Kristine Planche
About Kristine Planche
Kristine Planche is a Senior UX Designer specializing in Design Systems at Thomson Reuters, where she has worked since 2022. She has a diverse background in design, having held various roles at companies such as Manulife, Goods & Services, and Ritual.co, and has completed multiple design-related educational programs.
Current Role at Thomson Reuters
Kristine Planche serves as a Senior UX Designer in the Design System team at Thomson Reuters. She has held this position since 2022, contributing to the development and implementation of design systems. Her responsibilities include conducting gap analyses and property audits across various component libraries to ensure consistency in documentation and usage. She also facilitates discovery interviews with product-based UX designers to identify opportunities for design system integration.
Previous Experience in Design
Before joining Thomson Reuters, Kristine Planche accumulated extensive experience in design roles. She worked at Manulife as a UI Designer from 2021 to 2022. Prior to that, she was a Digital Designer and Designer at Goods & Services from 2016 to 2020. Her earlier roles include a Graphic Designer position at Ritual.co in 2015 and a Design Intern role at Onbrand and Entro Communications in 2013.
Education and Training in Design
Kristine Planche has a solid educational background in design. She earned a Bachelor of Design (BDes Hons.) from York University, studying from 2009 to 2014. Additionally, she completed a Front-End Web Development Immersive and a Part-time UX Design program at Juno College of Technology in 2014 and 2016, respectively. In 2019, she furthered her education in Product Design at Bridge School.
Contributions to Design Systems
In her current and previous roles, Kristine Planche has made significant contributions to design systems. She created a guide for colleagues to reconcile components across multiple libraries and co-wrote foundational team documents outlining design system principles. She acted as a liaison for a product pod during the Alpha phase of design system implementation, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
Volunteer Experience in Design Education
Kristine Planche has engaged in volunteer work to support design education. She served as a Design Critique Volunteer at HackerYou College of Technology from 2016 to 2017. In this role, she provided feedback and guidance to students, helping them enhance their design skills and understanding of design principles.