If you're a fractional marketer who has ever cringed bringing in a designer and hoping for the best, I'm the designer you can actually count on. And if you're a small business owner whose website doesn't quite reflect how good you are at what you do, let's figure out what's getting in the way.

Kirsten Fank

If you're a fractional marketer who has ever cringed bringing in a designer and hoping for the best, I'm the designer you can actually count on. And if you're a small business owner whose website doesn't quite reflect how good you are at what you do, let's figure out what's getting in the way.

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If you’re a fractional marketer who has ever cringed bringing in a designer and hoping for the best, I’m the designer you can actually count on. And if you’re a small business owner whose website doesn’t quite reflect how good you are at what you do, let’s figure out what’s getting in the way.

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Experience Level

Expert
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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Senior UX Designer at Cox Automotive (vAuto)
January 1, 2020 - March 1, 2025
Optimized dealership inventory SaaS platforms by leveraging Lean UX principles. Drove a 52% increase in inventory transfers by leading design for an enterprise-level vAuto platform enhancement, streamlining workflows for multi-location dealerships. Built a scalable design system, growing subscriptions from 800 to 2800. Contributed over 90 guidance examples to company-wide design systems, improving scalability and reusable patterns. Applied AI-driven insights to address key user pain points and optimize UX content and interfaces. Delivered fast iterations in 2-week Agile sprints with cross-functional teams.
Senior UI/UX Designer at RateGenius, Inc.
December 1, 2018 - August 1, 2019
Enhanced a web-based B2B/B2C loan origination platform through user-focused design and usability improvements. Designed a Vue-based loan platform, improving processing speed by 40%. Created user flows, mockups, and prototypes based on stakeholder feedback. Sole UX designer collaborating with 7 developers to design, develop, and deliver front-end code and UI assets, resulting in a 50% reduction in development time by enabling efficient implementation.
UI/UX Designer at RateGenius, Inc.
April 1, 2015 - December 1, 2018
Designed and developed user-friendly loan origination interfaces with user flows, wireframes, visual designs, and interactive prototypes, reducing errors by 30% through improved information architecture and usability. Bridged the gap between UX and development through Agile collaboration and UX education for cross-functional teams, enabling clearer communication of user insights to stakeholders.

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing at St. Edward's University
January 11, 2030 - February 16, 2026
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Mass Communication at Southeast Missouri State University
January 11, 2030 - February 16, 2026

Qualifications

AI Fluency Framework & Foundations - Anthropic
January 11, 2030 - February 16, 2026
Certified LUMA Design Thinking Practitioner - LUMA Institute
January 11, 2030 - February 16, 2026
Design Systems for Designers - Aquent Gymnasium
January 11, 2030 - February 16, 2026
UX Foundations: Style Guides & Design Systems - LinkedIn Learning
January 11, 2030 - February 16, 2026

Industry Experience

Non-Profit Organization, Professional Services, Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment