About
A passionate and driven UI & UX designer, I focus on solving usability problems and making the experience of using apps and websites as easy as possible for all users. This is achieved by creating and using user stories for projects and applying personas to situations to attempt to understand the customer's end needs. I also focus on accessibility in digital, checking my designs against guidelines and testing colours, contrast and font size regularly.
With a background in print and front-end development, I have a wide range of experience covering digital design. I have had the incredible good fortune to work with many individuals, SMEs and well-known brands to help understand and solve usability problems, suggest and curate solutions, collaborate with developers, and liaise and take input and feedback from major stakeholders and investors.
I am always keen to learn new methods, technologies and subjects in all design and personal learning areas.
Projects
App design for Hull Walk of Fame, which will be interactive tour of Hull, UK.
The idea will be that there will be plaques placed around the city for people to scan with the app, and it will download the content to their phone describing how that person helped contribute to the city it is today. There will be interactive tours, audio narration, route creation and sharing, and much more.
Side Projects
A personal fan-project based around The Legend of Zelda franchise, my favourite game series of all time. The site was designed, developed, published and ran by myself, using WordPress for the main CMS. It was taken down in early 2016 because of a DMCA request from Nintendo.
Writing
A deeply personal post detailing my experiences with self-harm.
Work Experience
Focusing on creating accessible, clean and modern interfaces for mobile and web, solving usability problems, and investigating new and better ways to present data and content. Currently working on a range of SaaS products for leading companies and brands around the world.
I am a web/UI and graphic designer, with experience in design totalling over 15 years. I am completely self-taught, and am always learning new tools, methods and trends, and always looking to improve my work. I also have experience in front-end web development, with a background in HTML5, CSS3 and using WordPress.
As a freelance sole trader, I have had the incredible good fortune to work with many individuals, SMEs and well-known brands to help understand and solve usability problems, suggest and curate solutions, collaborate with developers, and liaise and take input and feedback from major stakeholders and investors.
I strive for perfection in any every project I take on, and am only happy when the client is happy. I work great individually, and as part of the team and always appreciate and take on board feedback.