Catherine A.

Catherine A.

UX/UI Designer

9 yrs experience · London, UK · 30-40 hrs/week

About

Hi there! I’m Cat, a London-based UX designer with a shared love of code and aesthetics. I build immersive and beautiful digital products by combining user-centred design with business strategy to amplify my clients’ impact, influence, and reach

Skills

Affinity DiagramsDesignDesign ResearchDesign SystemsFigmaProcess ImprovementUI/UX DesignUXUX CopywritingUX WritingUX researchUsability TestingUser FlowsUser PersonasUser-Centered Design

Experience

  • Lead UX Designer & Founder · Dezignovate2023

    Dezignovate is a design community app aims to bring together designers from all backgrounds and skill levels to share, learn, and grow through the exchange of ideas, inspiration, and feedback, as well as by providing access to courses, groups, events, and workshops created by industry leaders.

  • UX Designer · Barclays04-01-2022 – 01-01-2023

    BA4 As a Barclays UX Designer, I work within a cross-functional team (UX researchers, UI designers, UX copywriters, product owners, solution architects, BAs, and developers). My tasks include: - Pushing constantly for a customer-centric approach whilst delivering on required business objectives - Leading and executing the UCD process from start to finish including, as appropriate, the delivery of personas, user journeys, sketches, wireframes and interactive prototypes - Identifying and implementing process improvements within the team and ensure all outputs adhere to relevant policies and standards e.g. channel, accessibility, brand, design language - Facilitating and leading workshops, presentations and walkthrough sessions as required to explore business requirements, promote shared knowledge and stakeholder buy in - Gathering in-depth insights into user’s needs and motivations and organise content and information across our digital products to deliver a positive experience - Working closely with stakeholders and product owners to explore and understand their business outcomes and produce concepts and designs that deliver those outcomes - Delivering designs for digital experiences, focused on user needs, for delivery within quality, time, and cost constraints - Keeping up-to-date and distributing knowledge on industry best practices, the latest thinking, and trends in order to deliver fresh and relevant designs

  • UX Designer · Barclays04-01-2022 – 01-01-2023
  • UX Designer · Barclays04-01-2022 – 01-01-2023

Education

  • University of the Arts LondonMasters of Arts (MA), User Experience (UX) Design
  • Flatiron SchoolCertificate, UX/UI Design
  • Arden UniversityBachelor of Science (BS, BSc) Hons, Computing
  • DesignationCertificate, Design Fundamentals

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