creating a modernized brand identity

Jan 2020 – Feb 2020 · 1 mo · New York City Metropolitan Area

• Redesigned branding to create a unique user-focused identity
• Conducted user research to improve the onboarding flow to reduce the confusion associated with the focus of the app
• Found and addressed pain points with the setting a date process on the home screen
• Created updated hi-fidelity screens based on user feedback and insights

Nov 2019 – Nov 2019 · 0 mo · Greater New York City Area

• Collaborated with stakeholders to understand the business model and expected outcomes
• Found and addressed pain points associated with the digital media buyers process to design the buyer flow based on user interviews and insights
• Created a working hi-fidelity prototype to understand the user’s happy flow

Sep 2019 – Nov 2019 · 2 mos · Greater New York City Area

• Through real-world project work, learned tactics such as wireframing, low- and high-fidelity prototyping, usability testing, and user interface design to build a portfolio of intuitive digital products
• Got hands-on experience in versatile design and research skills, including competitive analysis, persona-crafting, and contextual inquiry

Mar 2019 – May 2019 · 2 mos · Greater New Orleans Area

• • Worked with board to coordinate ongoing recruitment efforts and maintained group’s social media pages, constantly increasing followers while also creating marketing materials

Jun 2018 – May 2019 · 11 mos · New York

• • Responsibilities include graphic design projects such as layouts for emails, UX design creating mock ups of the app to generate the perfect flow, and marketing collateral to give to users and influencers

Sep 2016 – May 2019 · 2 yrs 8 mos · New Orleans, Louisiana

• • Designed their email layouts, High Holiday card, and their website using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator and Constant Contact

Sep 2016 – May 2017 · 8 mos · New Orleans, Louisiana

• • Design info graphics and illustrations for newspaper articles

Jul 2016 – May 2019 · 2 yrs 10 mos · New Orleans, Louisiana

• Created t-shirt and pillow designs and had them printed. Sell them on Tulane’s Campus through Hillel as well as through Redbubble
• http://www.redbubble.com/people/fkastenbaum?asc=u
• https://www.facebook.com/franktees1/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

Jul 2015 – Jul 2016 · 1 yr · Greater New York City Area

• Was a TA for a two week coding program, where high school students learned Ruby, CSS, HTML.

Jun 2013 – Jul 2013 · 1 mo · Greater Los Angeles Area

• I worked with peers and supervisors to organize the showroom space. As well as I helped with invoices through Excel and called consulting companies to obtain their information for the company's database.

Sep 2011 – May 2015 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Greater New York City Area

• Collaborated with company directors, parents and students to determine how
• to raise and delegate funds to various charitable organizations. Utilized leadership and event planning skills to organize fundraisers and events. Developed organization and communication skills through helping to lead
• the discussions.