Kortext (UX/UI Designer → UX Developer)
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Kortext (UX/UI Designer → UX Developer)

⭐ Achievements

  1. Helped transition the company into a user-centred design culture.
  2. Introduced the design and development teams to rapid prototyping techniques and tools which would help them validate ideas faster and waste less money developing throw-away code prototypes.
  3. Redesigned the two key parts of the app: the bookshelf and the reading experience.
  4. Helped deliver the redesigned application by learning Angular on-the-job and developing the front-end of the web application.
  5. Lead designer of the company's Assessment project (release date TBC).

Detailed work description

When I started at Kortext, I was a UX/UI Design Intern, which then became a full-time role as I completed my placement year at the company.

In this role, I was responsible for:

  • Analysing where problems were occuring
  • Ideating with a small team to find solutions to the problems
  • Mapping out user journeys for existing and new flows
  • Wireframing new concepts for feedback
  • Transforming those wireframes into high-fidelity prototypes

The original bookshelf design which was outdated, a cognitive overload and messy
The original bookshelf design which was outdated, a cognitive overload and messy

The redesigned bookshelf
The redesigned bookshelf

Soon into my placement year, it became apparent to the company that I had skills in development as well as design, so my job role was officially changed to UX Developer, which involved:

  • Sizing requirements and giving estimations of the time involved to build a feature
  • Implementing designs on the front-end of the production-facing web application
  • Facilitating communication between the Design and Development teams

The original reading experience - with a confusing layout and difficult interactions
The original reading experience - with a confusing layout and difficult interactions
The redesigned reading experience, which closer matched our target users' mental models and introduced the new Material-design
The redesigned reading experience, which closer matched our target users' mental models and introduced the new Material-design

Me presenting the new wireframes of the bookshelf and reading experience to the company
Me presenting the new wireframes of the bookshelf and reading experience to the company