Designing from the messy middle of services, operations, and user needs.

I help product teams understand how work actually happens, find where the real friction is, and turn that into decisions the organization can act on.

"I use data to see what is happening, research to understand why, and service thinking to decide what should change."

"I use data to see what is happening, research to understand why, and service thinking to decide what should change."

I bring service, business, and research context into product decisions.

Kethleen Bruno

Product Designer

My work history

Zoeh Studio

Independent UX

since 2025

ExxonMobil

UX Researcher & Service Designer

2024-2025

Avenue Code [Braskem]

Product Designer

2021-2023

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I'm a UX Researcher and Product Designer with 5+ years in research-led product work and 15+ years in service-heavy environments — including Disney-trained guest operations, enterprise supply chain at ExxonMobil, and digital transformation programs at Braskem across Latin America.

That background shapes how I work: I don't just look at screens. I map how services actually run — the handoffs, the constraints, the decisions that live outside any interface — and translate that into product recommendations teams can use.

Capabilities that turn complexity
into intuitive digital experiences

Capabilities that
turn complexity
into intuitive digital experiences.

Some of my tech stack

Figma

Miro

Hotjar

Slack

Framer

Trello

Claude

Notion

UX Research & Synthesis

Journey & Workflow Mapping

Service Design

Product & UX Strategy

Usability Testing

Metrics & Decision Support

From messy workflows to better product decisions.

From messy workflows to better product decisions.

My process helps teams understand how work actually happens, where friction gets in the way, and what needs to change across services, products, and operations.

My process helps teams understand how work actually happens, where friction gets in the way, and what needs to change across services, products, and operations.

01 — Understand the context

Users, business goals, service touchpoints, workflows, and operational constraints.

02 — Find the friction

Identify where people struggle, where processes break, and where decisions lose clarity.

03 — Map the journey

Visualize flows, touchpoints, gaps, and opportunities across the full experience.


04 — Shape the direction

Recommendations, flows, prototypes, decision points, and design opportunities the team can act on.

05 — Test and refine

Use usability feedback, behavioral signals, and UX metrics to improve the experience.

Experience across enterprise UX, service operations, hospitality, travel, and digital transformation.

Recommendations from
people I’ve worked with

Kethleen has a deep understanding of UX methods and how to adapt them to complex industry settings. She delivers amazing work, from insights to presentation, and played a big role in helping others grow.”

Maia Naftali

Principal UX Researcher at ExxonMobil

Kethleen has a deep understanding of UX methods and how to adapt them to complex industry settings. She delivers amazing work, from insights to presentation, and played a big role in helping others grow.”

Maia Naftali

Principal UX Researcher at ExxonMobil

Despite dense terminology and complex processes, Kethleen approached the work with rigor and curiosity. We translated dozens of interviews into clear journey maps and personas that supported better process and design decisions.

David Carvalho

Design Strategist at ExxonMobil

Despite dense terminology and complex processes, Kethleen approached the work with rigor and curiosity. We translated dozens of interviews into clear journey maps and personas that supported better process and design decisions.

David Carvalho

Design Strategist at ExxonMobil

Kethleen excels in qualitative research, problem mapping, journey mapping, usability testing, and heuristic evaluations. Her contributions as a consultant significantly impacted our products.

Taís Lima

Digital Design Manager at Braskem

Kethleen excels in qualitative research, problem mapping, journey mapping, usability testing, and heuristic evaluations. Her contributions as a consultant significantly impacted our products.

Taís Lima

Digital Design Manager at Braskem

Kethleen excels in qualitative research, problem mapping, journey mapping, usability testing, and heuristic evaluations. Her contributions as a consultant significantly impacted our products.

Taís Lima

Digital Design Manager at Braskem

Let's

improve

digital journeys together

© 2026 Kethleen Holthausen Bruno

KETHLEEN

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