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UX Testing for the Masses: Keep It Simple and Cost-effective
https://www.toptal.com/designers/ux/ux-testing-for-the-masses
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UX/UI Designer
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Toptal member since March 24, 2016
Bio
Ruaridh is an award-winning UI/UX digital designer and creative director originally from Edinburgh, Scotland with 17 years of experience designing for brands like Channel 4, Procter & Gamble, Danone, Tottenham Hotspur, and Standard Life. In his spare time, he enjoys photography and writing design articles and tutorials for Designmodo and Digital Arts Online.
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Work Experience
Creative Director
2012 - PRESENT
Serps Invaders
- Designed landing pages, apps, and web pages for many Proctor & Gamble brands.
- Worked as the lead designer on Network90 - The worlds biggest professional athlete network, co-founded by Luis Figo.
- Worked as lead designer on Juice Motel, an exciting new lifestyle website & app, from renowned French fashion photographer Jean Baptiste Fort.
- Created detailed UI design tutorials for Digital Arts Online/Magazine.
- Wrote several articles, on a regular basis, for Designmodo.
Technologies: Axure, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Senior Designer
2009 - 2012
Realise
- Served as a lead designer on the Tottenham Hotspur website redesign. Tottenham Hotspur is one of the biggest soccer teams in the English Premier League.
- Led the design on Standard Life Investments' redesign. I led a small team of designers to rebrand all of Standard Life Investments' websites and apps.
- Designed Channel 4 Apps' website. Channel 4 is one of the UK's leading television channels and television producers.
- Acted as the lead designer on the Scottish Widows website redesign.
- Led the design on the Scottish Rugby Union website.
Technologies: Axure, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Senior Designer
2006 - 2009
Peach Digital
- Served as the lead designer on the Vue Cinemas' website; Vue Cinemas is the UK's largest cinema chain.
- Led the design of Goals Soccer Centres; Goals Soccer Centres are in over 80 locations in the UK, South Africa, and Australia.
- Acted as the lead designer of G Hotel: a hotel chain in the UK and Ireland.
- Led the design work on the Highland Spring website.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Photoshop
Other Experience
Education
2000 - 2002
Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honors in Graphic Technology
Glasgow Caledonian University - Glasgow, Scotland
Skills
Tools
Axure RP Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Sketch, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Figma, Adobe Illustrator, InVision App, Adobe Fireworks
Platforms
Axure
Other
App UI, App UX, iOS App Design, Android UI Design, eCommerce Design, Web UX, Mobile UI, Dashboard Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Responsive, UI Design, Mobile App Design, App Design, Layout, Web Design, Digital Design, Visual Design, UX Design, UX Research, Digital Product Design, Graphic Design, Android Design Guidelines, Email Design, Brand Design, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Web UI
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