Kelly Bowker

Kelly Bowker — Associate Director of Design at Chewy. Talks and sessions delivered at UXDX.

Kelly Bowker

Kelly Bowker

Associate Director of Design

ChewyChewy

Kelly is a people-first leader with 20+ years of experience working in different roles and industries. Over the last 10 years, she has focused on leading multidisciplinary product, engineering, and design teams across consumer and enterprise platforms. After her own exploration of various roles and responsibilities working in technology, she returned to design, focused on the leadership path, for she knows that opportunities for design are broader than the titles we're given. Her day-to-day work is the support and development of the team, ensuring they understand how to balance business strategy and user advocacy. Her mission is to make people’s day jobs more effective and efficient through well-executed service design and user experiences.

Past talks

2 talks · 2 events
2025
UXDX USAMay 2025

Hiring Beyond 2025: Breaking the Algorithm, Beating the Bots, and Building Better Teams

Hiring today is broken—candidates are getting filtered out by AI before a human even sees their application, and hiring managers are often relying on outdated methods that don’t assess the full potential of a candidate. This discussion will tackle hiring challenges from both sides of the table: - How candidates can stand out despite AI screening and generic recruitment pipelines. - Why skills, mindset, and cultural fit matter more than portfolios or take-home assignments—and how hiring managers can assess them effectively. - How hiring managers can better brief recruiters to identify the right talent, even if they aren’t design or product experts. - How teams are using AI and hiring tech effectively without missing top candidates or introducing bias. - Real-world hiring strategies to improve hiring outcomes for both job seekers and hiring managers.

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