Work that Katie Hudak did at Google

Interaction Designer 2016-2019

Designing products that millions of people use every day is a challenge — one that I love. Working across both consumer-facing and enterprise communication products, I led design teams, and drove cross-platform consistency that championed user needs and business goals. Reach out for more information.

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Android Messages

2018-2019

As the lead interaction designer on a new team, I established foundational UX principles and patterns for integrating Machine Learning into Android Messages.

I developed processes and led workshops with teams across the company to align on design systems and release cadences.

Established end-to-end flows for multiple designs that resulted in increased user engagement. I collaborated with PMs, researchers and engineers to ensure user-value and feasibility of design from conception to release.

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Features I shipped

Smart Replies

GIF suggestions

Updates to VCF card functionality

Profile Cards for Contacts

Sharing & saving contacts (in the top 5 requested features)

Suggested names for unknown numbers (ex: Maybe: Samantha?)

Add Contact/Block Spam banner

User-friendly settings for
Machine Learning 


& more

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