Kyle Bentle

Work Experience

Openfield

UX Design Lead

January 2022 – present

  • Lead UX projects from start to finish. Collaborate closely with multiple client stakeholders to guide the process from discovery to implementation.
  • Manage a small team of designers, coordinating assignments, workloads, project timelines, and maintaining progress.
  • Mentor associate-level designers, focusing on growing skills and achieving personal development goals.

Openfield

UX Designer

September 2019 – January 2022

  • Produced sketches, user flows, wireframes, prototypes and high-resolution designs. Created product requirements documentation and reviewed implemented designs.
  • Collaborated closely with other UX team members. Presented and critiqued work in daily reviews and iterated on solutions.

Chicago Tribune

Designer and journalist, data visualization team

March 2012 – September 2019

  • Designed and developed engaging data experiences, emphasizing clean, clear, and purposeful communication.
  • Produced data visualizations, charts, maps, and other interactive graphics.
  • Analyzed data to identify storylines and translated them into engaging visual stories.

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville.com

Graphic artist

May 2009 – March 2012

  • Designed charts, maps and other graphics for the web and printed newspaper.

Skills

Design — user experience design, interaction design, information architecture, design systems, data visualization and analytics design, prototyping and wireframing, inclusive design and accessibility practices, typography.

Research — user research, usability testing, cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder presentation.

Tools — AI design tools, Figma, Sketch

Technical — HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Git, web content management systems.

Education

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana

B.A., Journalism, 2009