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.
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.
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.
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.
WORK
A peek at some of the problems I’ve helped untangle recently.
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%
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
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.
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
For a long time, I thought the goal was to keep moving forward; chase a higher salary, climb the ladder of titles, get married, buy a house, and have 2.0 kids. I unknowingly believed that my work was my identity, my purpose, and that this constant chase made me happy.
I grew up in Toronto, and then I left it almost a decade ago. Leaving, which I never ever thought I would do, opened my eyes to a lot of the privilege I had and completely flipped my priorities and how I approach pretty much everything I let into my life now.
I have never taken the opportunities I've had for granted, and I've always felt very grateful. But I did commit about 20 years of my life to my accomplishments, and I look back on that differently now.
Was it worth it? Would I change anything? Do I regret anything?