Hi, my name is Haley Mittelstaedt.
I'm a health care designer who solves complex problems through creativity.

Currently Design Strategist on the Strategy and Innovation team at Memorial Sloan Kettering. Previously Product Designer for Caribou Coffee, and UX Designer at ICF Next and Mirum.

Design approach

My background spans healthcare, retail, restaurant, and finance industries and includes Strategic Design, User Research and UX/UI Design. Below are approaches and activities in my toolbox and examples of projects where I’ve applied them.

Contextualize
Find new directions and opportunities for innovation

Trends Mapping
Competitor Analysis
Horizon Scan

Empathize
Identify users’ needs and insights through qualitative research

User Interviews
Empathy Mapping
Discovery Workshop Personas

Define
Document user insights, mental models and research outputs

Conceptual Model
User Journey Map
Information Architecture Service Blueprint

Prototype
Design artifacts at minimum fidelity level necessary to gather users insights

Ideation Workshop Wireframes
UI Design
Concept Design

Validate
Verify understanding of user needs and test design decisions

Usability Testing
Concept Testing
Tree Testing

MSK’s new participant-centered clinical research platform
(case study)

Trends Mapping Competitor Analysis Horizon Scan User Interviews Discovery Workshop Conceptual Model Concept Design Concept Testing


Redesigning Caribou Coffee’s “order ahead” mobile app
(case study)

Competitor Analysis User Interviews Discovery Workshop Information Architecture User Journey Map Wireframes Usability Testing Tree Testing


Delivering personalized care with MSK’s “patient values”(case study)

User Interviews User Journey Map Information Architecture Wireframes
UI Design Usability Testing


Modernizing Commerce Bank’s website and mobile experience

Competitor Analysis Discovery Workshop Conceptual Model Information Architecture User Journey Map Wireframes Usability Testing Tree Testing


Mining MSK’s chart click data for care team insights

User Journey Map Information Architecture Wireframes UI Design
Usability Testing


Developing MSK’s platform for digitized pathology consultations

User Interviews Wireframes UI Design Usability Testing


Rethinking MSK’s appointment scheduling experience

Competitor Analysis User Interviews Empathy Mapping Personas


Designing MSK’s new remote second opinion platform

User Interviews Service Blueprint


Other Projects

Throughout my recent MFA program at Parsons I not only had the chance to experiment with and design concepts utilizing emerging technologies, I also taught programming skills to college students and youth from 10-16 years old.