🌌 I’m a UX/UI Designer with an eye on the future.
📱 To become a product designer with a global mindset, I want to focus on applying altruism & future thinking to my creative drive. I want to work with diverse individuals that will help me grow my knowledge in UX design while exposing me to paradigms that challenge my own. I believe this will help me construct more accessible, desirable, & lasting products.
📢 As a person who grew up in environments that helped attune my mentality to international & intersectional thinking, I aim to build experiences that help the respective industries I find myself in. My past experiences allow me to keep in mind the research goals, marketing goals, business goals, design goals, & user goals of work during my day-to-day tasks.
🔨 Being that creative junkie bursting with ideas, I now have the tools to implement these ideas effectively in work & play, ready to place myself at the forefront of future technological advancement.
🌈 A little background info
🌍 I grew up in Namibia & South Africa, always dreaming about space, technology and art. I used to want to be an inventor when I grew up, I suppose being a UX designer means I can be considered a modern-day inventor! Working with more digital tools and engineering new ways of interacting.
🎒 I attended two international schools as a result of moving countries, I gained the IB diploma in Cape Town which sparked my drive for critical thinking, self-research & interest in global affairs.
🎨 Being a fundamentally creative person, I felt I had to branch my working life into something creative too. UX design proved to be an incredible opportunity to exercise both professional & artistic muscles.
I haven’t looked back since!
🧠 How my design brain ticks
🙌 I tend to dwell on both the minor details & the big picture. Not an ideal mix, as it means I can become lost in the sea of ambiguity between the two. But making sense of it all gives me energy.
💭 Something that makes me happy to think about is that almost anything we interact with in our day to day was once nothing more than a thought. I want to be one of the people who has the thoughts that disrupt, change, & define the future of design.
🕵️♀️I focus heavily on iteration & validation in my day to day. I get second opinions, feedback & insights from those that critique with honest intentions. I am in no way a perfect designer, so I appreciate all the help I can get from people of all backgrounds. Because who knows, maybe your next best idea will be sparked by a driver, upholsterer or a consultant!
💎 Skills,
Tools &
Values
Soft skills:
Collaboration
Communication
Critical Thinking
Client Liaison & presentation
Product & Timeline Management
Industry Context Awareness
UX skills:
Prototyping
Wireframing
Figma Auto Layout
Eye for Detail
User Research
Usability Testing
Information Architecture
Presentation
Other:
Illustration
Copywriting
Graphic design
SEO know-how
Basic animation
Basic HTML & CSS
Tools:
Figma
Marvel
InVision
Squarespace
JIRA
Adobe Suite
🏆 Work experiences
SovTech
Product Designer:
2021 - 2022
Product design scoping & comms with product managers, developers & clients
UX research & definition of the product
In-depth wireframing, making use of interactive components, auto layout & smart animate
Client facing reviews that lead to final handoff and delivery of assets to the development team
Full-time work.
Credence Institute
UX/UI Designer:
2019 - 2021
Website development
Graphic design
Document design
Part-time contractual work.
Mzansi Meat Co.
Freelance Graphic Designer:
2020 - 2021
Corporate identity design
Graphic design
Document design
Freelance work.
Animal Advocacy Africa
UI Designer:
2020 - 2021
Corporate identity design
Website development
Document design
Part-time contractual work.
Yellow Door Collective
UX/UI & Marketing Intern:
Mar 2019 - Aug 2019
Website development
Digital marketing
Graphic design
Full-time internship.
🎓 Education
Career Foundry
Certificate in UX Design immersion:
Feb 2021 - Jun 2021
Gained my UX certification and specialization in UI design via Career Foundry.
CTCA
Bachelor of Arts in Interaction Design:
2016 - 2019
Gained my BA in Interaction Design from the Cape Town Creative Academy (CTCA).
HBIS
International Baccalaureate Diploma:
2011 - 2014
Gained my IB diploma at the Hout Bay International School in Cape Town.