Cheniece Manning
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
London, United Kingdom
Toptal member since January 28, 2022
Cheniece is a creative technologist, passionate about UX, UI, and accessibility. She has experience working as a UX designer and product developer in multiple environments, such as digital consultancy and industry. Able to advise, implement, and deliver brilliant digital experiences while engaging closely with client stakeholders, analysts, and developers, Chenice brings to the table six years of expertise, seamlessly blending art and technology.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Service Designer
Zaizi
- Adhered to GDS standards and requirements effectively.
- Facilitated decisions and workshops and assessed risks.
- Employed evidence and context-based designs using a digital perspective.
Brand and Web Designer
Furno Materials, Inc
- Created an engaging and user-friendly WordPress eCommerce site, utilizing custom CSS and HTML to reflect the brand’s identity and improve the user experience.
- Optimized website performance and responsiveness, ensuring compatibility for a global audience across multiple devices and platforms.
- Tailored WordPress themes and created custom HTML/CSS solutions to provide a distinctive, user-friendly interface that reflects the brand’s visual identity.
Website Designer
Brainy Bugs Limited
- Designed, developed, and implemented a responsive and intuitive layout, ensuring device compatibility and user accessibility.
- Integrated essential features, including secure contact forms and a detailed location section, while adhering to GDPR and best practices for data handling in the UK.
- Designed and implemented custom CSS and HTML to personalize the existing WordPress theme, ensuring a unique and professional appearance tailored to the branding.
Web Designer
RAFL Charitable Gaming LLC
- Designed and developed a product landing page that informed people about the product; allowed them to sign up for a waitlist, invest in RAFL, and purchase merchandise.
- Conducted user research and developed user personas to understand the website's design needs.
- Facilitated workshops to develop user journeys and questionnaires.
Product Designer
AllBright
- Designed and facilitated the creation of their 'Mentor Matching' feature.
- Implemented design-led thinking across the company.
- Facilitated service design blueprinting and ideation workshops.
- Prepared and presented ideas and prototypes to internal teams and key stakeholders.
- Developed UI mockups and prototypes that clearly illustrated the functionality and UI design.
- Adhered to style standards on fonts, colors, and visual assets.
- Identified and troubleshot UX problems like responsiveness.
- Conducted user interviews and testing to further understand UX opportunities.
- Built and analyzed surveys, interviews, and quantitative data.
- Created six user personas for the company, allowing an understanding of the audience's behaviors, patterns, and preferences for the internal teams, investors, and partners.
Product Designer and Developer
AND Digital Clients
- Contributed to the user research by conducting user interviews and testing using qualitative and quantitative research methods.
- Participated in the service design of products, defining the end-to-end journey of the service, including digital and offline channels.
- Created interactive, high-fidelity mobile and desktop prototypes using Figma to convey the product to stakeholders and investors.
- Completed technical investigations to support internal teams in improving responsiveness and experience.
- Built and led workshops to introduce accessibility and web standards for clients, as well as internally.
UI/UX Designer
Self-employed
- Designed and built responsive websites with WordPress.
- Developed user-friendly interfaces using HTML, CSS, and WordPress.
- Created designs and prototypes with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InVision.
- Worked with clients remotely from the US, Europe, and Asia.
UI/UX Designer and Developer
LearnerLane
- Led the design and front-end development of the company website.
- Managed brand consistency implementation across all designs.
- Ensured every page on the company website was mobile optimized.
- Adhered to and developed SEO standards and best practices.
Education
Master's Degree in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health
King's College London - United Kingdom
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming
De Montfort University - Leicester, United Kingdom
Certifications
Azure Data Fundamentals
Microsoft
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
Professional Scrum Master I
Scrum.org
Fundamentals of Digital Marketing
Skills
Tools
Microsoft Office, Trello, Adobe Photoshop, Balsamiq, Slack, InVision, Adobe Illustrator, Sketch, Microsoft Excel, Jira, MAMP, SketchUp, MURAL, Miro, Confluence
Languages
CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Java, C++, PHP, SQL
Platforms
Figma, WordPress, Mobile, Web
Industry Expertise
Luxury Goods, Retail & Wholesale, Government
Other
Product Design, UI Design, UX Design, Scrum, Website Redesign, Web Design, Visual Design, Logo Design, User Interface (UI), Landing Page Design, Web App Design, Web App UI, Interactive Prototypes, Responsive Web Design (RWD), eCommerce UX, User Journeys, Color Palettes, Layout Design, Mobile First, Teams, React, WordPress API, Agile UX, Agile, Lean, Lean UX, Social Media, Brand Design, Branding, Graphic Design, Mobile App Design, Interactive Design, Design Systems, Growth Strategy, eCommerce UI, eCommerce Design, Copywriting, Unity, 3D Modeling, Cloud Computing, SEO Tools, Web Marketing, Strategy, Analytics, Mobile UI, Mobile UX, UX Research, Wireframing, Visual Identity, Responsive, Responsive UI, Brand Identity, Logotype, Service Design, Complex Problem Solving, B2B2C, B2B, User Empathy, Prototyping, Mockups, Luxury Industry, Skincare, Typography, Mobile UI Design, Web UI Design, User Experience (UX), Interaction Design (IxD), User Personas, Apps, Luxury, Data Analytics, Data Analysis, Data, GDS, Websites, Web UX Design, eCommerce, Business to Business to Consumer (B2B2C), Website Design, Web Development, User Behavior, Behavioral Design, Behavioral Psychology, Behavioral Science, Behavior-driven Design, User Research, Design
Experience
- HTML - 10 years
- Adobe Photoshop - 10 years
- CSS - 8 years
- WordPress - 8 years
- Product Design - 5 years
- UX Design - 5 years
- UI Design - 5 years
- Figma - 4 years
Tools
- Adobe Photoshop
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