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Hi, I'm Njoki
Jo, if you like!
I’m a UX designer with a degree in psychology and 6+ years designing products, design systems, and accessible experiences. I work where empathy meets evidence: understanding how people really think and feel.
I enjoy exploring the link between empathy, creativity, & understanding user problems in order to provide novel solutions.
Driven by the idea that people are incredibly diverse, I strive to use innovative problem-solving and human-centered design to create productive and effective design experiences that are, importantly, accessible and inclusive for an array of demographics. I truly believe that there is a missing link where differently-abled people intersect, and in order for that gap to be filled, it’s important to design with them in mind:
We need to strive to craft enjoyable user experiences as well as we can.
At my core, I am a multi-disciplinary designer and am able to grasp user needs & approach the design process with compassion, making sure that what I produce enhances people’s lives.
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global speaker selected for Inclusive Design 24
450+
people in the international audience for my talk on AI bias
Award-winning
ITHAKA's platform received the C.F.W. Coker Award
SPEAKING
Talk on AI bias to an international audience
Speaker
IMPACT
For ITHAKA's new platform I designed
Contributor to a published toolkit supporting equitable design standards
Active member of a community committed to equity and inclusion
PUBLISHED & MENTIONED
Awaken · Equity Army · UX Collective
Empowerment For All
Mentioned in the book
ON MY BOOKSHELF
My favorite books (so far…)
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FOR THE CRAFT

The User Experience Team of One
Leah Buley and Joe Natoli

7 Step UX
Csaba Házi

Solving Product Design Exercises
Artiom Dashinsky
FOR THE STORY

Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar

Behind Closed Doors
B.A. Paris

Th1rt3en
Steve Cavanagh

The Horizon series
Jung Ji-Hun
Want to talk more? Contact me!