Curriculum Vitae

Overview

Experienced UX and Product aficionado with a passion for the entire journey from idea to launch. Led cross-functional teams to create human-centered solutions as Head of Product and Design. Blending strategic thinking with hands-on skills in research, information architecture, interaction design, and project leadership. Let’s build products people love!

Core Strengths

  • User-Centred Design
  • Design Review and Analysis
  • Prototyping
  • Product Strategy & Architecture
  • Roadmapping
  • Stakeholder Management & Workshop Facilitation

Education & Training

  • Interaction Design Foundation
  • S.A.F.E. Agile & SCRUM trained

Work History

<span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;"><span data-buffer="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;">User Research International (URI)

Sr. User Experience Designer

Oct 22 to Current

<span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span data-buffer="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;">Worked with leading global companies like Juniper, Google and Microsoft. Placed at top network engineering firm to design and deploy service management system worldwide.

<span data-metadata="" style="white-space: normal;">Sullivan & Stanley

Sr. User Experience Designer

Jul 22 to Sep 22

<span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span data-buffer="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;">Brought on for short project to advise on the NEOM project based in Saudi Arabia - Currently the world’s largest project.

<span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;"><span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;"><span data-buffer="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;">MuddyBoots - Telus Agriculture

Sr. User Experience Designer

Nov 21 to Jun 22

<span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span data-buffer="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;">Brought onto project by TELUS Agriculture to improve UX and features, capturing more market share. Interviewed users, designed wireframes and prototypes to enhance product.

<span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;"><span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;"><span data-buffer="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;">SwiftMail

<span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span data-buffer="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;">Co-Founder & UX Manager

Jan 20 to Dec 21

<span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span data-buffer="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;">Worked with leading global companies like Juniper, Google and Microsoft. Placed at top network engineering firm to design and deploy service management system worldwide.

<span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;"><span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;"><span data-buffer="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;">Zipabout

Product Manager

Feb 21 to May 21

<span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span data-buffer="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;">Drove go-to-market strategy for Zipabout, a transportation platform helping users travel efficiently and confidently.

<span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;"><span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;"><span data-buffer="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;">BOX UK

User Experience Designer (Contract)

Oct 22 to Dec 22

<span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span data-buffer="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;">Hired by BOX UK consultancy to work on Welsh government education initiative, helping international students understand learning opportunities.

<span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;"><span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;"><span data-buffer="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;">Publicis.Sapient

Sr. User Experience Designer

Sep 17 to Dec 19

<span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span data-buffer="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;">Placed as consultant at global agency to help banks and engineering firms achieve product goals. Secured $5M funding and managed teams to deliver vision.

<span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;"><span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;"><span data-buffer="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;">Energy Systems Catapult

Sr. User Experience Designer

Oct 16 to Sep 17

<span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span data-buffer="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;">Worked with researchers and scientists at government subsidiary on home heat management platform rolled out to 2000+ homes to reduce carbon emissions.

<span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;"><span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;"><span data-buffer="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;">McCann

Sr. UX Designer & User Researcher

Mar 16 to Oct 16

<span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span data-buffer="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;">Client-facing role at experience design agency working on projects for National Express, Nationwide, JCB, Coventry Building Society and more.

<span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;"><span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;"><span data-buffer="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;">Vaccine Research Trust

User Experience Designer & User Researcher​

Feb 13 to Mar 16

<span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span data-buffer="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;">Created website and designs for medical lab's charity arm to attract more donor interest and stakeholders.

<span data-metadata="" style="white-space: normal;">HiringDesk

UX Manager

Feb 16 to Mar 16

<span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span data-buffer="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;">Distilled and strengthened value proposition for recruitment solution HiringDesk. Designed, interviewed users, analysed data to enhance the value proposition.

<span data-metadata="" style="white-space: normal;">UI and Web designer

Freelance

Apr 14 to Feb 16

<span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;">Designed and deployed websites using WordPress and using my UI design skills to help companies gain a digital presence.

<span data-metadata="">Freelance UI Designer

UI and Interaction Designer

Sep 09 to Feb 13

<span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span data-metadata="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><span data-buffer="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;">Freelance visual designer partnering with web developers to create results-driven websites and digital strategies for businesses seeking new online revenue channels.

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