Connor Ashton

Connor Ashton

Senior Product Designer in Barcelona, Spain, He/him

About

I have designed, built and successfully shipped things on web and mobile platforms for over 5 years, from early ➝ late stage startups. Previous iOS Developer. Expertise in the areas of:

  • Product discovery
  • UX/UI design & research
  • Rapid prototyping
  • Getting things into the hands of users

Work Experience

2023 — Now
Barcelona, Spain

Designer for the Native Booking experiences. Specialising in iOS and Android design.

2021 — 2023
Barcelona, Spain

Designer for the Flights and Trains booking experience.

2018 — 2021
Manchester, United Kingdon

First full time design hire. Responsible for laying the foundations and designing the core experience of the web and mobile platforms. Designing the product vision and defining the roadmap.

2017 — 2018
Manchester, United Kingdom

I worked on a stealth project to develop a brand-new iOS app that would curate all the video content submitted to LADbible. Our goal was to offer a comprehensive platform that would enable users to create and publish their own content, and establish a loyal following. Built using Swift.

Projects

Ongoing
Suitcase Design System at TravelPerk

Led the creation of the Design System for the iOS and Android mobile apps.

Side Projects

2021

I teach an immersive 10 week UI Design bootcamp. Styles, auto layout, variants, interactive components, prototyping, smart animate, versioning, handover— we've packed everything that makes Figma great into one awesome live Bootcamp.

Writing

2023

Learn a little bit more about me and my day to day life as a product designer.

Awards

2013
Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarship

Awarded to undergraduates for exceptional academic achievement.