Billy Harris ✌️

Billy Harris ✌️

Design and tryna build stuff

About

Technical product designer. Expertise in scaling robust, accessible design systems across multi brand and enterprises.

I also design and build things on the side.

Curious about the intersection of accessibility, usability, and customer need. Although not a developer, I also know my way around a codebase!

At the moment, I'm currently at British Airways building out and maintaining our digital design systems.

I've worked on a wide range of products with a variety of clients, both startups and corporates, in a breadth of industries including: Startups, Food & beverage, Tourism, Fintech and the Public sector.

In my other life, you'll find me skiing! (In the winter)

Projects

2024

I built a crowdsourced, cheap pint map for London and the UK

Work Experience

2021 — Now
London, UK 🇬🇧

At BA, I work within BA Digital crafting digital experiences for the next generation of air travel. I've previously worked across the first step in our customers' journey known as "Discover" on both ba.com and the app. Now i'm situated in our design system team, creating and maintaining our digital design language. Our main focuses are on accessibility, scaleability and reusability of components and patterns across products.

2022 — Now
Remote

Outside of my 9-5 I mentor budding product/ux designers helping with portfolio reviews, technical Figma help and mock interviews

2017 — Now
Freelance Designer at CreativeBilly
Remote 🌎

In my freelance life I create: websites, brochures, pitch decks and pretty much anything else visual for freelance clients within the startup space. Clients include: Lucidica - IT Support, Redgrid - The internet of energy, Rydlyme International, Powerdiverter, Zilch Forwarding, Scope 3 emissions.

2020 — 2021
Canterbury, U.K 🇬🇧

We're a small team at Red Bullet so I wear many hats. Sometimes I assist our clients through the various phases of UX, and others i'm creating success animations for apps. Mostly my day-to-day consists of wireframing, prototyping, user-testing, UI design & prepping for developer hand-off. Clients include: Haulfryn Holidays, Kent County Council & Basket - the next generation of e-commerce

2019 — 2020
Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺

Leading a team of 4 designers, working on a variety of visual elements for the company. Startupbootcamp is one of the world’s leading startup accelerators, sourcing companies from all over the world. From designing new brands, to creating digital assets for virtual demo days. Clients include: Asahi Beverages, Royal Dutch Shell.

2016 — 2017
Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿

Worked part-time during my degree creating the branding, UI mockups for Conversant’s new VoIP Application “Hero”.

2017 — 2017
Intern at RIOT RIOT
Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿

1 month internship at a digital agency in Auckland New Zealand, creating EDM campaigns and front-end website mock-ups for clients.

Volunteering

2020 — Now
Remote

Adplist.org is a community for helping designers find jobs who have been laid off due to Covid-19. Working in a tight-knit team of 12, creating animations and motion graphics for campaigns, and new product launches.

2020 — Now
Remote

In my spare time I help other designers progress their careers by offering mentorship sessions after my 9-5.

Education

2015 — 2017
Bachelor of Design Innovation at Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand 🇳🇿

Major in Media Design (Interaction), Minor in Information Architecture