Nicola Brady Email & Phone Number

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Contract role jumping into some exciting digital projects with the Effect team - including New Zealand Surf Life Saving, Marsden School, and Queenstown Lakes Libraries.

I was fortunate to travel through some beautiful spots in Europe. Some highlights were visiting painted monasteries in Romania, swimming in the Black Sea in Bulgaria, and eating delicious pastries in Portugal.

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Design Lead for the Xero native mobile design system. Managing and scaling the mobile native app design team at Xero.Mentoring, coaching and recruiting designers, monitoring their capacity and performance,

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Responsible for the UX and UI of the Westpac Business Online Banking product. Designed, reviewed and tested user task flows, customer journeys, wireframes, and UI designs with regular demos, playbacks and feedback sessions.Research, discovery workshops, feature kickoffs, and usability testing. Coached and mentored a team of UX and Service Designers.Contributed to the Design System, designed and tested an ongoing contribution model for a shared UI kit, promoting consistency and efficiency.Planned and reported on design contribution to our company quarterly planning process.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Implemented user centred design thinking frameworks and processes to ensure deliverables were clearly defined, meeting deadlines, on scope and budget.Led user research and interviews, UX and UI design for projects including an Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) farmer information site, the support site and digital library for Royal Commission for Abuse in Care, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (MFAT) Business Link Pacific portal for connecting small business across the Pacific with local advisors. Championed accessibility and inclusive design, consistently driving for and meeting WCAG AA standards.Designed and managed briefs and engagements with external partners and contractors - including content designers, cultural advisors, and artists.Coached and mentored designers.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Auckland And Toronto

Auckland: Oct 2014 - Dec 2014 (Vend POS)Toronto: Jun 2013 - Oct 2014 (The Design Agency, Sid Lee, Red Urban, Innocean)Auckland: Oct 2013 - May 2014 (DraftFCB, Nous by Thoughtwired)Contract assignments including facilitating research interviews, designing user flows, wireframes, presenting and testing prototypes and collaborating with developers for final screen designs. Clients included Intercity/Fullers Great Sights, House of Travel, Auckland Libraries, Chorus, and Vend.One of my favourite projects was designing the MVP experience for a physical-free assistive access software for people who cannot move or talk because of severe physical disabilities. (Nous, developed by ThoughtWired).As a freelance Digital Designer in these busy agencies, I worked on digital, print, and signage projects for clients including Air New Zealand, Vodafone, BMW, Unicef, ANZ, Mitre10, Sony, Foodstuffs, Hyundai, Kia, and Vend POS.

Auckland, New Zealand

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Lead print and digital design for a UK based supplier of Laryngectomy, Tracheostomy and Stoma health care prescription products.

York, United Kingdom

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History Of Art

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