User Experience Designer

Andy Gates – UX Designer

I see UX as the creative solution to the challenges surrounding how people engage and interact with technology. I enjoy enhancing the relationship people have with technology, I always strive to make my designs feel seamless and intuitive.

My experience in UX has given me a strong foundation of UX Design, User Testing, Data Driven Design, Test Driven Development, UX Methodologies, UI Best Practice, Interaction Design and Front End Web Development. I am a big advocate for team collaboration to execute the best experience for users as possible.

Andy Gates - UX Designer

Skills

These are a selection of the best software I have used in my career.

From user journey mapping, user journey analysis, creating design systems, high level prototypes, full spec UI & most importantly user testing.

Figma

The true combination of versatile design systems combined with high level test worthy prototypes

Figma

Userzoom

Selecting accurate users for target demographics, everything from information sorting to user testing

Userzoom

Content Square

Analysing user journeys, comparing pages. For true user insights there is no substitute for Content Square

Content Square

Sketch

The original responsive symbol library system. Sketch is still a brilliant piece of design software, truly reaches it's potential when it is paired with Invision

Sketch

Axure RP

A very powerful prototyping tool. The use of dynamic panels with support of inline javascript can make incredibly accurate prototypes

Axure RP

Adobe Creative Cloud

XD, Photoshop & Illustrator are still powerful tools utilised in day to day creation of web assets

Adobe Creative Cloud

Design Tools

Figma
Sketch
Axure RP
Adobe Creative Suite
Affinity Photo

UX Tools

Content Square
Userzoom
Agile Working
Jira

Research & Testing

User research
A/B Testing
Usability Testing

Web Languages

HTML
CSS

AI Tools

Chat GPT
DALL·E

Soft Skills

Creative Problem Solving
Team Collaboration
Project Management
Stake Holder Management

Articles