Experience
An overview of my employment history and education
Employment
Senior UX Designer
Backbase
Jan 2023 - Present
Product: ‘Digital Lending’
UX Designer
Backbase
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
Product: ‘Digital Lending’
About Backbase
Backbase is a fintech company that helps over +150 banks globally to digitally transform their online banking platforms.
Designers and engineers within the R&D function will research, design and build banking experiences that are packaged and sold as accelerators to help banks mitigate the high-costs of building and maintaining their own services.
Product Designer
Future Publishing
Oct 2021 - Present
Product: ‘Home Energy Price Comparison’
About Future
I joined Future and their energy product proposition at a time where the UK energy market was being hit by price-caps and smaller suppliers were going bust: jeopardising the validity of the product offering.
As a result, I quickly pivoted back to Backbase.
UX Designer
Backbase
Mar 2021 - Oct 2021
Product: ‘Identity & Access Management’
Brand & Design Officer
Community Housing Cymru
2015 - 2019
About Community Housing Cymru
As a membership body for Welsh housing associations, Community Housing Cymru works with Welsh Government to ensure that the legislative and budgetary needs of their members were always considered.
Interactive Designer
Office for National Statistics
2013 - 2015
About the Office for National Statistics (ONS)
As the UK’s largest independent producer of official statistics, the ONS is responsible for collecting and publishing statistics related to the economy, population and society at national, regional and local levels. The also conduct the census in England and Wales every 10 years.
Designer
Monmouthshire Housing Association
2009 - 2013
About the Monmouthshire Housing Association (MHA)
MHA is the social housing provider for the Welsh county of Monmouthshire. Their vision and purpose is to provide and manage homes to those most in need by ensuring that they meet Welsh quality building standards.
Education
E-learning Membership
Interaction Design Foundation
2021 - Present
Achievements
20+ Course Certificates
7 Learning Distinctions
BA (Hons) Industrial Design (2:1)
Coventry University
2003 - 2007
Achievements
Obtained a professional work experience placement with ‘Enthoven Design Associates’, Belgium
Winner of a ‘London Executive Aviation’ Design Competition, UK
Shortlisted finalist in a ‘Reebok’ Design Competition, UK