Kim O'Rourke
 

Design leader • content design

Hi,
I’m Kim

I’m a writer, content designer, and design leader. I’ve spent nearly two decades building top-notch teams at companies like Facebook, Pinterest, Lyft, and Chime. I love working side-by-side with designers, researchers, product managers, executives, and other excellent humans to craft clear experiences and bring great brands to life. Hit me up—I’d love to help you do the same!

 
 
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A bit of my work

UX Writing at Lyft

As a founding member and the Head of UX Writing at Lyft, I helped build the practice from the ground up. I set the vision for the team, tripled(!) the number of writers in under a year, created foundational processes, and tackled loads of content strategy and UI work.

Lyft’s supply controls in NYC

Just one example of the UX writing I did at Lyft. I built the messaging strategy from scratch, and wrote the UI copy for every part of this new experience. My clear, compassionate copy reduced change anxiety for drivers, and informed our GTM strategy and comms.

Pinterest’s What If brand campaign

While product writing was my bread and butter at Pinterest, I got to dabble in all kinds of writing—including creating Pinterest’s very first ad campaign in the US. The “What if” campaign focused on vulnerable moments people face in their lives, from the everyday to the epic. We showed how Pinterest can help you reimagine these risks as possibilities.


Portfolio available—send me a note!

 
 

EXPERIENCE

Chime
Principal Content Designer
Founding Content Designer

LYFT
Head of UX Writing
Founding UX Writer

pinterest
UX WRITing LEAD
Content Strategist
Founding Employee

facebook
USER OPS TEAM LEAD
UO associate
uo specialist
uo analyst


More deets

fave things

the em dash
interior design
house plants
modern quilts
mastering the Manhattan
reading on Muni

Contact

KEOROURKE@Gmail.com
SAN FRANCISCO, CA