Lester Tan Wan Jern

Lester Tan Wan Jern

Designer & developer in Malaysia

About

I'm a UI/UX designer and frontend developer with 6+ years of experience. I've collaborated with clients in diverse industries such as newspapers, education, hospitality and more. I've designed multiple websites attracting millions of monthly visitors and developed apps with 10,000+ downloads and a 4.5+ rating. Currently, I serve as a Principal Product Designer at a startup, contributing to the entire product development process, encompassing UI/UX design, frontend development, and graphic design.

Work Experience

2024 — Now
Shopify Developer & UI/UX Designer at ShadowCraft Studio
2020 — Now

My responsibilities:
→ Contributing across all phases of the product stack, with opportunities to learn, grow and lead in everything from user research to UI/UX design to front-end development.

My accomplishments:
→ Designed and developed the ticketed online streaming platform that gives audience unprecedental digital theatre experience. — CloudTheatre Space. The platform has generated over 6 million ringgit in ticket sales within the first 2 years.

2019 — 2022
Malaysia

My responsibilities:
→ Produce high-quality UI/UX design solutions through wireframes, visual and graphic designs, site maps, and prototypes.
→ Cooperate with back-end developers to build the frontend of the website and mobile application using React Native/JS, Laravel PHP and more.
→ Manage the production of final deliverable and prepare a detailed project plan to schedule key project milestones, workstreams & activities.

My accomplishments:
→ Designed, developed a newspaper mobile application that got 50,000+ downloads and has 100+ million monthly visitors.
→ Created a gaming statistic mobile app for Dota 2 player that got 5,000+ downloads.

2016 — 2019

My responsibilities:
→ Design and develop a variety of websites and mobile applications including e-commerce, business landing pages, wedding planning platform, and etc.
→ Design brochures, logos, advertisements, and other communication materials.

My accomplishments:
→ To advance my programming career, I have completed multiple online website and mobile app development certification courses, such as frontend development from FreeCodeCamp and iOS mobile app development from Coursera.
→ Using the knowledge I gained from the courses, I designed, developed and published several mobile applications for my company using Swift and Java.

Projects

Ongoing

Became the founding designer at a startup that provides ticketing and streaming services for performing arts and live entertainment shows.

Ongoing

Had a hand in designing and developing a newspaper mobile app that got 50k downloads.

Side Projects

Ongoing

Built my own product from scratch within 2 months. the app currently has more than 10,000 downloads and had an overall rating of 4.5+.

2019

Designed a logo for a friend who plays in an indie band.

Education

2015 — 2016
Diploma of Graphic Design at Malaysian Institue of Art

Contact

Website
LinkedIn
GitHub