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Sam Pennington

I'm a 22-year-old Junior Product and UX designer at Matchbox Mobile in Brighton. As of the 14th March, I am unfortunately being made redundant along with three other colleagues due to financial troubles for the company beyond control. As a result, I am back on the hunt for my next adventure!

I'm a very proactive designer exploiting and experimenting with new approaches and challenging the status quo. I have been described as a fast learner with strong attention to detail. I am also referred to as a friendly, empathetic and compassionate individual. My specialisms lie in research, innovation and UX/UI design. I'm also not afraid to take sole charge and I am confident in facilitating workshops and design sprints!

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CAPABILITIES

Research &

Innovation

I have degree standard ability in facilitating research projects and I have commercial practice in the implementation of primary and secondary research methods including ethnographic studies and translating findings. I have commercial knowledge and practice of fostering innovation through design thinking, design sprints and workshops with clients such as Northern Rail.

UX Design

My degree and commercial practice in industry have equipped me with a professional ability in tailoring the user experience for digital and tangible products. My knowledge spans across usability, accessibility, and psychology of interaction. I utilise a range of tools such as wireframing, user journey mapping, lo-fidelity prototyping, user testing, and development.

Visual & UI

Design

I have professional and creative ability to design interfaces, graphics, and products that are beautiful, desirable and functional to users. I seek to create delight through implementing modern design trends and tailoring styles to satisfy users. My capability covers the understanding of aesthetic psychology and the balance of visuals of scalable and native devices.

VUI

Design

I have commercial practice in scoping, planning, designing and testing voice user interfaces for clients end-to-end such as Kenra Professional and Penguin Random House. I have designed intuitive conversational experiences for both the Amazon Alexa and the Google Home platforms. I am fully compliant with all design and linguistic guidelines.