Why, hello there 👋

I'm Cara Liu.

Why, hello there. 👋

Why, hello there. 👋

Why, hello there. 👋

I do User Experience Design and Product Strategy for innovative local & national businesses.

I'm Cara Liu, Product Designer and Front-End Developer, currently collaborating at Corteva Agriscience and freelancing for small local businesses on the side

I'm Cara Liu, Product Designer and Front-End Developer, currently collaborating at Corteva Agriscience and freelancing for small local businesses on the side

I'm Cara Liu, Product Designer and Front-End Developer, currently collaborating at Corteva Agriscience and freelancing for small local businesses on the side

UX/UI Case Studies

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Retirement city finder

Retirement city finder

Retirement city finder

Retirement city finder

eRetirements is a website that helps retirees and those planning for retirement to choose the best city to relocate. We revamped the quiz to better match users to their ideal city.

eRetirements is a website that helps retirees and those planning for retirement to choose the best city to relocate. We revamped the quiz to better match users to their ideal city.

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Food and wine pairing kiosk

Food and wine pairing kiosk

Food and wine pairing kiosk

Food and wine pairing kiosk

Savvo Digital Sommelier has wine kiosks at select retail stores in the Greater Chicago area, originally placed by the wine aisle to help users browse through wine selections. Our challenge was to revamp Savvo's interface for their new winery-restaurant client.

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Shopping for groceries online

Shopping for groceries online

Shopping for groceries online

Shopping for groceries online

Hy-Vee wanted to create a new look for its online grocery delivery portal and find the best way to incorporate ads without interrupting the shopping experience. We used various methods of user validation to determine the best layout that meets both the business and user needs.

Hy-Vee wanted to create a new look for its online grocery delivery portal and find the best way to incorporate ads without interrupting the shopping experience. We used various methods of user validation to determine the best layout that meets both the business and user needs.

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Journey into the hiring experience

Journey into the hiring experience

Journey into the hiring experience

Journey into the hiring experience

The HR team at Principal Financial Group asked our team to delve into the experience of hiring managers and candidates in order to understand where they can improve in the process. 

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Tablet app for crop planning

Corteva Agriscience revamps a tablet/mobile app for growers (farmers) and seed reps (seed sales people), used for crop planning, tracking, analysis. New app, new design styles, and new teams – in addition to a tight deadline – created an interesting project with a lot of learnings. 

Testimonials

jrpegan
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Cara listened to my concerns and what I wanted in the website. She responded quickly and professionally. She was a good combination of friendly and professional. She knows her area of expertise, and was upfront if I asked about areas of that pertained to my practice that she could not answer. She however sought out answers or people for me to ask the question of.

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John Pegan, Attorney and Founder of Pegan Law

jared
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Cara delivered incredible work for me while running eRetirements. Cara and her team learned about our business incredibly fast and was quick to identify opportunities to improve our User Experience. They delivered a very high quality product in the form of a personal assessment for our users with little guidance. It solved the exact problem we needed to improve our user engagement, and integration was seamless. Her communication throughout the project could not have been better. It was a truly enjoyable experience working with her, and would do so again in a heartbeat!

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Jared Scharen, Founder of eRetirements

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I highly recommend Cara as a UX design professional. She worked on a consulting project for my company, Savvo Digital Sommelier Solutions. Cara and her team were charged with both optimizing our current user interface as well as designing a completely new user experience for an application for one of our customers. I was blown away by what they delivered! Cara showed true professionalism, thoughtful creativity, and a quality of work that was on par with what I would have expected from a top UX design firms. Not only that, she was a pleasure to work with. I always felt that my opinions were heard and incorporated into the design when appropriate. I hope to get the opportunity to work with Cara again! 

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Joseph Sheahan, Founder of Savvo Digital Sommelier

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I had a wonderful experience working with Cara. She listened to me and the "why" behind my brand. She's a great communicator and is really easy to get in touch with if I have a question or idea. She also gave me a really clear plan at the start which made it easy to understand. My website turned out beautifully. Cara even went above and beyond to find a designer to create icons for the site! I feel very understood and respected as a partner in creating this. Cara is super kind and patient and works with you to create something that works for you. Everything I'm using is sustainable and works for my flow. She helped me choose tools, platforms, and designs that met my needs and left room for growth. Cara's prices were awesome and she worked on a quick time frame. She also walked me through everything so I can maintain the site going forward. Overall, I could not have asked for a better experience creating my website and would highly recommend working with Gimme Lemons Co.

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Olivia Samples, Founder of Kismet Doula Services

© 2021 Cara Liu 

© 2019 Cara Liu