Katka Ther

Katka Ther

Senior Product Designer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Co-founder & CEO @Moikka.cz | Product Design Lead

  • Education

    • University of Seoul, South Korea

      2014 - 2014
      Master's Degree Faculty of Information Technology, Field of Study: Computer Science 1 semester/ exchange program

      Exchange international student for 1 semester

    • Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu, Finland

      2013 - 2013
      Master’s Degree Faculty of Information Technology, Field of Study: Computer Science

      Exchange Erasmus student for 1 semester

    • University of West Bohemia, Pilsen

      2015 - 2015
      Bachelor’s Degree Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art, Graphic Design & Visual Communication

      1 semestr / Graphic design

    • Czech Technical University in Prague

      2012 - 2015
      Master’s Degree Faculty of Information Technology, Field of Study: Web and Software Engineering

      Focused on HCI, User Experience, and UI design.Master Thesis: Designing User interface of Wearables.Abstract: With the ubiquity of wearable computing, an important and emerging challenge is to understand how people interact with smartwatches. This master’s thesis identified key control elements and tested them with the users. On the ground of test results, there was created a user interface for the specific smartwatch app for personal expense tracking.

    • Czech Technical University in Prague

      2009 - 2012
      Bachelor’s Degree Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Field of Study: Software Technologies And Management

      Bachelor Thesis: Generative Music Sequencer|Abstract: The topics of this bachelor thesis are music synthesis and generative art. These two themes are joined in the creative application, which design and implementation are described in the practical part of this project. The theoretical section presents existing ways of sound creating and describes methods of generative art.

  • Experience

    • Freelance

      Jan 2011 - now
      Senior Product Designer

      - Helping start-ups and smaller teams to improve their existing products toward their business goals- focusing on the business side of design, Product design strategy & Product leadership- having expertise in the shopping experience, I built products (website, apps) that convert- Building successful DESIGN SYSTEMS that save a lot of designer and development time - Product Research (Competitor analysis), Design Thinking​​​​​​​, Consumer behavior research– Prototyping and usability testing Show less

    • Collectora software s.r.o.

      Jan 2011 - Jun 2014
      User Experience Designer, User Interface Designer

      – Designing & improving product experience for finance & bank services– Micro-teams management– Rapid prototyping and testing– Agile Environment

    • STRV

      Jun 2015 - Jun 2020
      Senior Product Designer

      ⎯ Leading Product Design and Product Vision for different apps/clients⎯ Involved in every part of the design process ⎯ From defining a product to a functional MVP solution⎯ User Interface Design, User Experience Expertise⎯ Visual Design & Art Direction for mobile apps and web apps⎯ User Experience Research, Product Design Strategy⎯ Conducting User Testing and User Surveys⎯ Working closely with Development, Design, and QA teams⎯ Direct communication with clients on a daily basis ⎯ Software skills: Sketch, Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Invision, Zeplin, and much more. ⎯ Management tools: Trello, Jira, AsanaProduct Design for US clients: Microsoft, Purascent, Littlespoon, BitcoinIRA, RaiseMe, and many more. Specialized heavily in mobile, tablet, and desktop apps. Worked with different apps to improve the overall product experience and interactions or built apps from the scratch. Show less

    • Kiwi.com

      Jan 2021 - Jan 2021
      Senior Product Designer

      Senior product design of Shopping experience kiwi.com- during the covid, we experienced a dramatic drop in flights booking- I was responsible for design improvement in the booking flow, which highly impacted the conversion rate- we had to deal with the uncertainty of flight schedules (when flights were often canceled)- optimizing booking flow in native mobile apps and website

    • Moikka.cz

      Sept 2021 - now
      Co-founder & CEO

      We created a curated webshop with unique and beautiful products for everyday life. Sustainable forward 🌿

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • FCE (First Certificate in English)

      Cambridge ESOL
      Jun 2008
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Katka Ther
      365 Awesome Designers 365 Awesome Designers Apr 2015 04/13/2015 Featured in 365 Awesome Designers: http://365awesomedesigners.com/katka-potuzakova/No #103/2015