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I'm Katharine, a multilingual digital specialist with 6+ years of experience in UX, content design, SEO and website product management. I turn complex products into intuitive, user-centred journeys and collaborate with developers, designers, and translators to deliver multilingual digital experiences that meet business goals. I thrive in agile environments and enjoy bridging gaps between technical teams and content stakeholders to ensure clear, impactful outcomes. I'm seeking purpose-led opportunities where I can grow further, contribute to meaningful products, and continue to develop my skills across UX, content strategy, and growth. I bring a proactive, collaborative mindset, a passion for language-driven design, and a track record of delivering impact through thoughtful design and data-informed optimization.…I'm Katharine, a multilingual digital specialist with 6+ years of experience in UX, content design, SEO and website product management. I turn complex products into intuitive, user-centred journeys and collaborate with developers, designers, and translators to deliver multilingual digital experiences that meet business goals. I thrive in agile environments and enjoy bridging gaps between technical teams and content stakeholders to ensure clear, impactful outcomes. I'm seeking purpose-led opportunities where I can grow further, contribute to meaningful products, and continue to develop my skills across UX, content strategy, and growth. I bring a proactive, collaborative mindset, a passion for language-driven design, and a track record of delivering impact through thoughtful design and data-informed optimization.

Katharine Blackshaw

Product Designer, UX Designer, Content Designer, +3

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I'm Katharine, a multilingual digital specialist with 6+ years of experience in UX, content design, SEO and website product management. I turn complex products into intuitive, user-centred journeys and collaborate with developers, designers, and translators to deliver multilingual digital experiences that meet business goals. I thrive in agile environments and enjoy bridging gaps between technical teams and content stakeholders to ensure clear, impactful outcomes. I'm seeking purpose-led opportunities where I can grow further, contribute to meaningful products, and continue to develop my skills across UX, content strategy, and growth. I bring a proactive, collaborative mindset, a passion for language-driven design, and a track record of delivering impact through thoughtful design and data-informed optimization.…I'm Katharine, a multilingual digital specialist with 6+ years of experience in UX, content design, SEO and website product management. I turn complex products into intuitive, user-centred journeys and collaborate with developers, designers, and translators to deliver multilingual digital experiences that meet business goals. I thrive in agile environments and enjoy bridging gaps between technical teams and content stakeholders to ensure clear, impactful outcomes. I'm seeking purpose-led opportunities where I can grow further, contribute to meaningful products, and continue to develop my skills across UX, content strategy, and growth. I bring a proactive, collaborative mindset, a passion for language-driven design, and a track record of delivering impact through thoughtful design and data-informed optimization.

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I’m Katharine, a multilingual digital specialist with 6+ years of experience in UX, content design, SEO and website product management. I turn complex products into intuitive, user-centred journeys and collaborate with developers, designers, and translators to deliver multilingual digital experiences that meet business goals. I thrive in agile environments and enjoy bridging gaps between technical teams and content stakeholders to ensure clear, impactful outcomes.

I’m seeking purpose-led opportunities where I can grow further, contribute to meaningful products, and continue to develop my skills across UX, content strategy, and growth. I bring a proactive, collaborative mindset, a passion for language-driven design, and a track record of delivering impact through thoughtful design and data-informed optimization.

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Work Experience

Senior Product Content Designer at Statista

July 1, 2024 - Present

Leading end-to-end coordination for a major multilingual website relaunch, coordinating developers, designers, product teams, and stakeholders to deliver a new multilingual platform. Designing and optimizing new website components and user-facing features using UX and content design best practices. Served as liaison between technical teams and content stakeholders to identify front-end bugs, UX issues, and functional gaps during QA. Established content governance ensuring consistency and SEO best practices across the site. Managed translation workflows and timelines with translators, content managers, and design teams to produce high-quality landing pages and transactional flows. Owned content design for user journeys, including writing and optimizing landing pages, product flows, transactional emails, and marketing assets aligned to business objectives. Delivered internal workshops on SEO, data analysis, and advanced Excel.

Senior SEO Specialist at mammaly

August 1, 2022 - August 1, 2023

Developed content strategy and project management for the German market; grew organic blog traffic by +114% QoQ and produced blog content generating ~10k monthly organic sessions. Initiated and led development of an interactive quiz feature to drive lead generation, coordinating cross-functional teams (developer, UX designer, writer) and defining quiz logic. Designed wireframes, content layouts, and visual elements in Figma to support content-driven customer journeys; collaborated with developers and designers to implement SEO and UX optimisations.

SEO & Communications Manager at EdelOptics

May 1, 2020 - July 1, 2022

Created website content and communications materials for UK/US markets, including landing pages, blog posts, newsletters, ad copy and social media. Performed SEO content writing for website and blog, and managed backlink campaigns. Achieved 18% YOY organic traffic growth through technical and content SEO improvements. Managed SEO tracking with Excel, Google Analytics, and Contentsquare.

Marketing Communications Intern at Bertelsmann Arvato

February 1, 2020 - April 30, 2020

Managed B2B marketing analysis and market research; supported the team in Excel analytics, SEO, B2B marketing, social media, internal/external communications writing, and event planning for conferences and B2B events.

Country Manager UK at FITReisen GmbH

February 1, 2018 - November 1, 2019

Marketing & SEO project management (achieved 345% increase in Website Visibility YoY), marketing analysis; content writing, design & strategy for social media, blog posts, website & printed material.

Senior Product & Content Designer at Statista

July 1, 2024 - Present

Leading end-to-end coordination for a major multilingual website relaunch; designing and optimizing new website components and user-facing features; acting as liaison between technical teams and content stakeholders to identify bugs, UX issues, and gaps; coordinating workflows with translators, content managers, and design teams to publish high-quality landing and order pages for B2B products; owning content design for user journeys including landing pages, product flows, transactional emails, and marketing assets aligned to business objectives.