User Centred Design Champion

Based in Surrey, UK

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User Centred Design Champion

User Centred Design Champion

Career history +
Achievements

Mesh-AI

03/23 - 10/23

Senior UXD Consultant

Reimagined a critical planning process for the UK’s energy distributor. The primary goal - to prevent regulatory fines, which have exceeded £100m. Practiced/coached face-to-face, moderated usability testing, to validate ideas, and understand users' needs.

  • Designed a React web app, utilised UI kits: MUI, Tailwind CSS, and MD3. Built interactive components and prototypes with Figma.

  • Solved complex problems and aligned the team through workshops.

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Bernadette

02/23 - 03/23

Senior UXD Consultant

Designed the 2023 homepage Information architecture, to showcase new vehicle launches, and bolster Kia’s position as a market leader in electric vehicles. Used data insights and benchmarking to shape ideas, and pitched these to the client.

British Gas

01/21 - 01/23

Senior UX Designer

Highlights from the mobile app team. Ran a design sprint, which enabled promotions to be surfaced in-app, via a CMS, circumventing the release process. £134k of revenue was generated in the first 2 weeks.

  • Recruited 6k+ active users during a research study, to examine needs/expectations for a new mobile app.

  • Built components and style foundations in Figma, and utilised design tokens to support engineering and a brand refresh.

Design sprint project

VCCP

02/20 - 11/20

UXD Consultant

Enabled O2’s customers to purchase hardware/accessories on finance. Teamed up with a UI designer and copywriter to shape ideas. Ran 25+ tests in UserZoom, to validate ideas and research goals.

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Rank Interactive

02/19 - 02/20

Senior UX Designer

Supported the business with its digital transformation objectives, cultural and strategic. Introduced the team to an evidence-based design approach (UserZoom + Adobe Analytics).

  • Designed concepts around business KPIs, to improve the player experience, in-game and across key journeys.

  • Improved team collaboration and stakeholder engagement with experience mapping and workshops.

  • Improved team collaboration and stakeholder engagement with experience mapping and workshops.

Moo.com

11/18 - 12/18

Experience Designer

Researched the top 3 issues that affected product performance, and created solutions to address these.

  • Identified trends through analysis of call center insights and conducted Guerrilla usability testing to steer decision-making.

  • Worked with engineers to spin up a prototype for testing.

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Manifesto Digital

10/18 - 12/18

UXD Consultant

Designed/validated aspects of the information architecture, and navigation for kew.org. Created a test plan and executed this through Guerrilla, moderated usability testing, and surveys.

Payment Sense

05/18 - 07/18

Senior UX Designer

Devised the content strategy, IA, and interactions for the evolution of paymentsense.com. Leveraged behavioural data, and stakeholder knowledge, to maximise the opportunity to deliver value.

British Gas

11/15 - 04/18

UX Designer (Perm)

Proved the value of UX within product teams and across the organisation, for a variety of digital transformation projects.

  • Migrated 200+ web pages, which saw click-through rates into key journeys increase by >1000%.

  • Saved tens of thousands of pounds in dev costs, using MVP tests.

  • Monitored performance with Decibel Insight and Adobe Analytics.

  • Became a usability testing pro - recruitment to running the observation room, and writing reports.

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Rooster Money

08/15 - 09/15

UX Designer

Designed the information architecture and interactions for a native iOS app. Created wireframes for usability testing, and to aid visual design/development.

Jerram Marketing

03/15 - 05/15

UX Designer

Defined the content strategy, information architecture, and visual language for several lead generation websites. Pitched concepts to clients using interactive prototypes.

TXO Systems

05/14 - 12/14

Web Designer

Fulfilled part of an SEO plan. This involved content optimisation through keyword planning, research, and plugging accessibility issues. Several key pages appeared in second position, on page 1 of SERP.

John Lewis
Partnership

03/14 - 04/14

Web Designer

Designed and built responsive email templates using a mobile-first approach.

Huumun

09/13 - 12/13

HTML Developer

Built UI components for iPad-specific, interactive presentations to visualise data-rich content, with adaptations in 30 languages. Worked with HTML5, CSS3, and animated SVG’s.

Orckid

05/12 - 03/13

Digital Designer

Designed, built, and optimised web pages/journeys for Verbatim, Cleansui, and PH Jones. Used HTML, CSS, and PHP.

Pistachio Design

02/12 - 04/12

Digital Designer

Design, branding, and layout of printed and digital assets for SMEs.

Stella & Dot

11/11 - 02/12

Web and video designer (Perm)

The creative force behind the weekly buzz. A video diary, email newsletter, and web update; to engage new and existing partners.

  • Shot/edited video content using Adobe Premiere Pro.

  • Managed content with Drupal and Ooyala.

  • Designed and launched emails with Responsys.

Regus

09/11 - 11/11

Web designer

Created email templates and web banners.

Isrighthere

10/09 - 08/11

Creative Designer (Perm)

Designed the GUI for an IPTV/VOD, hotel-entertainment system, and associated marketing assets.

Training +
Education

Akendi

03/16 - 06/16

Journey mapping + usability testing

Attended short courses and explored these techniques in practical workshops.

TVU

04/09 - 06/09

Web design for business beginners

Learned design and development practices for building standards-compliant websites.

London College
of Fashion

10/03 - 06/06

BA Hons Fashion photography

My dissertation and final major project investigated the use of subliminal messages in advertising, and the effects on consumer behavior.

East Berkshire
College

09/01 - 06/03

AVCE Art & Design, AS Level Photography, AS Level Graphic Design

Nurtured creativity and trained my eye.

Hobbies +
Interests

Hobbies

After hours

Kayaking, music production, travel, creating digital products, and Shopify.

Personal Projects

2014 - 2015

Bowtie App

Spearheaded product design for a native Android app. Embraced material design goals and principles. Worked with offshore developers to realise the vision. Bowtie intended to disrupt the business card industry.

Shall We

Run a design sprint, implement a research plan, create a UI that is intuitive and delights your users.

Built entirely in Framer, by Dean Mistlin.

© 2025 needsgoals.com.

UCD

User Centred Design Champion

Shall We

Run a design sprint, implement a research plan, create a UI that is intuitive and delights your users.

Built entirely in Framer, by Dean Mistlin.

© 2025 needsgoals.com.

UCD

User Centred Design Champion

Shall We

Run a design sprint, implement a research plan, create a UI that is intuitive and delights your users.

Built entirely in Framer, by Dean Mistlin.

© 2025 needsgoals.com.

UCD

User Centred Design Champion