Let's talk
about Darren.
A designer from the UK, Boston Spa to be precise, right in amongst it in “that there York-shire”.
I hail originally from Middlesbrough, up in the North East. Yes, that place where they eat those Parmo things.
I’ve worked in design for 15+ years, at global corporates to the man and his dog at the end of the road. Both internally and freelance, I can turn my hand to many things...
User interface (UI), product & visual design.
Front-end coding (HTML / CSS / JS) & responsive design.
Design leadership & colleague mentoring.
Implementation & passion for design consistency, pattern libraries, design systems & the likes.
Ability to prototype from low to hi-fidelity using tools such as Axure, Marvel, Principle through to hard-coded HTML, CSS & JS.
7-8 years experience working 'agile' alongside developers, testers, product owners, business analysts etc.
Interaction design.
Design iteration & optimisation, A/B & multi-variant testing.
Validated design through quantitative/qualitative insights, data, reaserch & usability testing.
Proficient using software such as: Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, Uzer Zoom & Zeplin amongst others.
Audio/video editing & creation with the likes of Premiere Pro.
Branding.
Stakeholder management all the way up to director level of big corporates.
Workshops, idea generation, white boarding sessions.
…and lots more.
Some of the lovely people & businesses that i've had the pleasure of working with:
…and many others.
If you feel I could help you or you’re interested in working with me, head over to the contact page to get in touch or look over my works to see more.