Hi, I'm Katherine!

I'm a designer making playful and purposeful products. After hours, I run Meridrop, my independent art and clothing brand.

2024

Opendoor/Mainstay

Brand & website launch

Led the design of the public launch of Mainstay, Opendoor's enterprise branch, from the full website experience to brand identity.

2024

Opendoor/Mainstay

BLOX design system

Developed the company-wide design system for Mainstay, Opendoor's enterprise branch, including typography, iconography, color systems, and design components and patterns.

2021

Instagram

Empowering creators with limits

Led design on a year-long, research-heavy project to protect creators and public figures who face mass harassment on Instagram. Limits help people protect their safeguard their account when they experience or anticipate a rush of abusive comments and DMs.

2020

Instagram

AI warning system

Designed an AI-driven warning system to detect and prevent offensive or harmful comments and captions, with a focus on deterring “repeat offenders" who regularly post hurtful content.

2020

Instagram

Redesigning "block"

Redesigned the blocking experience on Instagram to empower targets of persistent harassment—allowing people to not only block a single account, but also any other accounts they may create or have.

Experience

Opendoor / Mainstay

2023-present

Formfunction

2021-2023

Instagram

2019-2021

Facebook / Meta

2016-2019

IDEO

Spring 2018

Stanford University

2014–2018

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