Expertise
UX Design Strategy
Always using the most current design philosophies with the most intuitive user interfaces. Able to wireframe mockups with user journey planning & rapid prototyping techniques.
UI Development
Build HTML 5/CSS 3 compliant websites using advanced selectors and a range of appropriate rules to suit a range of browsers and new and old. skill set: jQuery, Javascript & front end frameworks, plus Wordpress.
Information Architecture (IA)
Ability to analyse various traffic sources and group user journeys into specific maps to make expert design decisions. Write reports and give training on best practices.
UI Web Design
Work with grid principles on a range of different devices, complying with branding guidelines and colour schemes. Ability to produce a global experience langauge, which ties in to the overall user experience.
About
Having worked in the industry for more than 10 years and being an active user of information technology. User Experience and interaction design have been the heart of decision making when building new websites and mobile-based applications.
Over the last 5 years, I have helped companies solve problems with their digital services by better understanding what types of technology users of their services use the most. Analysing interactions with pages and recommending better user journeys with reporting techniques on a regular basis.
This whole process comprises of initial analysis of current digital services, design of wireframes encompassing a range of modern mobiles and tablets in portrait and landscape mode, with a user centered design focus in all circumstances.
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full user analysis
Website traffic with a variety of different browser & device technology.
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UX / UI design
Designing user journeys and wireframes for a wide range of devices.
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UI Developmemnt
Competent with a wide range of front end technologies and frameworks.
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Mobile Consultant
Analyse userbility and recommend best practices for a wide range touch screen computers.
Projects
English Heritage
Co-op Mobile App
BCU - Birmingham City University
Just Search LTD
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English Heritage
Built HTML5 / CSS3 compliant web templates using SCSS (grunt.js) compiled CSS with foundation framework. Designed global experience language grids for mobile / tablets with varying scales of viewing modes. -
Co-op Mobile App
This was a mobile application prototype, designed using a mixture of tools; Photoshop UI and Blueprint (iPad UX architecture design app). The app was designed as a proof of concept to show stake holders what could be achieved for the Cooperatives current members. -
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BCU - Birmingham City University
Main duties were to analyse the current information architecture and design new mega menu layouts for all 22 schools across newly divided faculties. This consisted of drafting user flows, wireframes and HTML5 builds. -
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Just Search LTD
Duties involved deep link analysis of clients websites to provide a complete online marketing process for organic search engine optimisation (SEO) campaigns. CMS site editing and consultation was given to stake holders.
English heritage
Midlands Co-op
BCU – Birmingham City University
Just Search LTD
Recommendations
UI/UX Blog
Best Practice on Referencing jQuery
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UX / UI Grid Layout – Mobile, Tablet & PC’s
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Using Axure RP for UX Journey / Interaction Mapping
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Mobile UX decisions – Font sizes
Last year when working for a large organisation i was designing a new layout for various modes of touch screen technology. Mobiles, tablets and decided to check what font sizes were being used and in the development process, usually three different sizes for small, medium and large. These sizes correspond to mobiles being small, tablets[…]