Kayla Graves
About Kayla Graves
Kayla Graves is a Senior Product Designer at Restaurant365 with a background in psychology and extensive experience in user experience design and product management tools.
Current Role at Restaurant365
Kayla Graves is currently working as a Senior Product Designer at Restaurant365 in a remote capacity. In this role, she applies her expertise in user experience design to enhance the company's digital products. She utilizes various design and project management tools, ensuring that interfaces are user-friendly and meet industry standards.
Previous Roles and Experience
Kayla Graves has accumulated a wealth of experience from various roles in tech and hospitality sectors. Before her current role at Restaurant365, she worked as a Product Designer at the same company for one year. She also served as an Associate Product Designer at Zola.com in New York. Additionally, she has UX design experience from short stints at Ooofball, Sasom, and WeUp 'Its All Good'. In the hospitality industry, her roles ranged from manager to server at multiple establishments, including Maydan and The Smith.
Educational Background
Kayla Graves holds a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Psychology from Howard University, completed in 2015. Her educational journey also includes a High School Diploma from Penncrest High School and a User Experience Design Immersive course from General Assembly. Her background in psychology enhances her ability to design user-centric products.
Skill Set and Specializations
Kayla Graves specializes in various user research and design techniques such as user interviews, usability tests, and prototype creation. She is proficient in tools including Adobe XD, Sketch, Figma, and Principle, among others. Her skills extend to project management tools like Asana, Trello, and JIRA. She also has technical knowledge in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Web APIs, and jQuery.
Portfolio and Design Philosophy
Kayla Graves maintains a personal portfolio at kaylabgraves.com, showcasing her work and design projects. Her approach to design is consumer-minded, influenced by her extensive experience in the hospitality industry. She focuses on creating intuitive and engaging user interfaces, leveraging her background in psychology to inform her design decisions.