Summary
Ashley Echols is a Senior UX Developer with a decade of experience bridging design and engineering to build scalable, accessible design systems. Based in the Greater Chicago Area, she has led token architecture, Style Dictionary automation, and component modernization efforts at Kajabi, enabling consistent theming and a smoother rebrand rollout across multiple products. Known for championing WCAG-compliant patterns and pragmatic component decisions—like leveraging native <details>/<summary>—she reduces complexity while improving developer experience. Ashley routinely mentors cross-functional teams, runs design-system audits, and experiments with AI-driven tooling to streamline documentation and testing workflows. Her background in psychology gives her a user-centered perspective that informs both interaction design and team collaboration.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), PSYCHOLOGY, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), PSYCHOLOGY at Illinois State University
English