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London, Gb

London, Gb

London, London, Gb

Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Gb

Leading the design of innovative digital products and services across the Blackfinch Group of companies, including the creation and design of brand-new fintech products for early-stage startup ventures.

High Wycombe, Gb

Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Music - Work Stream Lead (UK)We’re going to build a great place to work by embracing the diverse foundations of the world of audio to nurture our talent and build a culture of inclusion at Focusrite. ​Share and Learn: Inform others through the curation and sharing of learning resources i.e. articles, blogs, news stories or partnerships and facilitate the creation of an area on the Hub to share what we find.Raise awareness in events such as Black History Month and promote initiatives within the wider music industry. ​Strengthen and Grow: A diverse workforce is a stronger workforce. Investigate forums that may have been overlooked in the past to present opportunities where they may not have been offered before. Introduce methods of avoiding unconscious biases within the current recruitment procedure. Challenge what we already know and currently take as 'normal', identifying OKRs to help guide us. ​Uncover and Improve:Actively search for and become aware of areas of bias, implementing the necessary changes via training and education. ​Inspire and Educate:Introduce a mentoring scheme whereby we offer support and guidance to someone previously without that opportunity, with the goal of hiring a mentee into a suitable role within five years of the program start. ​​

High Wycombe, Gb

Focusrite PLC is a music and audio products group based in England. The Focusrite Group trades under eight brands: Focusrite, Focusrite Pro, Martin Audio, Optimal Audio, ADAM Audio, Sequential, Novation and Ampify Music.What I do:* Head up a UX CoE.* Plan and facilitate Design Sprints.* Advocate and evangelize UX inside the organization.* Provide UX training, mentoring and coaching.* Conduct interviews with stakeholders and customers, and facilitate workshops to identify user/business challenges and requirements.* Produce personas, user journeys and user stories.* Create wireframes, prototypes and interactive mock-ups.* Design and organise information architecture by studying the target audience and user behaviour.* Produce workflow diagrams and sitemaps.* Make strategic design and UX decisions related to new and core features and functions.* Plan and conduct usability studies and tests in order to continually validate and enhance the solution.* Gather and analyse insights from Google Analytics in order to ensure design decisions are fully informed by data.* Facilitate workshops and brief internal teams.* Translate business challenges and requirements into concepts of design and UX for a spectrum of users, from professional to beginner.* Use customer insights including statistics, support feedback, surveys, analytics etc. to inform design direction.* Develop and deliver wireframes, visual mock-ups and user flows that effectively communicate and validate design vision and user interaction.* Present UX and design work back to stakeholders and manage through from approval to execution.* Collaborate with software developers/engineers and other designers to develop innovative music-making/sound design software products.* Work with a Scrum Development Team to implement and refine designs.* Support the Product Management Team and design leaders to define product vision.* Establish and promote quality design, best practices and standards in software.

High Wycombe, Gb

What I did:* Take design briefs to understand requirements.* Translating requirements into style guides, design systems, design patterns and attractive user interfaces.* Creating a visualisation of screens within a prototype framework.* Identifying design problems and devising elegant solutions.* Presenting ideas, concepts and design solutions to various stakeholders incorporating feedback into your designs.* Developing standard UI components and style guides for company-wide use.* Developing and maintaining documentation regarding style guidelines.* Effectively communicate designs to developers and other key stakeholders.* Address product, marketing and business needs.* Conduct industry research and stay up-to-date on best practices, competitor UI designs and emerging technologies.* Provide support and internal training.* Conduct, observe and analyse usability testing sessions.* Develop consistent, intuitive architectures.* Support the QA team to make sure features are implemented as intended.* Manage design libraries and design systems with adherence to product branding requirements.* Oversee the development and delivery of effective user interfaces.* Work with digital analytics team to assess the impact of all UI design and usability changes.* Assist with user research, interviews, surveys and usability studies, translating findings into wireframes and prototypes.

London, Gb

Music Hackspace is a London based community-driven platform promoting music, music technology and sound art projects.What I do:* Deliver music technology workshop for women and non-binary.* Provide occupational training that suits their existing aptitudes.* Help students choose a track or career to pursue.* Help develop training materials.* Perform skills assessments.* Track student progress.

The band Miro Shot has performed internationally with residencies in Paris, London Amsterdam. The project is a window into the way we will experience music, events, and content in the future, and has already received an amazing response.What I do:* Work with the projects and implement the key core tools used in current and future projects.* Work on tooling for artists, coders and designers to improve workflow.* Create and manage digital assets.* Perform for live audiences and recordings.* Meet with Event Coordinators to discuss audio, lighting, and video requirements.* Set up and installing microphones, lights, video monitors, projectors, speakers, and video cameras.* Conduct sound, visual, and performance quality checks on AV equipment.* Operate sound and visual equipment during live events.

female pressure is an international network of female, transgender and non-binary artists in the fields of electronic music and digital arts. female:pressure intends to strengthen networking, communication and representation. The network comprises of almost 2400 members from 75 countries as at March 2019.

Nicholas Kirkwood is a modern luxury brand that experiments with art, fashion and technology to create exceptional design and creative content.I was involved with the NK London Fashion Week Show. This presented a great opportunity to work alongside many celebrities, artists and activists.

Stockholm, Stockholms Län, Se

Music Tech Fest is a three-day arts festival and creative space where participants share and "develop new formats of musical performance and expression." It is billed as the 'festival of music ideas'.My team Electronic Jungle won 1st Prize for the best hack. We seamlessly paired element14's components with the MusicBricks RIoT board and wove it into an interactive performance using fashion wearable technologies, gesture-driven music and reactive visuals.

Companion Pictures is a full-service, independent production company focused on creating digital media.I was involved with creating concept art for a film noir mini-series.What I did:* Created detailed concepts for characters, costumes and locations.* Engaged actively with the Art Director and Film Producer to conceptualize their vision.* Established a consistent and dynamic vision for the project.* Rendered quality resources and systematic project management.

Paraboxy is a pre-production team focusing on games design, concept art and 3D modelling for games, film, TV and animation.What I did:* Developed gameplay ideas, plots and storylines.* Developed characters, maps, scenarios, and levels of difficulty.* Developed user interface (menus and controls) concepts.

Lone Oak Games designs and develops video games. The Company offers categories such as action, adventure, and sports. I was involved in an indie board and card game project.What I did:* Liaise with editors, authors or designers.* Undertook relevant research and generated ideas.* Drew concept sketches for approval.* Produced final illustrations.

Pg Certificate (Online), Human Computer Interaction

Pg Certificate (Online), Psychology

Master Of Science - Ms, Web And Mobile Development Technologies

Master'S Degree, Games Design