Kit Horvath
Senior Product Designer
Enterprise Security UX · Design Systems · Accessibility · AI / Copilot UX
Professional Profile
Senior Product Designer with 5+ years of Microsoft Security experience. Turns ambiguous security problems into UX strategy, interaction patterns, prototypes, and engineering-ready guidance.
Core Strengths
Enterprise Security UX
Information Architecture
Design Systems
Accessibility & Inclusion
Research & Validation
Cross-functional Leadership
Professional Experience
Senior Product Designer
Microsoft Security / Microsoft Defender
- Led UX strategy for Microsoft Defender and M365 Defender across SOC workflows, hunting, and incidents.
- Translated customer, research, and telemetry signals into structured design decisions and engineering-ready guidance.
- Owned design-system enablement (office hours, component guidance, pattern alignment) and SFE / Fluent 2 adoption.
- Shaped Defender navigation onboarding and role / JTBD-oriented first-run experiences.
- Defined accessibility strategy and review readiness; partnered across product, engineering, research, and leadership.
Earlier Career
Freelance Creative UX/UI Designer
HHK.HU
2017 – 2021
Product Designer
Centrica
2020 – 2021
Product Designer (full stack)
Augury
2014 – 2017
Consultant
Avaya
2013 – 2015
Methods & Tools
Product strategy, IA, interaction design, prototyping, design critiques, UX storytelling, usability studies, telemetry-informed decisions, accessibility annotation, Figma, Fluent 2, Azure DevOps.
Skills
Product Design, Experience Design, User-Interface Design, Web + App Design, Creative Direction, Illustration, Branding.
Education
The Hungarian University of Fine Arts
Master of Fine Arts, 2005 – 2010
Kit Horvath — Portfolio and case studies available upon request.