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Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

• Designed all UX & UI for a new cross-platform Timing App to record times for races, including app logic and light/dark mode screens.• Designed responsive UX & UI for a new AI Training web-app, complete with dynamic infographics and marketing material.• Created & managed a design system of 1500+ components for apps, web & marketing.• Created click-through prototypes for focus groups that informed design decisions.• Collaborated with CEO, CPO, UX, Marketing and Developers to create effective designs.• Produced marketing images & animations for social media and our website.• Lead a full rebrand, with new colour styles, imagery, typography, icons, and logo.• Facilitated learning sessions for Figma & our new design system.• Improved the UX of the consumer app, organizer admin, and consumer website based on user feedback and heatmap analysis.• Researched user personas to guide designs for our range of services.

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

• Created and Recorded the UI Basics with Figma course, a comprehensive course that teaches complete beginners how to build user interfaces and communicate designs with their teams.• Provided follow up sessions to give students feedback on course assignments, introduce new functionalities, and give an overview of UX and UI in product teams. https://www.berghs.se/en/course/ui-basics-with-figma/

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

UI/UX Consultant for startups, NGOs and small-medium e-commerce businesses.• Created working prototypes for several websites and apps.• Collaborated with in-house design and marketing teams.• Produced finalised designs based on business, user and technological needs.

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

- Designed pixel-perfect UI designs that were implemented into the public app.- Created and managed a design system for the app, website and marketing.- Created click-through prototypes for focus groups that informed the design.- Collaborated with CEO, CTO, UX, Marketing and Developers.- Produced all marketing material for social media, visual ads, and sales docs.- Developed the brand through a series of in-app illustrations.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Responsible for producing interfaces for responsive cross-device apps, games, as well as motion graphics, video storyboards and social media content.• Managed an agile cross-disciplinary design team through Asana.Worked with UX designers and researchers to understand user needs & behaviour, and developed designs based on insights.• Redefined our brand through a cohesive visual identity that was deployed across our multimedia work, in order to boost brand image.• Set up and managed the studio’s Website & Social Media, as well as the automatic Booking, Billing and Invoicing systems.• Produced high-quality design packages to client specifications.• Collaborated and presented to international corporate clients, including Redbull, XRP, Flor de Caña, Labatt, and the Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards.• Created and facilitated Adobe Suite & video production equipment training to expand the multidisciplinary capabilities of the studio.

Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom

• Simulated products using Solidworks based on specific biocomposites that were produced in the lab.• Learnt how to test materials under lab conditions and how to use the data in modelling software.

Richmond, North Yorkshire

• Involved in the ideation, design, material research and manufacture of high-end furniture of up to £25,000 alongside a senior designer.• Independently learnt to use Rhino for creating technical drawings to send to clients, as well as for creating finalised models that I rendered in Keyshot. • Effectively communicated and negotiated with manufacturers and clients until a satisfactory level of quality was achieved.

Bangor, Gwynedd

Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom

As the sole graphic designer, I designed packaging for our commercial bubble mixtures andevent graphics. I also created the branding for their foundation ‘Bubbles not Bombs’.

Bachelor’S Degree, Design For Industry, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Feminist Society, NUCreate

Web Development Foundation

A practical Web Development course that taught PHP, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and JQuery.

Ual Foundation Diploma, Art And Design Foundation, Distinction

High School, Physics, Mathematics, Product Design, Music, A* & 3 As

6th Form A-level courses.