My background is in UX/UI design, with experience working at Mendix and Cyberdog. My responsibilities at Mendix include following the established Product Canvas design approach, understanding the product vision, creating user personas, mapping out user journeys, and prototyping using UI software in low and high fidelity. I am also responsible for implementing high-fidelity designs and design systems into the Mendix platform through low-code, CSS/SCSS for the web, and React Native JavaScript styling for mobile applications.
Experience
Mendix
UX/UI Designer
Mendix, a Siemens Business, offers both no-code and low-code software in one integrated platform that enables the development of mobile and web applications at scale.
As a UX/UI Designer at Mendix, we 'Go Make It' by following our Product Canvas design approach. First, we understand the Product Vision - understanding motivations, use cases, the audience, roadblocks and the client's business goals. Next, we create User Personas to build empathy. Then map out our User Journeys, representing the user's steps to engage with a business process. Finally, we prototype in low & high fidelity using UI software.
Another aspect of my role is Design Implementation. I implement high-fidelity designs, and design systems, into the Mendix platform through Low-Code, CSS/SCSS for web, & React Native JavaScript styling for mobile applications.
We follow Agile project management, applying Scrum, allowing clients to review our progress regularly and ensure increments are on track based on the specification and user stories.
April 2022 — Present
Cyberdog
Multidisciplinary Designer
My role at Cyberdog was multidisciplinary. Responsibilities included:
Developing the e-commerce website by improving customer journeys through UX
Suggesting creative solutions to drive engagement with content, conversion and brand experience
Designing 3D virtual clothing
Creating visual assets for all digital channels including email marketing, social media, app and website.
Planning and hosting live and virtual events
Coordinating with marketing, event and PR teammates
Assisting in post-production of images and videos for online use
Reviewing competitors and keeping up to date with the latest trends in fashion
Delivering results under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
August 2020 — March 2022
Cyberdog
Sales
Cyberdog is a unique retail store in the centre of Camden Market specialising in neon, reflective rave clothing.
October 2017 — August 2020
Kitayah Music Ltd
Designer & Website Developer
Designer, Digital Content Creator & Website Developer for a London based music production company.
Website design and creation - front-end development
Music industry-specific responsibilities: uploading music to iTunes, Spotify, TuneCore, YouTube
Generating traffic to music content through Facebook and Google ads
Generating designs for branded content across social media
Supporting marketing campaigns by creating website elements, social assets, landing pages, and graphics.
Working with a range of clients to design and maintain their websites.
kitayah.com - Music Industry
draperfilmacademy.co.uk - Charity Organisation
drapertogether.org - Charity Organisation
August 2018 — March 2022
TalentWorks Studio
Multidisciplinary Designer
TalentWorks was a pop-up content creation studio for Southwark and Lambeth charities, social enterprises and community groups. I worked with two companies, Smiley’s PlayTime – a nursery, and Southwark Peace Garden – a community space promoting peace.
I produced work for real clients, collaborated across creative disciplines, developed ideas rapidly, presented concepts to clients, received and responded to feedback and worked efficiently to meet tight deadlines.
March 2019
Slaughter & May
Knowledge Applications and Assets Intern
During my time at one of the most prestigious law firms in the world - Slaughter and May, I was assigned to the Knowledge Applications team which focused on maintaining the firm's internal web browser.
I designed webpages for the firm’s internal website.
Coded email templates that were sent out to the whole firm.
This placement gave me an understanding of what corporate office work life is like.
I met people in the Tech Sector, from the testing team to telecoms.
Gained a wider understanding of how computer systems work.
Attended lectures demonstrating how hackers access data, and how to prevent them.
July 2016
Education
Sept. 2020 — Sept. 2021
Goldsmiths University
Sept. 2017 — Jul. 2020
University of the Arts London
Sept. 2015 — Jun. 2017
Central Foundation Boys’ School, Islington Sixth Form Consortium
UAL & WaterAid collaboration. Involved pitching an experience to the client. The brief set: design an experience to increase donations through one of the three approaches: educate, activate, or intervene. We designed a 4D immersive room where people could experience the conditions in countries affected by a clean water deficit.
November 2018 — January 2019
Team Leader & Participant
Global Design Studio
A collaboration between DMJX university (Copenhagen), and RMIT University (Melbourne). The project focused on online collaboration through services such as Fuze, Slack, and Appear to collaborate with teammates. During this time, I worked on a playable city brief, taking an aspect of the city and finding a way to deliver it as 'playable' for its citizens.
I was invited back in March 2020 to participate as a group leader/scrum master, supervising students on their projects, making sure they stuck to schedule and being there to assist with the work produced.
Working in partnership with r0g_, UNESCO and the UN, my professor invited me to work on this project. We investigated how social media was being used during the Anglophone Crisis In Cameroon. My responsibilities included:
Gathering data using the Facebook Graph API and Facepager
Sorting this data into .csv files
Discovering methods of displaying this data interactively
Coding an interactive webpage that displayed the results, using HTML, CSS & Javascript
I learnt how to build a computer and learnt what the different components of a computer do, such as the motherboard, capacitors, RAM, ROM, hard drives and how to install and change, operating systems.
January 2016 — March 2016
Skills
Brainstorming
Critical thinking
Collaboration
Experimentation
Time management
SketchUp
Prototyping
Wireframing
User research
Adobe XD
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Illustrator
Abode Photoshop
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Premiere Pro
React JS (Beginner)
HTML / CSS
JavaScript
3D Printing
Microsoft Word
PowerPoint, Excel
Adobe Creative Cloud
Proficient in Adobe XD, InDesign
Intermediate in Photoshop, Illustrator After Effects, Premiere Pro
Using InDesign to create designed PDFs for project submissions. Designing magazines, posters.
Completed an animation unit, I have a clear understanding on how After Effects works.
Adobe XD, creating prototypes of web/app interfaces and sharing them clients.
Communication
My degree has had a major influence on my communication skills.
I’ve been the recipient of many critiques and am confident when it comes to presenting my work.
Critiques have developed my communication skills and on the spot thinking.
Languages - English, Albanian & French
Albanian is my mother tongue. I am fluent in the Gheg dialect.
I studied French at school, and obtain a GCSE in the language.
