I am currently employed as a UI / UX designer by CareWorks in Dublin, Ireland. Careworks produce software for the Social Services sector, in Ireland, the UK, and the USA.
As UI / UX designer I work with three separate products, CareDirector US, CareDirector UK, both built on a Dynamics CRM platform, and CareWorks’ mobile app, Integrate. I am responsible for the research, wireframing, accessibility, prototyping and design of all UIs, and related web portals.
I have over eleven years experience working in UI and UX design, before that I worked as a web designer.
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’m starting a one-year research MSc, in IADT in October 2019.
I have another site, www.crUX.ie, which is an ever-growing library of bite-sized descriptions of the psychological heuristics and principles, found in UI and UX design.
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
- Visual Studio
- Microsoft Blend / Silverlight
- Xamarin Forms
- Visio
- Marvel App
- Proto.io
- InVision
- ProtoPie
Accessibility
In my current role, designing for the social services sector, accessibility compliance is a legal requirement. I have been responsible for the management of three successful accessibility audits, of public portals CareWorks produced, by the Wales-based, Shaw Trust, 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
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.