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Auckland, NZ

• Designed key self-service initiatives to improve customer experience and reduce calls to the contact center.
• Translated customer needs and business requirements into designs, including wireframes, mockups, and prototypes in Figma.
• Conducted user tests and utilizing data analytics tools such as Hotjar and Google Analytics to drive data-informed decisions.
• Collaborated with cross-functional, agile teams including developers, business analysts, product owners, copywriters, stakeholders, and more.

• Ownership of the company's Figma account and overall design direction.
• Established a design system in Figma to support fast creation of white labeled client projects, while ensuring that designs were consistent and cohesive.
• Designed wireframes, mockups and prototypes for client mobile apps.
• Developed a Mockup Generator to automatically create mockups based on brand information found on the clients' websites, speeding up mockup creation by 99%.
• Redesigned and developed the company website in Figma and Webflow.

Conceptualized and designed low-fidelity wireframes and high-fidelity mockups and prototypes of mobile apps for a range of clients. Reviewed UI teams' designs and provided guidance where needed.

• Included my responsibilities as Full Stack Developer & UI Designer, plus:
• Project lead: managed team workloads and monitored team progress with daily standups. Provided guidance where needed.
• Project auditing: audited clients' existing projects by identifying areas of improvement in security, UI/UX, and general code health.
• Recruitment: conducted interviews to assess applicants' technical skills and cultural fit within the team.

• End-to-end software (mobile, web, desktop) design and development for startup and enterprise clients, including Progressive Enterprises, Bayleys, The Coffee Club, and Whitebait Media TV Productions.
• Designed wireframes and mockups in Figma of Android and iOS apps.
• Project architecture and development of mobile apps in Objective C, Java, and Flutter.
• Communicated with clients throughout the project life cycle, including the Requirements Gathering phase, User Acceptance Testing phase, and any support required throughout.

Auckland, New Zealand

• Mohio was a startup company and the creators of Mohiomap, a data visualization and exploration tool for cloud storage platforms such as Dropbox, Evernote, and Google Drive.
• Designed high-fidelity user interface mockups in Photoshop
• Developed features for Mohiomap using primarily JavaScript and PHP
• Created an internal dashboard for displaying important business metrics such as conversion rate, user engagement, frequency of usage for various features, and many more

Auckland, New Zealand

• Bolstered clients' online presence by designing and creating websites for their small businesses.
• Improved website traffic by applying Search Engine Optimization practices.

Auckland, New Zealand

Digital Technology Product Solutions, Ux Design

An intensive, nine-week training program on the methods and principles of UX Design. Topics included: • Applying agile software delivery.

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science And Information Systems