Katie was my go-to project manager at Condé Nast and played a key role in the 2014 relaunch of CNTraveller.com. Katie is organised, obviously, but also has excellent communication and personal skills, which she demonstrated well with all areas of the product team (tech, design, etc) as well as with editors or external clients. She is always positive, fun to work with, and a great team player.
Tony Cross
Special Reports Editor at The Daily Telegraph

 

I worked closely with Katie at Condé Nast UK for two years to deliver a diverse spectrum of work — including some particularly large and complex projects — for our in house brands, primarily British Vogue, Wired, GQ, and Glamour. 

These are brands at the forefront of the industry, leading the way globally in digital, and they are characterised both in print and online by one thing above all: quality. In the digital team the pressure, standards and expectations are, of course, extremely high, and the technology is at the bleeding edge. 

I’ve worked with some fantastic project managers in my career, and Katie is one of the best. As well as being an excellent project manager and experienced Scrum Master, she just that rare natural ability to just make things happen and come together at the end. Importantly, she’s also just a genuinely great colleague. I really, really enjoyed working with her. I hope we’ll have a chance to work together on another project in the future. 

If you’re reading this and you’re hiring, I would highly recommend that you invite Katie in for a chat, if you haven’t done so already. A key person like this brings huge benefits to the team; I’ve seen this girl in action, and no matter what challenges you face in your business I can personally guarantee that she will be a tremendous asset to your operation.
Tim Acheson
Senior Software Engineer at Condé Nast Publications

 

Katharine is brilliant – she was the go to woman for anything and everything you wanted done on ASOS Marketplace. Detailed, technical and all about delievered, Kat oversaw some of the biggest changes post-launch of Marketplace and the success of these changes. I’d work with Kat again any time in the future such is her ability, great personality and know-how.
Andre Rickerby
Senior Director, Global Marketing at Etsy

 

Kat joined us in an Admin role on the ASOS Marketplace team, but very quickly showed her capability and enthusiasm for a something more. 

She was duly promoted to Junior Product Manager and did a great job working with both her colleagues on the Marketplace and Tech teams to deliver a really good Experience for Buyers and Sellers. 

Kat was also really well liked and we still miss her. I would recommend Kat as a Junior Product Manager; she does still have lots to learn but also has a lot to give and is a really reliable team member to have on board too.
James Hart
Founder at KIDLY, Former Director at ASOS

 

Kat was plunged straight into the fast-paced development cycles of ASOS Marketplace, an award-winning, fast-growing and feature-laden website. 

Despite having little prior experience of product management, UX and wireframing or managing developers she proved at least a match in all these areas for far more experience professionals. She also has a natural technical understanding which helps in all these areas. 

She cares deeply about her work best of all is great fun to work with. I would love the opportunity to work with her again.
Gareth Thackery
CTO at Vidados

 

Katie has been one of the most satisfying project managers to work with. In a demanding and fast-paced environment, Katie is quick to pick up technical details she needs to understand, and work with designers and developers to effectively plan and manage incoming information and outgoing solutions. Katie asks the right people the right questions, and knows when not to make assumptions. Katie is also extremely capable of meeting demanding clients and getting everybody on the same page, quickly becoming a reliable team member one feels lucky to work with.
Peter Miller
Software Developer & Founder at finesse.io

 

Katharine was one of my original Asos Marketplace team members and I was impressed with her ability, commercial and ecommerce accumen and work ethic right from the start. She quickly picked up the baton of not only her new role, but also key project deliverables that enabled the successful launch of the Marketplace website. 

Katharine works incredibly hard and really cares about the work she does. She continually went above and beyond her role and was keen to take on new tasks and responsibilities and drive her own development forward. 

I promoted Katharine to development and operations and development assistant during our time working together to acknowledge the drive, determination and great success. 

Katharine never failed to impress me, she was a great member of the team who could always be replied upon, and was great fun to work with too. 

I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Katharine.
Leighanne Maxwell
Owner/Director at Maxwell Miles Consultancy Services