About me
My name is Leith and I am a User Experience Researcher/Designer, living in Pinner, North West London.
My hard skills listed on my CV are at a junior UX level but I have strong soft skills and expertise that I can bring to compliment them.
I'm not your usual General Assembly graduate.
I've successfully transitioned from a senior role in the health industry, to undertake a completely new career in UX. This has given me the confidence to acquire new skills quickly, adapt effectively to a different culture and grow under the stimulus of creativity, communication and collaboration. It reinforces my passion for UX and the drive to become a valuable part of a developing team.
I have transferable skills appropriate to UX.
These include creative problem-solving, good decision-making abilities, presentation skills, an ability to translate technical investigations into common speak, and the establishing of rapport with clients through empathy and trust. I can analyse experiences & interpret situations quickly and readily. See my CV soft skills.
Serving in the UK's Special Forces gave me the courage, endurance, and the quick-wittedness to be a high functioning and responsive professional in very stressful environments for prolonged periods of time. It also helped develop my sense of humour - the keystone to creativity.
I have enthusiasm for user research, problem solving and invention. I am inquisitive and love interacting with users to uncover their needs, distilling the data into meaningful insights. I love storytelling and the creative innovation that can transform ideas into reality with human-centric designs. I enjoy turning complex business requirements into purposeful, beautiful, and engaging designs that positively disrupts the way users manage their lives and resources.
Leith Brown.
Skills
Sector Experience
Mediation, Mindfulness Teacher, Presentation, User experience designer
Clients
GoodGym.org; OpinYour; Hedge My Future; BMindful.co.uk; Fieldworks