Kelsie Klaustermeier • 2026

2026

CraftBuilding design teams that take on the systems failing us most. Career Leading across product, brand, and research — because systemic problems (mental healthcare, gender equity, equal access) won’t bend to only one lever. Currently At Two Chairs, a mental healthcare company I'm proud to help build.

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Kelsie
Klaustermeier
2026
Portfolio

The highlights

Creating impact through design:

2024
Designing for the highest mental healthcare stakes Charlie Health
Life-saving care won't scale with today’s toolkit.
- Coming soon.
2022
Empowering proactive reproductive health access Modern Fertility Ro
For people with ovaries, ~just wait and see~ just doesn’t work.
- Coming soon.
2020
Catalyzing design teams to build for the next billion IDEO’s Design for Change Studio IDEO.org IDEO CoLab Google The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Today—whatever day you’re reading this—more than a million people will come online for the first time.
- Say more Internet access opens the door to a world of possibility. But before a new internet user can enter, there’s a lot she needs to know: Where does the internet live? What does it look like? How does she stay safe there? How does she even begin to get started? The work This project explores how designers might build better, more accessible products for the next wave of internet users. Because designing for digital confidence means creating technology that’s available to everyone, everywhere, every time– regardless of their access, gender, geography, language, or device. This project requires a password, plz.
2019
Challenging our modern care paradigm IDEO’s Design for Change Studio Pivotal Ventures
Today's families bear caring for loved ones as a burden—and that’s not joyful or just.
- Say more Caring for loved ones can create some of the most special and joyful moments of life. And yet, the current care paradigm overshadows these moments, forcing families to bear care as a burden instead of celebrating its opportunity. The work Universal Family Care is a new policy framework that addresses the growing and intensifying needs of American families through a needs-first lens. At its core, the program presents a reframe of how our country offers benefits: first asking families what they need, then presenting them with a suite of solutions that layer into their shared lives. This project requires a password, plz.
2019
Powering financial longevity for retirees IDEO’s Design for Change Studio Undisclosed
When it’s time to spend your lifelong retirement savings, how will you make sure you’re on track?
- Say more Fintech innovation has solved for the cross-section of saving for retirement and smart investing. But retirees—those who are no longer focused on saving—have been left out of this innovation. The work Instead of accumulation tools, retirees need drawdown advice. They need reassurance that they're spending responsibly, and confirmation that their lifelong savings won't disappear too quickly. Our goal? Build a digital ’crystal ball’ that offers optimizations and projections to keep retirees on track. This project requires a password, plz.
2018
Unlocking the power of Google Ads for small businesses R/GA Google
“Within 24 hours, we 4x-ed our revenue.” —Google Ads customer
- Say more Google Ads help small business owners reach potential customers with compelling messages. Over time, Google helps improve these ads to help small businesses grow. The work Re-imagining the website responsible for millions in Google Ad revenue each year required a scaleable, localizable system that would work in markets across the globe. The solution features built-from-code imagery and a look & feel that works to embrace any culture and benefit any business. This project requires a password, plz.
2017
Exposing the dirty money powering politics Undisclosed
They say money talks. But you know what? So do we.
- Say more In a political reality where dollar signs speak louder than votes, constituents are left wondering what’s going on inside the black box of congressional influence. The work Who Pays the Bills uses a free chrome extension to expose the influence of money in politics. The goal? Reveal the truth behind representatives' financial backers. (Because let’s face it… in this country, the ones cashing in are the ones who already have money to burn.) We’re done buying what they’re selling. This project requires a password, plz.

2024-'26

currently...

Shaping design at Two Chairs, a mental healthcare company doing it differently.

HMU if you’re making a thing that will make a diff-
erence.

* I use my side hustle to work with folks who:

Have complicated product problems
Dig elegant design solutions
Give a ~damn~

Consulting openings are available in mid-, 2026.

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