Katya Hott Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

New York, New York, United States

Managing a team of UX researchers and product designers focused on the UX of the seller-side of SeatGeek's ticket marketplace.

New York, New York, United States

During this year I led a UX Research team across all product areas. I also led a team of product designers in SeatGeek's Marketplace, filling in as product design leader in an interim role.

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

Creating a home for UX Research, a new discipline at SeatGeek, by weaving research into our product, design, data, and marketing practices.

Greater New York City Area

• During this time I led two teams:UX Research
• Manage a team of user researchers in collecting, analyzing and presenting meaningful qualitative data findings
• Implement user research as part of a regular design process, standardizing research processes and operations. Research Ops efforts include: creating and maintaining insight repositories and lists of test bed users.
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, customer service, product, data, editorial, and design teams to conduct needs analyses, interviews, task-based usability tests, create personas and journey maps, and analyze.
• Work closely with teachers, students, school administrators, and educational professionals to collect qualitative feedback and dataProject Management
• Manage a team of project managers

Greater New York City Area

• Conduct field studies and exploratory research on relevant user groups
• Collaborate with UX and Product teams on understanding user needs and creating personas
• Evangelize user research and demonstrate how product decisions can be informed by user research
• Design and conduct interviews, usability testing for web products and games, user research and experience testing, focus groups
• Work closely with teachers, students, school administrators, and educational professionals to collect qualitative feedback and data
• Analyze qualitative data and present meaningful finding to product, design, and data analytics teamsProjects focus on:

Greater New York City Area

• Manage project teams on both an Agile development framework and content/editorial creation cycle
• Organize project roadmaps, documentation, and goals
• Work with outside partners to maintain a robust library of educational games

New York, NY

• In this role I wore many hats: playtest lead, project manager, content producer, and curriculum designer.
• Researched and play tested games and curriculum for a variety of topics including: English language learning, social emotional learning, teacher training, storytelling and English language arts, computational thinking
• Developed game design curriculum for middle school classrooms, online learning courses, blended learning courses, and workshops using the program Gamestar Mechanic.
• Created online spaces for teachers to find resources, orientations, and lesson plans.
• Taught game design classes in New York City schools with experience in both middle and high school.
• Organized game design competitions for students.

Chile

2012 Workshop Series: Designed and lead workshops that taught over 200 middle school children how to design games, how the games industry works, and the negative effects of software piracy in the games industry.Discussed the effects of piracy on innovation in developing countries in professional panels and radio interviews.2013 Workshop Series: Designed.

Brooklyn, NY

During one school year, taught ELL 9th and 10th grade elective class on game design. Used game design as a platform for English language learners to practice English in a subject specific context.Developed semester-long curriculum on game design for ELL population, focusing on critical thinking, creativity, and presentation of designs and critiques.

Greater New York City Area

ELL teacher both in EC New York and EC Boston:Taught English classes to Pre-­‐Intermediate, Intermediate and Advanced levels, TOEFL test preparation courses and private lessons.Managed the school’s blog and tracked attendance.Prepared school wide community events.

Masters, Educational Technology

Tesol Certificate, Teaching English As A Second Or Foreign Language/Esl Language Instructor, Adult

TESOL (Teaching English to Students of Other Languages) Certified

Bachelors, Linguistics

Activities and Societies: Honors Society, Asian Unity, Breakdance ClubGraduated with honors, distinction, magna cum laude, and was invited.