About

Cormac Maher photoProduct Design Lead at Cora Systems. My day-to-day job involves the research, wireframing, accessibility, prototyping and design of Cora Systems’ products, as well as planning and overseeing the long-term UX direction of these products.

I have over twelve years experience working in Product, UX, and UI design.

I studied Industrial Design in IT Carlow followed by a PgDip, with distinction,  in UX design in IADT (Institute of Art Design and Technology) Dun Laoghaire.

I have experience:

  • Designing for the web (HTML, CSS)
  • App design (Android XML, Windows XAML)
  • Responsive design
  • Accessibility (WCAG, Section 508)
  • Accessibility audits
  • SEO

Software and Apps I use:

  • Adobe Creative Suite – Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver
  • Adobe XD
  • Axure
  • InVision
  • Marvel App
  • Microsoft Blend / Silverlight
  • Proto.io
  • ProtoPie
  • Visio
  • Visual Studio
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Xamarin Forms

Accessibility

I have managed multiple successful accessibility audits, of public portals, by the Wales-based, Shaw Trust, the audits check for Section 508 compliance, AA compliance, and AAA compliance.

I have experience designing for and testing with:

  • Accessibility Testing / Design
  • JAWS 11
  • Dragon NaturallySpeaking
  • Colour Contrast Analyzer
  • CSS based designs
  • W3C standards compliant (x)HTML & CSS.

Other Stuff

Codepen.io

Instagram

Vimeo

This portfolio only covers a small part of my body of work. If you would like to see more samples, of any particular type, please contact me.