Personal details

Helen C. - Remote product UI/UX designer

Helen C.

Based in: 🇩đŸ‡ș Australia
Timezone: Sydney (UTC+10)

Summary

With 15 years of experience in the creative industry, I bring a wealth of expertise as a UX/UI Designer, with a demonstrated history in graphic design and art direction. I excel in problem-solving and visual communication, placing a premium on collaboration and creativity to address challenges effectively. Having worked extensively in both the public and private sectors, I have successfully executed projects from concept to completion that showcase my commitment to human-centered design and aligning them with overarching business goals.

In addition to my UX/UI design work, I currently serve as a UX/UI Mentor and a Graphic Design Mentor. In this capacity, I facilitate live sessions and provide guidance to self-paced students, demonstrating my commitment to mentorship and knowledge sharing within the design community.

Work Experience

Senior UX/UI Designer
Design Farm Collective | Jan 2022 - Present
Responsive Design
Jira
UI design
Sketch
Confluence
Branding
Balsamiq
Design Thinking
User Research
Adobe XD
Figma
Design Systems
Miro
Notion
User interviews
User personas
UX design

A collaborative role working closely with Design, Brand and Product leadership to shape the overall vision and product or service strategy.

  • Facilitate human-centred design activities with stakeholders and users to understand user needs, business goals and priorities.
  • Work alongside with Strategists and Service Designers to identify underlying assumptions, and design experiments to validate them in the delivery of key customer priorities.
  • Articulating complex ideas and strategic workflows into simple and comprehensive infographic diagrams.
  • Responsible for UX design for a government service, from concept to execution. Work closely with government stakeholders, ensuring processes and interactions were simple, effective and accessible.
  • Consulting with the project team and determining visual design preferences and expectations.
UX/UI Design Mentor & Graphic Design Mentor
Academy Xi | Feb 2020 - Present
UI design
Sketch
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
User Research
UX/UI Design
Adobe XD
User flows
Figma
Miro
User interviews
User personas
UX design

Mentorship role serves as a support system for self-paced and
part-time online course.

  • Hosting weekly live sessions which facilitates discussions,
    runs through additional activities, and provide guidance and
    feedback on student assignments.
  • Engage students in workshops, practical exercises, real examples; work to embed knowledge through practice.
  • Informing of industry trends and resources in order to provide cutting edge extra-curricular material in support of students’ learnings.
  • Teaching of design thinking concepts and techniques with tools
    where necessary.

Education

Interaction Design Foundation
Certificate・UX Management: Strategy & Tactics
Mar 2024 - Jun 2024
Interaction Design Foundation
Certificate・Accessibility: How to Design for All
Mar 2024 - Jun 2024