Who Am I?
I love both the arts and the sciences. It's probably why, in the end, I gravitated towards a career in UX. From development firstly, and then into design, my background leading me into UX has been varied. I meandered naturally into it and have since discovered that it is the perfect profession to utilise all of my skills. And that brings me a lot of joy and satisfaction :-)
I believe that everything I've gone through, learnt and experienced has helped shape me into the versatile UX generalist that I am today.
The development years
I started my career tinkering with code and building websites as a front-end developer. I enjoyed it and it gave me a solid grounding in building for the web, but I have to admit, when I saw the UX guys, with art supplies all over their tables, making paper prototypes, I did think 'That's so cool!' And I guess that's when the UX seed was first planted...
Skills acquired:
The design years
I took on some design projects and really started to learn and hone my skills in web and graphic design as well as how to run a business. After a stint freelancing in Hong Kong, I then joined a design agency back in the UK and specialised in graphic and web design. It was also here where I introduced UX processes, including building HTML prototypes, to the workflow.
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The UX & product design years
After all these years, what I've found is that I'm happiest at the intersection where design, science and business collide to create cool things and I really enjoy strategising, designing and building cool things.
Good UX in my opinion should draw from design backed by psychology, analytics and other science-based user research activity. It should also make sense from a business/development point of view. For these reasons, I feel UX is perfect for me. I'm a logical yet creative problem solver and have a deep appreciation for the design and technical sides as well as the business aspect. You can view some of my UX & product design work here.
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More about me
I meditate to find clarity, travel to find perspective and practise mindfulness to find focus. I'm an avid learner and strive to be the best version of myself every day and that includes being the best dad and husband I can be. I think the key to a good life is to keep on learning, keep trying new things and always be growing.
If you want to connect, just give me a shout!