KEVIN CALDERWOOD

DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT BLOG

About Me

Hello! I'm Kevin Calderwood, a seasoned UX Designer with a passion for crafting intuitive user experiences and a strong drive to become a Front-End Developer. I currently call the vibrant city of Boston my home. With over a decade of experience in UX Design and two years in Front-End Design System Development, I have honed my skills to bridge the gap between design and code, creating seamless digital solutions that delight users.

Work Experience

DEC 2021 - PRESENT

Senior User Experience Designer @ Clario

  • Co-authored the Crystal Design System; implementing design tokens, CSS components, and Angular components.
  • Delivered front end features as a team member on the project 'Site Service'.
MAY 2015 - DEC 2021

User Experience Designer @ Clario

  • Contributed to the redesigning and rebranding of several product suites to fit into the new company's branding.
  • Co-managed internal projects, performing initial user research, work activity notes use cases and user requirements. Designed the development process around a lean user-centeric mindset.
  • Explored the potential use of wearables and 'Internet of Things' in clinical trials as a member of the Innovation lab.
JAN 2013 - MAY 2015

Junior User Experience Designer @ ERT

  • Designed various interfaces for web applications on phones, tablets and desktop.
  • Communicated design and product goals through annotated wireframes, storyboards, user flows, site maps, prototypes, product mockups and implementation guidelines.
  • Captured user feedback through contextual inquiry interviews, usability testing and analysis.
  • Ensureed consistency across a platform of applications by creating unified interaction design guidelines and presenting them as a 'living style guide'.
JUL 2012 - JAN 2013

Graphic Designer Intern @ Pearse Street Consulting

  • Contributed to the redesigning and rebranding of several product suites to fit into the new company's branding.
  • Created new logos for clients from scratch and from client concepts.
  • Defined and crafted strong visual brands for new social media sites, and provided the required assets for print, web, marketing, and social media marketing.
NOV 2011 - MAR 2012

Graphic Designer Intern @ Suki Inc.

  • Created web and email advertisements, e-blast promotions and web page designs by collaborating with the marketing team and executive stakeholders.
  • Produced and prepared graphic assets for print, including product inserts, product packaging, point of sale displays, posters, and other marketing materials.
  • Enhanced business documents and presentations by redesigning them with compelling visuals and infographics.

Projects

Crystal Design System

A several year endevour spanning multiple teams to build up a new state of the art Design System, including Design Tokens, Figma Library, Icon Library, CSS Framework and Angular Components.

  • Design System
  • HTML/SCSS/JS
  • Angular
  • Style Dictionary

My Home Assistant Setup

A well intentioned plan to control my Hue lights through Alexa ending in a several month exploration of building a Raspberry Pi Home Assistant Machine, Custom Alexa Skills, and even a Dashboard map of my apartment!

  • UI/UX Design
  • Home Assistant
  • Alexa Skills

Scenario Selector App

Small personal project to build a scenario randomizer for the miniature game Dropfleet Commander (but mostly an excuse to pick up Angular).

  • UI/UX Design
  • Angular