Katia Walton · Montréal

UX/UI Designer

Digital products, brand systems, and the marketing around them

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10+

Years in design

In Psychology

Workflow

Designing for people in stressDesigning for people in stress

Designing for people in stressDesigning for people in stress

Designing for people in stressDesigning for people in stress

Every user hits a moment of being anxious, confused, or out of options — a form that asks too much, a decision that offers no way back. I design from that moment outward, because a flow that holds up under stress holds up for everyone.

My background in psychology is what gets me there: understanding how people think under pressure, not just when things are going well.

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Selected case studies

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

All

web

graphic design

UX/UI

branding

Psyché: a note-taking app for therapists

A note-taking app for therapists, built for fast input during a session, so they never break contact with the client.

UX/UI · product

Psyché: a note-taking app for therapists

A note-taking app for therapists, built for fast input during a session, so they never break contact with the client.

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 · User interviews · Usability testing · Information architecture · Discovery & problem framing

Product & UI design

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

Visual, brand & web

Visual design · Brand identity · Web design · Landing pages · Typography

Tools & build

Figma Make · Figma (Auto Layout, Variables, Dev Mode) · FigJam · Recraft · Gamma · Framer · WordPress and Elementor · HTML and CSS · Adobe Creative Suite

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 UX/UI and product design roles