My Resumé
Profile
A highly skilled, proactive and versatile User Experience professional with 10 years' experience designing, developing and managing digital projects across a range of sectors. A leader by example and an excellent communicator with an outstanding generalist-specialist skillset and a proven track record of consistently delivering excellence.
Key Knowledge & Experience
- 10 years' industy experience in design, development and management roles
- Formal training to Masters' level in the theory and practice of digital design
- Fluent in a wide variety of industry-standard tools, technologies and media
- Outstanding communication skills — written, verbal and presentational
- Fully conversant with traditional waterfall and Agile development methodologies
Achievements
- Designed a sucessful and widely-praised UI revamp for Autodesk® Navisworks® software - a product line that generates over $20 million per year in revenue.
- Implemented and continually improved design processes within an internationally-distributed team, ensuring that designs of the highest possible standards were delivered in a timely manner.
- Managed successful multi-disciplinary teams through full project life-cycle on flagship 3D visualisation systems for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2008 football tournaments.
- Designed and developed a critically acclaimed educational multimedia application for children with over 20,000 users to date and a host of international design awards.
Experience
Senior User Experience Designer @ Autodesk
April 2008 - Present- Designed a range of new and improved features, including an entirely new user interface for the Navisworks product line, all extremely well received at all levels.
- Implemented design processes from the ground up on joining the product team as the sole designer.
- Acted as Product Steward, playing a pivotal role in decision-making processes throughout the full life-cycle.
- Conducted a range of presentations to senior executives, design review sessions, technical discussions, usability tests and customer interviews.
Senior Project Manager @ RE:MEDIA
May 2006 - April 2008- Designed and developed flagship multimedia projects for world-renowned clients
- Managed projects through full life cycle, including the management of the team’s time, budget, quality, issue and risk.
- Played a central role in all phases of projects, including requirements gathering, conceptual design, specification, development and testing
Designer/Developer (Team Lead) @ RE:MEDIA
August 2003 - May 2006- Designed and developed websites and applications for high-profile corporate clients using a wide range of industry-standard technologies
- Led a multi-skilled team on a range of web and multimedia projects
- Produced team schedules and progress reports
Web & Multimedia Developer (Student Placement) @ Hub Interactive
June 2001 - August 2002- A highly successful 14-month industrial placement during the third year of a B.A. (Hons.) Interactive Multimedia degree
Education
Master of Arts, Interactive Multimedia @ Staffordshire University
September 2004 - June 2007- Passed with Distinction
- Studied part-time while employed at RE:MEDIA
- Thesis title: “Designing ASP.NET Web Applications with Multimedia Content: A Project Management Perspective”
Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Interactive Multimedia @ Staffordshire University
September 1999 - June 2003- Passed with First Class Honours
- A modular course, taught jointly between the School of Computing and the School of Art & Design. Included modules on Human-Computer Interaction, Accessibility and Usability, Hypermedia, Database Design, Multimedia Systems Design, Hypermedia and more.
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