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Nick Black

After 8 years in animation, in 2018 I retrained as a UX designer and researcher - Now I solve problems and make things easier to use. 

 

I was drawn to product design for the collaboration, satisfaction and positive impact. Throw into the mix a healthy dose of analysis, psychology and creativity and you have yourself a winning combination!

I've been very lucky and been a design omnivore - ​apps, mobile/desktop, B2B, B2C, fintech, proptech, service design, mass market, startup, enterprise, and more. I currently work in a tight-knit technology team at construction startup Modulous.

Senior product designer - Modulous

01/2023 - now

My current role.

Senior product designer - GetGround

10/2021 - 01/2023

Crazy pace and complex problems to solve at this innovative scale up in the fintech/proptech space.

Skills

Planning

Interviews

Personas

Journey mapping

Competitive analysis

Business analysis

Testing

Synthesis

Workshops

Ideation

Low-fi/Mid-fi/High-fi

Prototyping

Sketching

UI design

Accessibility

Design systems

Common sense

Product designer - Rightmove

09/2020 - 10/2021

Research, design, design systems, and accessibility for all of Rightmove's consumer-facing iOS and Android apps..

UX/UI designer - Maritech

01/2019 - 09/2020

=Developing and improving a suite of enterprise products to transform the shipping industry. This involves all parts of the UX process from user interviews to high-fidelity wireframes, getting into the guts of complex business problems plus working closely with engineers to implement designs. 

Product designer - ETCH

09-11/2018

8-week design sprint to research, prototype, test and deliver assets for a blockchain startup's new mobile app.

UX designer & researcher - Nettoken

08-09/2018

Final project at General Assembly to design key user flows for a password management app. 

Student - General Assembly

05-08/2018

3-month course to nail the fundamentals of UX design. Training in principles of UX, UI, research methods, agile, facilitation, presentation and collaboration.

Animator, illustrator - freelance

2011-2018

During this time I was lucky enough to animate and draw for some truly epic projects - artists, charities, companies like Aardman, BBC and Red Bull, plus a few of my own short films. 

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