Karina Jayawant

Vice President, User Experience at J.P.Morgan Personal Investing

United Kingdom

About

A highly motivated and organised UX Designer with over 10 years experience designing client facing products as well as internal applications (native mobile and responsive web) in Asset Management, Investment Banking, and Consumer Wealth. Passionate about creating digital products that create on-going engagement with end users and bring innovation to the business. A Design Thinking enthusiast who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced and cross-cultural environment. Experience in UX includes: - User Research: conducting user interviews, creating personas, customer journey maps - Capturing requirements from business stakeholders - Competitor Analysis - Information Architecture: sitemaps, user journeys, wireframes - Wireframes and Visual Design - Usability Testing: Creating interactive prototypes using InVision and Figma, A/B Testing - Design QA when shipping products - Working collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team with Digital Product Owners, Business Analysts, Scrum Masters, UI and Java Developers - Facilitating Design Thinking workshops - Coaching Product teams to understand UX process and best practices - Ideo U Design Thinking Training

Experience

  • Vice President, User Experience Design at JPMorganChase
    Apr 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

  • Goldman Sachs (Full-time · 3 yrs)
    • Vice President, User Experience Design
      Jan 2022 - Feb 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

    • Associate, User Experience Design
      Mar 2020 - Jan 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Associate at DWS Group
    Mar 2018 - Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    - Formerly the Asset Management division of Deutsche Bank before 2018 partial IPO to establish DWS is an independent Asset Manager. - Worked on the UX Design of a multi-channel (mobile app and responsive web) Digital Investment Platform, which included the DWS Investment app - aimed for retail clients in Germany. - Established and managed the DWS Innovation Hub - a global community to empower employees by providing digital literacy training, Design Thinking workshops, and technology engagement.

  • Analyst at Deutsche Bank
    Jul 2015 - Feb 2018 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    Having joined Deutsche Bank on the 2015 COO Graduate Programme, I rotated in the following divisions for the 1st year after which I continued working in the Asset Management Digital team: Rotation 1: Chief Data Office Rotation 2: Knowledge Visualisation Rotation 3: Global Markets Technology Rotation 4: Asset Management Digital

  • Creative Director at UCL Business Society
    Mar 2013 - Mar 2014 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Editor of UCLU Business Society's magazine 'Fast Track' - Developed the concept and designed the magazine - Conducted interviews and liaised with representatives from globally leading firms including Banks, Consultancies and Law Firms - Produced marketing campaigns for the society - Worked on branding and merchandise for the society