The showcase
Sample project
Post Office (via Royal London Insurance)
Work carried out: Undertook usability and design work for Post Office's Free Parent Life Cover scheme while contracting for Royal London Insurance. Scheme now running successfully nationwide.
- Full usablility i.e. liaising with senior stakeholders, sketching solution, wireframing, prototyping in Axure
- Creating high-fidelity design using Illustrator. Took into consideration client branding and styleguide
- Creating responsive web design so application works across mobile, tablet, and laptop/PC
- Creating master template in HTML5 and CSS3 and supplying it to Senior Front-End programmers to use it as a starting point for the pages
- Team had 11 members
Download Post Office wireframe (391 KB)
View work live on Post Office website (click 'apply now' button)
Business-to-business application
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McKesson (System C)
Work carried out: Undertook intense UX work for major projects including designing high contrast version for a touch screen Patient Check In kiosk used by major hospitals around UK, and complete usability optimisation on a complex community care plan application handling and managing thousands of patient live data. Application created to be responsive web design.
Skills used: Axure (Rapid Prototyping), Balsamiq, Paper Prototyping, Accessibility, HTML5, CSS3, Photoshop, Responsive Web Design, Agile, Pair Programming
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University of Manchester
Work carried out: Created a metro effect (similar to Windows 8) for an internal application to be used by students and staff throughout university. Simplified complex application to be user-friendly whilst maintaining advanced features of the application. Presented ideas to Executive Committee who approved them. Application created to be responsive web design.
Skills used: HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap(CSS), JQuery, Javascript, Balsamiq, Paper Prototyping, Accessibility, Photoshop, Responsive Web Design, Agile, Pair Programming
View University of Manchester's website
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Torex (now Micros Retail Systems)
Work carried out: Conceptualised new user flow for a complex social media dashboard used by global retail managers to create promotion instantly. New flow still retained advanced features of the application but was now user-friendly and intuitive. Application created to be responsive web design.
Skills used: Balsamiq, Paper Prototyping, Accessibility, HTML5, CSS3, SASS (CSS), JQuery, Javascript, Photoshop, Responsive Web Design, Ruby on Rails, MVC, Agile, Pair Programming
View Micros Retail Systems' website
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Content Management System (CMS): Manchester Metropolitan University
Utilised TERMINALFOUR (T4) CMS to manage this content-heavy website with a global audience.
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E-commerce: JD Williams
Designed the product listing and product page. Design utilised across 27 brands earning £70 million a month.
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E-commerce: Auto Trader
Designed the selling and registration section of this monster site. Attracts over 30 million customers per month! Number 1 in Google ranking for 'cars'.
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Content Management System (CMS): University of Liverpool
Worked on SuperSTEM - world leading research centre for Microscopy. Reference site allowing scientist around the globe to register interest and request meeting. In addition to the website, I designed their logo too.
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Wow: Waverton Good Read
An open book with page tabs as navigation and bookmarker as copyright. Design has a beautiful timeless quality to it...
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E-commerce: Auto Trader - South Africa
Developed the accessible front-end. Winner of Best Automative E-commerce Site 2009. Attracts over 425,000 customers per month. Number 1 in Google for 'car south africa'.