John Challis
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Singapore, Singapore
Toptal member since December 14, 2016
John is an experienced product manager and designer with skills in creating end-to-end user-centric experiences from concepts and research to wireframes and high-fidelity deliverables. He's worked with companies at all different scales from startups to large corporations like IBM on both B2B enterprise SaaS and consumer-focused products. John has experience collaborating with remote development and product management teams.
Portfolio
SpyTec Enterprise Reporting Tool
Work Experience
Product Designer | Manager
Toptal
- Designed a communication platform for a funded startup, connecting ER nurses with remote doctors. Included native iOS and Android mobile apps, tablets apps, and a web platform. Created a brand color scheme and a custom icon set for the apps.
- Designed a property management iOS app for a startup that allowed residents, property managers, and maintenance employees to communicate in a seamless experience.
- Designed an internal reporting tool for the consumer tech market. The tool aggregates data from a variety of vendor and third-party sites and shows insights for managing inventory, fulfillment, customer service, and a variety of business functions.
- Worked on updating a GPS platform for a consumer tech company and redesigned several new features to make it more user-friendly and intuitive.
- Designed a contract management platform for a startup in the enterprise SaaS space. Created user flows, information architecture, wireframes, high-fidelity designs, branding, and the style guide.
- Designed a production management platform for a technical parts manufacturer. The platform is web-based with an iOS app component.
UI/UX Product Designer
IBM
- Worked in an Agile environment to implement innovative solutions for users following IBM design thinking methodology.
- Led and participated in the digital product design process from research and ideation to wireframing and user testing, creating hi-fidelity designs and implementations with development.
- Facilitated design thinking workshops and held feedback meetings with key clients.
- Designed a service design and software design experience to help improve IBM's business process outsourcing business.
- Worked on combining two cloud platforms (Bluemix and Softlayer) with thousands of users each into a unified experience.
Graphic Designer
Red Rider Creative
- Worked with a variety of clients to create company and event branding, brochures, presentations, and other print applications.
Graphic Designer
Wicked Audio
- Created packaging, displays, and print collateral.
- Managed and created content for social media accounts and wickedaudio.com.
- Created and implemented concepts for digital marketing techniques, such as contests, giveaways, and other creative advertisements of products.
- Planned photo shoots, recruited models, and edited product and lifestyle photos for use in print and web design.
Web Design Intern
Solutions Journalism
- Created visual concepts and illustrations to promote the brand and to be used on their website.
- Designed campaign material to be sent to universities across the nation, promoting social innovation.
Graphic Designer
BYU Athletics
- Created and designed posters, game programs, T-shirts, and social media and environmental pieces for BYU's NCAA sports teams.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design
Brigham Young University - Provo, Utah
Skills
Tools
Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Illustrator, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, Zeplin, InVision, Adobe, Adobe InDesign
Platforms
MacOS, Android, iOS, Web, Mobile, Figma
Industry Expertise
Consumer Products, Healthcare
Languages
CSS, HTML
Other
UI Design, Apps, Mobile Design, Android App Design, Desktop Web Design, Startups, Reporting System Design, Financial Reporting Dashboards, Reporting, SaaS Design, Web App Design, Web Applications, Early-stage Startups, Web UX Design, Styled-components, MVP Design, UI Branding, Web Platforms, Responsive Web Apps, Financials, Software as a Service (SaaS), User Surveys, Design Thinking, Visual Design, UX Design, Dashboard Design, Data Visualization, SaaS, Mobile UI Design, B2B, B2C, Product Design, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Mobile Apps, Mobile App UI, Mobile App Design, Web Design, Responsive Layout, Web Dashboards, Dashboards, Wireframing, User Flows, Design Systems, Information Architecture (IA), Portal Design, User Portal Design, Prototyping, Testing, Graphic Design, Web App UI, Web App UX, Interactive Prototypes, Enterprise, Enterprise Design, Enterprise SaaS, Enterprise Software, Platform as a Service (PaaS), UX Flows, iOS App Design, App UX, App UI, Mobile UI, Mobile UX, Style Guides, UI Style Guides, System Design, Personas, User Personas, User Journeys, User Journey Maps, Websites, Responsive Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), UI Prototyping, UI Patterns, Web UX, Web UI, User Interviews, Annotated Wireframes, Consumer-facing Product Design, Platform Design, Platforms, User Paths, Graphs, Google Material Design, Color Concepts, PowerPoint Design, Mobile UX Design, Patterns, UI Components, Style Kits, User Research, User Testing, Mobile GPS, Illustration, Legal, Legal Technology (Legaltech), Project Estimation, Design Leadership, UX Research, Design Research, Agile, Brand Design, Branding, Scrum, eCommerce, Bootstrap, CRM Design
Experience
- UX Design - 5 years
- Dashboard Design - 5 years
- SaaS - 5 years
- Product Design - 5 years
- UI Design - 5 years
- Dashboards - 4 years
- Mobile UX - 4 years
- Design Thinking - 4 years
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