Design Strategy & Communications Lead, Lenovo
Katie-Gray Jackson is a designer and strategist who has followed a technology focused career path since graduating from NC State University's College of Design in 2018. Today, Katie-Gray is a Design Strategy and Communications Lead at Lenovo in Research Triangle Park, NC. In this role on Lenovo's Design Innovation Team, she brings teams together to act on new research and insights that impact Lenovo's products’ sustainability, inclusivity, and user experiences.
Before joining Lenovo, Katie-Gray spent 4 years at Red Hat where she applied the practice of collaborative design thinking towards communications and storytelling design.
Katie-Gray has a Bachelor of Industrial Design from NC State University and is a board member of the newly formed Raleigh-Durham chapter of IDSA. When she's off the clock you can find Katie-Gray on her yoga mat, walking her dogs with her husband, or pursuing her graphic art side project, "Prints by KG."
Using Play at Work to Build Relationships and Alignment
This interactive session is about how Design Thinking and creative workshopping tools can invite playful energy into the office that will help designers grow their influence at work. Most Industrial Designers have experience with Design Thinking, but this workshop will explore its potential to strengthen relationships and enable alignment across organizations. The session will also walk through how a “Play + Design Thinking” formula can help democratize participation when collaborating at work. Attendees can expect to learn ways to create an environment for ideas and meritocracy to thrive while having fun in the process!
The audience will learn. . .
