Recent

  • at Deutsch LA, Digital.
    Leading user obsessed digital experiences that resonate and drive results.

  • User experience and product design for embedded Google team. Marketing Web and Design Systems for Google Marketing Sites.

    June 2023 - Current

  • User experience and product design for on the Gteam (Google Marketing) and Nike Certified Team.

    Started June 2021

  • eBay, TEK systems

    User Experience designer for eBay Stores. Worked with researcher to establish user testing protocol for Store Redesign.

    2021

  • Kaiser Permanente, TTG, Apex Systems

    User Experience designer for My Doctor Online Tool. Responsive Web Product Design. Worked on COVID, Cold and Flu education sites.

    3/20 - 3/21

  • Williams Sonoma Inc, TEK Systems

    Cross brand UX for Web and Mobile E-Commerce platform.

    2017 - 2021

  • X Inc (Google X), Adecco

    Research project for applied innovation at Alphabet’s R&D facility. (Google X)

    2017

  • Intel, Smart Device Innovation, NDG

    Designed UX guidelines for wearable, IOT and emerging technologies. Patent US 15/188,319: Gesture Based Feedback for Wearable Devices

    2015 - 2017

Kristina Ortega Designer, at the park, informal image of her wearing a sun hat and her favorite sunglasses.

Education

Never done learning but now in situ (the school of hard lessons)

  • Media Design Practices, Lab, Art Center College of Design Pasadena, CA, 2012-2015

    Awards:

    Best System Design, Microsoft Design Expo, 2014
    Best in Art + Design, iGEM, 2014
    Thesis Scholarship, Media Design Practices, 2014-15
    MFA Scholarship, Media Design Practices, 2013-15

  • Nike FUSE LAB at Art Center Design Matters Product Design for inquiry about Design for Radical Affordability.

    2014

  • Art Center College of Design, Media Design Practices Research on interaction models for IOT devices and tangible interaction.

    2014

  • Internship at high end couture fashion house in Los Angeles, assisted at NYFW.

    2007 - 2008

  • California State University, Los Angeles, Fashion and Textiles


    2004 -2007
    (what a time to be alive)