Motoko Kusanagi
Senior UX Designer
motoko@section9.design
+55 11 98765-4321
linkedin.com/in/motoko-kusanagi
DOB: 15/03/1990
Nationality: Brasileiro(a)
Status: Solteiro(a)
Summary
User-centred designer with 6+ years crafting intuitive digital experiences for web and mobile products. Specialising in research-driven design, design systems, and accessibility. Increased user task completion rates by 40% and reduced support tickets by 55% through evidence-based redesigns.
Experience
- Lead UX for patient-facing health platform with 800K+ active users
- Conducted 60+ user interviews and usability tests informing product roadmap
- Redesigned onboarding flow increasing completion rate from 45% to 82%
- Built and maintained design system (120+ components) used across 4 product teams
- Reduced customer support tickets by 55% through UX improvements to self-service flows
- Designed end-to-end mobile banking experience for 200K+ users
- Created interactive prototypes tested with 30+ participants per sprint
- Improved Net Promoter Score from 32 to 58 through iterative design improvements
- Collaborated with engineering to ensure WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility compliance
- Produced wireframes, user flows, and prototypes for 15+ client projects
- Assisted in user research including surveys (1,000+ respondents) and card sorting
- Delivered responsive designs for e-commerce platform generating $4M annual GMV
Skills
- User Research
- Usability Testing
- Interaction Design
- Design Systems
- Information Architecture
- Wireframing
- Prototyping
- Accessibility (WCAG)
- Visual Design
- Figma
- Sketch
- Adobe XD
- Miro
- Hotjar
- HTML/CSS
- Design Thinking
- Agile/Scrum
Education
Certifications
- Google UX Design Professional Certificate (2022)
- IAAP Web Accessibility Specialist (WAS) (2023)
- Interaction Design Foundation — UX Management (2021)