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 20+ 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 Figma & Axure through to hard-coded HTML, CSS & JS.
20+ years experience, working across waterfall & agile delivery processes.
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: Figma, Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, User Zoom & Zeplin amongst others.
Audio/video editing & creation with the likes of Premiere Pro.
Branding.
Stakeholder management (inc C-Level).
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.