🌌 I’m a product designer with an eye on the future.
📱 As a product designer with a global mindset, I focus on applying altruism & future thinking to my creative drive. I strive to work with diverse individuals who will help me grow my knowledge in UX design while exposing me to paradigms that challenge my own. This helps me construct more accessible, desirable, & lasting products for all.
📢 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, and being a UX designer can mean I’m something of a digital inventor in the modern day! 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 have 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 who 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 chef, an upholsterer, or a consultant!
💎 Skills,
Tools &
Values
Soft skills:
Collaboration
Communication
Critical Thinking
Client Liaison & presentation
Product & Timeline Management
Industry Context Awareness
Personable nature
Great personality hire energy ✨
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
Woodworking
I’m a great cook 🧑🍳
Tools:
Figma
UserTesting
Jira
Notion
Google Suite
Mobbin
🏆 Work experiences
Luno
Product Designer:
2022 - Present
Leading with impact & ROI using agile delivery tactics, end-to-end design process & validation.
Understanding of multiple domains, from onboarding to business accounts, & more.
Utilising data to inform design decisions, managing stakeholder expectations, & driving engaging experiences tailored to customer & business needs.
Contributing to the internal design systems library of components, templates, & source files.
Full-time work.
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.