Katie Kovalcin

Katie Kovalcin is a Principal Product Designer at Gusto, where responsibilities include designing platform systems and experience architecture while influencing design leadership and craft within the organization. Prior experience includes serving as UX Manager at Shopify, overseeing a team focused on cohesive user experience across products, and as Design Director at Vox Media, where Katie guided designers and coordinated design initiatives. Additional roles span several companies, including Senior Designer at Sparkbox, where new design practices were established, and various design positions at Happy Cog, Modulus, and Hyperquake. Katie Kovalcin holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from Columbus College of Art & Design.