IMEH AKPAN AVAILABLE FOR: FREELANCE WORK Get In Touch DESIGN RESEARCH INTERACTION DESIGNER USER EXPERIENCE Currently based in London, I am a User Experience (UX), Interaction (IxD) designer and strategist with 4 years experience working with consultancies and start-ups. I hold a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science with Business Management and MSc in Human Computer interaction with Ergonomics. I have presented work at CHI2013 and UXPA2014. My focus is on designing for the urban enviroment; mobile, interactive screens and tangible products. I am keen to understand and find solutions to design challenges through insight from real world observation of human behaviour, to experiment and explore emerging technologies and through iterative prototyping create experiences that are enjoyed and remembered. We are fascinating creatures full of unbridled potential when we dare to explore and experience and I want to enable this by putting people in the centre of the creative experience. Wunderman | BRAND AGENCY 05/2014 - 07/2014 Senior User Experience Architect London Working mainly with Virgin Media Business for the launch of SMB products and service offering and Microsoft on an ROI calculator. The delivery for both projects included: -- Lead contextual enquiry and scenario based focus groups ----- Participating in workshops to understand the client’s business and requirements. Defining the user experience strategy, user journeys and concepts. Specifying the site structure and content requirements. Creating documentation ( wireframes using Omnigraffle, sitemaps, process flows) that fully describes the structure and functionality of the recommended solution, so it could be picked up by their external build partner. -- Presenting work to client stakeholders. -- Ensuring deliverables meet specified deadlines and level of quality. a Website e Email Address http://www.imehakpan.com [email protected] SKILLS Requirement gathering Affinity sorting Paper prototyping Heuristic evaluations Competitor review Scenarios User flows Site maps Wireframing (lo-fi/hi-fi) Visual design User testing Presentation & reports Prototyping Web analytics TOOLS Omnigraffle, Balsamic, Axure Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign AfterEffects, Fireworks Microsoft Office and Keynote TECHINCAL HTML5, CSS, jQuery FUTUREBRANDS | BRAND AGENCY 04/2014 - 05/2014 Senior User Experience Architect London - Creating user personas for the US mapping company Mapquest. - Building believable user archetypes that the client can buy into. - Based on ethnographic research that had already been carried out - Used in conjunction with some brand architecture work. VOICECANDY | START-UP 02/2014 - 03/2014 User Experience Architect/ Visual Design London Voice Candy is a new dating app currently being developed, the focus is on personality, users record messages which are played first before pictures are revealed. -- UX recommendations based on user testing for the splash screen, using the app for the first time and user profile. -- MVP Visual designs for profile and find a match screen. -- Rebranding DETICA CREATIVE | CONSULTANCY 10/2012 - 08/2013 User Experience Architect/Front-End Developer London -- Following Agile and SCRUM methodologies -- Worked closely with the clients, attended and leading client workshops. -- Following the UCD process, planned and conducted one-to-one interviews and focus groups -- Producing user personas,user journeys, site maps and wireframes. -- Technical solutions and planning -- HTML, CSS, javascript, third-party APIs. EDUCATION CLIENTS: Management Consultancies Association (MCA), EE, Hutchison 3G Three, MOD BBC R&D | FUTURE MEDIA 03/2012 - 03/2012 User Experience Architect/ Interaction Design London Design and evaluation of an interaction through which additional media content might be experienced on a mobile device while listening to the radio and driving. ------- Lead contextual enquiry and scenario based focus groups Created personas grounded in user research Storyboards, to establish user requirements and create initial designs. Paper prototypes and Wireframes, representing core functionality Iterative user testing. Final concept poster presented to the client MSc Human-Computer Interaction with Ergonomics 09/2011 - 09/2012 Division of Psychology and Language Sciences University College London, U. of London BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Business Management 09/2004 - 09/2007 Queen Mary, U. of London WHY WE SHOULD WORK TOGETHER! ----- My ability to work within a team of creatives as well alone My ability to conceptualise and think visually My techincal skills enhances my research and design of interaction and I LOVE WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING ! for more information on what I’ve been working on CHECK OUT MY ONLINE PORTFOLIO AT: WWW.IMEHAKPAN.COM