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About me

I am contracting as a Web/UI Designer for an e-commerce company - Attractiontickets.com - that specializes in the travel industry which sells attraction tickets, hotel stays and package holidays across the globe.

Having been at the company since 2012, I have gained a great deal of experience in all aspects of designing for web and print and was part of a UI team dedicated to conversion rate optimization and testing.

My role involved working with front-end and back-end developers and as part of a team of conversion rate analysts that tested designs and concepts using Google Analytics. Projects ranged from improving UI across a range of websites, ensuring that all designs are implemented to a high standard and developing and keeping our brand identity consistent.

After moving back to South Africa from London earlier this year and have been working remotely as a contractor for the same company since June 2021. My role now mainly involves collaborating with developers & stakeholders to ease the user experience (especially when it comes to complicated products) and prototyping designs.

I enjoy illustrating, advancing my software skills and aim to bring creativity from my background studying art to any project I am involved in.

I also designed and oversaw marketing collateral for our special offers and campaigns. Offers usually involved putting together a cohesive creative suite which consists of onsite banners and assets, creative for all social media channels, email newsletters, animated display banners, press adverts and print material.

I learned to use the Adobe Web Suite while working at ATD Travel Services as a Junior and built up my skills to a point where I tutored other Juniors too. The marketing and design department used Monday software to manage and projects and tasks.

Our developing team used Jira to organize and assign and pass on and communicate project status as well as Confluence for documentation. As part of both design and dev teams I am comfortable working in both and used Slack, mainly to ease communication between teammates, especially with remote working becoming key.

At present I am updating my skillset with resources and tutorials offered by Adobe Creative Cloud as well as online courses like Udemy where I am completing a Figma Megacourse.

Aside as my qualification as an Adobe Certified Associate in Web & Rich Media Communication using Dreamweaver and Flash, I have a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art (2005) and completed my Masters Degree in Illustration in 2008 at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE

- Advanced in Figma (a collaborative browser-based interface design tool)
- Advanced in Adobe XD for prototyping web pages and interactions
- Proficient in Adobe Illustrator
- Balsamic for wireframing
- Proficient in Photoshop for image editing for web and print design
- Creating static banner adverts and creating assets for html banners and XD prototypes
- Advanced in creating icons and logos using Illustrator for web and print
- Adept in InDesign for setting up press adverts
- Advanced in creating html banner adverts using Google Web Designer
- Basic understanding of CMS Drupal 8
- Intermediate understanding of HTML & CSS through Dreamweaver experience
- Familiar with project management software like Atlassian (Jira and Confluence),
- Familiar with Monday and Slack
- Proficient on both PC and Mac operating systems

Details

AvailabilityLooking for work

ContractPerm, Freelance, Temp-Perm, Part time, Remote

LocationHermanus, 7002201: South Africa

Working locationsHermanus, London: United Kingdom

Skill LevelMiddleweight, Senior

LanguagesEnglish, Afrikaans

Tagged Job TitlesUser Experience (UX) Designer, Web Designer, Illustrator

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Brand / Logo Design, Icon Design, Illustration, UX/UI, Web Design

Sector Experience

Design, E-Commerce, UI / UX, Web Design

Clients

ATD Travel Services

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