Jessica Brown
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Jessica Brown

Senior UI Designer in UK, She/Her

It's time to dust off my CV and give the portfolio a thorough deep-clean.

4 months ago

About

I’m a Senior UI Designer and human-centred design advocate with 7 years experience in web design, and 3 years experience in end-to-end product design.

In my day-to-day, I work across teams with UX designers, product owners, developers, and copywriters to resolve user and business problems with intuitive interfaces.

I really enjoy using Figma, having migrated design systems and entire teams onto the platform in 2 organisations.

Based in Essex, I’m available to attend in-person for Suffolk, Essex, or London locations, and I’m more than happy to work remotely.

Contact

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Work Experience

2022 — Now
London
  • Contributed to a 58.4-point increase in the app's NPS score and a 19% rise in mobile app usage for personal banking customers.

  • Set the strategy and vision for the UI function and design system, coordinating cross-team collaboration.

  • Managed a remote UI team of 4 and took full responsibility for overseeing the Orbital design system.

  • Following business constraints, I have been the sole UI designer responsible for delivering final designs for the 2024 roadmap.

  • Delivered mobile-first, WCAG 2.1 AA-compliant designs for Android, iOS, and the internet banking website, validated by user research and data insights.

  • Led the migration from Sketch to Figma, rebuilt the Orbital design system, authored app component documentation, and onboarded 10 development squads and 5 design teams to Figma within 4 months.

  • Led the migration from Sketch to Figma, transitioning the Orbital design system and onboarding 10 development squads and 5 design teams to Figma within 4 months.

  • Reduced the number of defects entering build through design system maturity actions, such as: documenting style guides, creating design standards and components, introducing governance and guardrails.

  • Facilitated internal tutorials, optimised workflows, and conducted peer reviews.

2022 — Now
London
  • Advocated for design and identified opportunities to shape the digital future vision for TSB

  • Produced user-centred concepts for upcoming features and functionality, centred around building money confidence, digital adoption, and improving customer understanding on lending products

2021 — 2022
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
  • Designed white label apps and high fidelity prototypes for international real estate clients

  • Migrated the team from Adobe XD to Figma, migrated archival designs, and onboarded the design and development teams into the new design tool

  • Documented the white label process and style guide for existing mobile app components, evaluated the app’s WCAG 2.0 AA readiness and identified areas for improvement to meet baseline A accessibility

2017 — 2021
Senior Digital Designer at SAENTYS
Shoreditch, London
  • Created high fidelity and responsive website and interactive display designs, with specifications for motion and photography

  • Engaged wider team to produce reusable assets and templates to ensure a house style across the wider team

  • Worked with in-house and third party developers to produce high quality assets

  • Mentored junior designers on digital design and industry best practices

2014 — 2017
Lead Designer (Freelance) at Pop My Mind
Remote & Ipswich, Suffolk
  • Developed graphic identity, for use across print and digital mediums including limited print zines, social media, emails and website. and pitch decks for investor meets.

  • Produced user interface and website designs for their alpha and beta builds.

  • Represented Pop My Mind at angel investor meets, where we secured funding to support the brand’s launch.

2015 — 2017
Graphic and Web Designer at Azexis
Ipswich, Suffolk
  • Designed responsive CMS and eCommerce websites, user interfaces, and prebuilt website themes for the Evance software

  • Worked alongside developers to refine the Evance user interface and build the Theme Library

  • Provided ongoing support for agency clients in the form of marketing collateral, website photography, and email campaigns.

Projects

2021

Worked on the redesign and expansion of the Simple Life London website.

2021

A fresh new look for luxury chalet architects, Chaletbau Matti.

2022
Web Accessibility Training Course - WCAG 2.1 Compliance from Udemy

Education

2011 — 2014