About
I’m Quinn Keast, a user experience & product designer.
The nitty gritty
I enjoy crafting new products and experiences and working to make existing ones better. The processes and thinking involved in creating effective products through human-centred design are immensely satisfying.
I have more than 15 years of expertise that covers the entire product design process: from research and strategy to execution and shipping. My background is in graphic design, complemented by a lifetime of tinkering with digital tools, languages, and technologies that gives me a high-craft and deep technical basis for my practice.
In 2011, I co-founded Caribou, a user experience strategy and design consultancy that works with product teams and organizations to make better products and experiences.
Aside from all that, I’m a Canadian newly based in Montréal after six years living in Berlin, and I enjoy cycling, writing, and hanging out with my mini Australian Shepherd.
Want to know about my guiding values and how I work as a human? I’ve created a Quinn.ReadMe that acts as a user guide for me.
Timeline
Ditto / End-to-End Infrastructure For Product Copy
San Francisco • Remote
Airplane / Developer Infrastructure for Internal Tools
San Francisco • Remote
Sourcegraph / Universal Code Search & Intelligence Platform
San Francisco • Remote
Marley Spoon / Meal Kit Service
Berlin • Hybrid
Ducks Unlimited Canada / Wetland & Wildlife Conservancy
Canada • Hybrid
UX Lab / Usability Testing Space
UX Winnipeg / Design Community Events & Organization
Caribou / Strategy & Design Consultancy
Relish / Branding & Design Studio
Some folks I’ve worked with
- 24/7 InTouch
- Airplane
- Andrea Shelley
- Arlan Group
- Canadian Ultimate Championships
- Ditto
- Ducks Unlimited Canada
- Emerge Knowledge Design
- Forth
- Funding Change
- IBEX Payroll
- Jackfruit
- Johnston Group
- Lighthouse
- Marley Spoon
- MODS
- Native Plant Solutions
- Neovation
- Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre
- Sourcegraph
- Ultimate Canada
- UnionWare
- Walnut
- VC Ultimate