Ben Ewing
Digital Product Designer in UK
About
Digital Product Designer with 13 years of experience crafting digital products and online experiences for studios, startups and global tech companies.
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Work Experience
Sennep are small digital product studio that look to turn complex ideas into simple, compelling experiences that connect with brand’s audiences via beautifully crafted design. Working across a range of sectors providing design support for Websites, Apps, Mobile Games and Digital Products & Services.
As a Senior/Lead designer my responsibilities include:
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Leading the design process from concept to delivery for client and in-house projects
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Engaging with clients to understand their goals, gather requirements, and present design solutions, ensuring alignment with business and project objectives.
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Conducting user research and usability testing to gather insights and validate design decisions.
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Collaborating and facilitating workshops with clients and stakeholders.
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Designing interactive prototypes to illustrate key user flows, functionality, and interactions.
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Building and maintaining scalable design systems for clients large and small.
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Working closely with external developers, project managers to ensure smooth execution and delivery.
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Staying updated on design trends, tools, and technologies to improve design thinking and internal processes.
Working within a small studio it also has allowed me to grow skills beyond just design, giving me opportunities to be involved new business inquiries, financial forecasting, project planning, external resourcing and expanding on my leadership and mentoring skills.
Working within the Borrowing team which covered Credit Cards, Loans and Vulnerable customers.
My day-to-day role as Senior Product Designer involved mapping out customer journeys, interviewing stakeholders, facilitating workshops, designing core customer journeys within both App and Web banking platforms, and creating rapid prototypes to validate with customers through moderated and un-moderated research sessions.
Alongside this I helped design and manage our internal Design System, Blueprint. Tasks involved crafting core components that span across both Web and App platforms, collaborating with the accessible teams, and improving documentation for our large team of designers and engineers.
Collaborating with studios, startups, and large companies I specialised in providing design support for marketing and e-commerce websites, mobile and web applications, brand identities and design system management.
Working with the likes of Barclays, Candyspace, ANNA Money, Prophet, Fort Studio, Design by S-T, Extract, Signal Noise and various independent clients.
Over a 3 year period which saw me progress from Designer to a Senior Digital Designer I worked on a diverse range of projects.
My role allowed me to work with brands and companies such as Edwin jeans, NIO, Barclays, Mahindra, Sky and McKinsey & Company.
Collaborating with a core team of designers, developers and project managers I was responsible for designing responsive websites, mobile apps, infographics as well as developing brand identities and product design solutions.
Working as the digital designer at Wallpaper*, roles include overseeing all creative content for the website, from the day-to-day editorial content to the design and build of custom pages across the site. Working with commercial clients such as Tudor, B&O, Sofitel, COS, LeMeridien and Audermars in producing innovative digital design campaigns. One of the main aspects of this role includes working closely with the development team in producing solutions that ultimately improve user experience and site performance.