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Sam Pennington
1 year, 8 months experience as a UX designer
Lives in Nutley, East Sussex
22 years old
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Personal Statement
I consider myself a friendly, outgoing, reliable and hardworking individual with strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work as a team member. I can also take responsibility and sole charge when needed. I am passionate about creating beautiful, desirable and intuitive products.
Skills
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User & Ethnographic Research - Advanced
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Research translation - Advanced
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Problem defining - Advanced
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Workshop facilitation - Advanced
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Ideation methodologies - Advanced
Wireframing and UX - Professional
Proof of Concepts - Advanced
Visual and UI Design - Advanced
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Branding & Marketing - Intermediate
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Voice (VUI Design) - Advanced
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Software
Sketch - Advanced
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Adobe XD - Advanced
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Figma - Intermediate
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Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Indesign - Advanced
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Adobe Premiere Pro & After Effects - Intermediate
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Voiceflow - Expert
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Solidworks CAD - Intermediate
F.E.A & Thermomechanical analysis - Intermediate
HTML5, CSS​ & Arduino (C++) - Elementary
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Education
University of Brighton
Product Design Technology BSc (Hons) — October 2015 - 2019
1st Class Honors
A four-year degree that aimed to develop us as professional and inquisitive designers in the field of digital and product design. Modules covered range from conducting ethnographic research, ideation of concepts, development and business launch of products and
services. My chosen final year project focused on how we can enable “financial literacy in a digital world” through the design and development of a new innovative
digital product to foster smart management of finances.
“Defining real-world problems and creating tangible solutions which are commercially viable”
Uckfield Community Technology College Sixth Form - (2013-2015)
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A-Levels achieving
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Product Design - A
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Geography - B
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Economics - C
Uckfield Community Technology College - 2008 - 2013
GCSE: 10 OBTAINED
Resistant materials - A*, Geography - B, Art - B, Maths - B, English Literature - B, English Language - B, Sciences - B, R.S - B, German - C, Additional sciences - C
Employment
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2019 - Junior Product & UX Designer - Matchbox
2018 - Freelance Digital Product Designer
2017 - Digital & UX Designer - Thales UK
2016 - Assistant kitchen design sales
2016 - Gardening & Landscape assistant - Summer job
2013 - Home Improvement retail assistant
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Brands I've worked with:
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