Screenshot of Karen Neave's professional online profile displaying her name, title as UI & UX Designer, and categories including Information Architecture, Interaction Design, Design Systems, WCAG 2.1, and Agile. The profile highlights her focus on research-driven design thinking, collaboration, accessibility, stakeholder communication, her career highlights of over 15 years in UX/UI design, leading 2 enterprise SaaS products, and working in industries like FinTech, DCIM, and Media. The background features a stylized abstract art with various shades of blue and purple.
Screenshot of Karen Neave's professional online profile displaying her name, title as UI & UX Designer, and categories including Information Architecture, Interaction Design, Design Systems, WCAG 2.1, and Agile. The profile highlights her focus on research-driven design thinking, collaboration, accessibility, stakeholder communication, her career highlights of over 15 years in UX/UI design, leading 2 enterprise SaaS products, and working in industries like FinTech, DCIM, and Media. The background features a stylized abstract art with various shades of blue and purple.

About

I'm a UX and UI designer who gets quietly obsessed with problems - specifically, why things are harder to use than they should be, and how to fix that without adding more noise.

My background is in enterprise and SaaS products, with a focus on information architecture, interaction design, and scalable systems. After building my career in the UK, I relocated to the US and took time to focus on family. I'm now returning to design with sharper instincts, updated tools, and a genuine excitement for where the field has gone.

I work well in teams - translating across disciplines, aligning stakeholders, and building shared understanding. I'm also perfectly comfortable going heads-down solo when the work calls for it. What drives me either way is the problem underneath the problem: understanding why something isn't working for people, and finding the simplest, most elegant way to fix it.

The goal is always the same: clear thinking, clean design, and something people actually want to use.