Katia Walton · Montréal

Brand & UX/UI Designer

Digital products, brand systems, and the marketing around them

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10+

Years in design

In Psychology

Workflow

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after A/B test (6.5% → 20%)

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of SaaS products, startups, and personal brands

10+ clients

B2B and B2C clients in 11 countries. 11 came back for more

Selected case studies

I'm happy to share more, tailored to your role.

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web

graphic design

UX/UI

branding

Psyché: a note-taking app for therapists

A note-taking concept for therapists. Notes are organised by topic, not by date, so a client's history opens in one tap during the session.

UX/UI · product

Psyché: a note-taking app for therapists

A note-taking concept for therapists. Notes are organised by topic, not by date, so a client's history opens in one tap during the session.

UX/UI · product

Landing page & design system for Blitzr

A landing built from scratch for a 1-on-1 networking platform. It worked so well the team carried its cards, type and spacing into the product itself.

landing page · UX/UI · design system

Landing page & design system for Blitzr

A landing built from scratch for a 1-on-1 networking platform. It worked so well the team carried its cards, type and spacing into the product itself.

landing page · UX/UI · design system

Brand identity & website for Samantha Hartley

A rebrand from a corporate brand to a personal one: identity, website, and a style guide the client's team still designs with today.

branding · web · graphic design

Brand identity & website for Samantha Hartley

A rebrand from a corporate brand to a personal one: identity, website, and a style guide the client's team still designs with today.

branding · web · graphic design

What it's like working with me

The proof in clients' own words and numbers

"So clear about how things should look — with rules behind the design — that my whole team could build from her style guide."

"She asked amazing questions and was incredibly thorough."

"The website is so gorgeous — I'm proud of it."

Samantha Hartley

Founder and CEO

"So clear about how things should look — with rules behind the design — that my whole team could build from her style guide."

"She asked amazing questions and was incredibly thorough."

"The website is so gorgeous — I'm proud of it."

Samantha Hartley

Founder and CEO

My skills

Product design, end-to-end: from research and UX to polished, on-brand UI. My edge is understanding how a product fits into the bigger picture.

UX & research

User research · Usability testing · AI-assisted UX & accessibility reviews · Discovery & problem framing

Product & UI design

Information architecture · Interaction design · Design systems · Prototyping · Wireframing · Accessibility (WCAG)

Visual, brand & web

Brand identity · Visual design · Web design · Landing pages & launch campaigns · Typography

Tools & build

Claude Code · Figma (Auto Layout, Variables, Prototyping) · FigJam · Figma Make · Framer · Stitch · Recraft · Gamma · Adobe Suite · WordPress · ClickFunnels

The person behind the work

Master's in Social Psychology

+ Google UX Certificate 4/7 (in progress).
Design grounded in how people think and feel.

10+ years

Clients, 20+ industries

Watercolour paintings and ceramics made by hand by Katia Walton

A maker at heart

Watercolour, ceramics, knitting — I love making things by hand.

A maker at heart

Watercolour, ceramics, knitting — I love making things by hand.

A maker at heart

Watercolour, ceramics, knitting — I love making things by hand.

I designed training programs before I designed screens

Group learning programs I wrote and ran myself. Facilitation is home ground.

Montréal / remote

EN (fluent) · FR (B1, improving) · RU (native)

Open to brand, UX/UI and product design roles