Hi, I am Kate…

The katerushton.com domain was taken.

I am passionate about the environment, making connections and things easier to use.

My professional experience spans market intelligence, community building, startup scouting, UX and teaching.

My final year UX/UI project was Wild Spy - Pokemon Go for wildlife identification, to help kids and their parents learn more about nature in a fun and playful way.

I used to teach and was the project manager for Red Bull Mind Gamer’s monthly online challenges - fun micro learnings based on a topic and one of Gardener’s seven mind skills.

Wireframes for Wild Spy - Pokemon Go for wildlife identification

At Marriott in Bethesda - win from the Travel Brilliantly Contest

I have lots of experience understanding the needs of customers.

Mostly through my work as a Community Strategist building and managing communities for the likes of Hellmann’s; OpenIDEO (part of IDEO) and Vodafone and also through additional training and courses.

Research is second nature to me.

I studied the Sciences at University (Biochemistry, Toxicology, Environmental Management), which is research-heavy.

Years of being an energy and environmental analyst means I know what information I need and where to get it.

If I can’t find it, I know who can.