Stewart Pressney
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Toptal member since August 8, 2017
Stewart has developed an award-winning design and prototyping workflow proven successful in healthcare, education, and eCommerce. His work has guided numerous startups as they enter the market, enabled multiple small businesses to transform, and helped publicly traded companies pivot toward a brighter future.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Product Designer
CR Score Inc.
- Built a website using the Wix learning management system.
- Implemented 40 modules and activities to help kids kickstart their college prep journey.
- Implemented Wix Checkout and connected the website to the client's bank account.
UI Designer
iTherapyDocs
- Transformed a Rapid 2-week UI of the legacy EHR platform.
- Improved menu design using Font Awesome icons and improved grid.
- Enhanced dashboard with card-sorting exercise, simplified layouts, and lightweight CSS animations.
Lead UX Design
The Clorox Company - SFDC Group
- Led UX design for the digital transformation of the iconic BBQ brand Kingsford Charcoal.
- Delivered UX audit, information architecture, sitemap, and content taxonomies.
- Prototyped wireframes and design system architecture using Figma.
Web and Technical Content Developer
Altium
- Designed and developed education.upverter.com to help schools teach STEM courses in their remote classrooms.
- Designed and developed the upverter.com marketing page to help rebrand and pivot the web-based CAD tool. After pivoting and launching the upverter.com campaign and rebrand, the tool saw a 500% increase in top-funnel conversions.
- Managed and mentored groups of students—design and digital marketing interns—on a semesterly basis, up to two team members at once.
- Rolled out to over 2000 students in the USA, Canada, the UK, and India within three months of launching the education.upverter.com program.
- Won two gold awards at the Stevie American business awards within six months of launching the education.upverter.com program.
Shopify Developer
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
- Developed an Etsy-like marketplace for a student art sale platform.
- Sold over $40,000+ in the first seven days of sale.
- Onboarded 200+ users onto the platform and organized 600+ artworks using a tag method.
- Worked as Shopify developer and UX consultant on the project, being the sole practitioner from conception through completion of the sale.
UX Consultant
Akinox Health Technologies
- Provided design direction and UX audit of telemedicine platform designed for remote telemedicine in the province of Quebec Canada.
- Provided HTML prototypes for numerous screens in telemedicine platform for referral workflow between clinicians at different hospitals for sleep apnea diagnosis and treatment.
- Provided journey maps for multiple application trajectories including eConsult, patient transfer, and sleep apnea treatment.
UX Consultant
ICAN Notes EHR
- Provided UX audit of a platform for therapists and behavioral intervention specialists to track and document patient history.
- Generated an HTML and CSS style guide for the development team that provided a concise set of elements to develop the product.
- Provided InVision prototypes to accompany stories documented in Jira in weekly agile design sprints.
- Delivered prototyped interaction for the core note-taking feature of the application.
- Did streamline signup and onboarding with full adherence to HIPAA privacy guidelines.
Design and Marketing Director
ScopeMedia
- Launched Simile AI app suite on Shopify app store, and helped grow support to over 2000 storefronts in six months.
- Created and launched Simile AI Suite for Shopify with a user acquisition funnel consisting of paid Facebook, Instagram, and Adwords media as well as product introduction videos.
- Designed the UX for an AI-powered fashion recommendation kiosk for retail spaces.
- Designed the UX for an AI-powered fashion recommendation app for iPad.
- Designed, developed, and launched scopemedia.com using Webflow.
- Implemented user journey tracking using Google Analytics Conversion Goals.
- Managed design team of around four designers and content producers acting as design and marketing director.
UX Consultant
CBRE
- Helped provide proof of concept prototypes to the Hana Workspaces team using Nexudus workplace management CMS.
- Developed MVP of Nexudus CMS using CBRE branding for presentation to key C-suite stakeholders.
- Provided CSS design system for use with Nexudus CMS components.
UX Design | Front-end Developer
Caera Health
- Designed and helped to implement UI for patient support platform for mental health professionals.
- Completed competitive analysis of patient engagement tools and illustrated competitive landscape.
- Mapped customer journey throughout care plan creation and monitoring.
- Worked with clinical advisors to refine scheduling and workshop user flows.
- Worked to facilitate A/B test-driven design process.
- Built company's website on the WordPress framework.
UX Designer and WordPress Developer
myMedEd
- Helped to build a new brand and WordPress website for the company.
- Built four registration websites for medical education conferences using WordPress for myMedEd's clients.
- Developed a new logo and brand guidelines for the client.
UX Design Strategist
Reliq Health Technologies
- Developed proof of concept prototypes on a weekly basis for team review for iOS Android and Web.
- Collected round table feedback from clinical advisors on a weekly basis.
- Strategized file hand-off and workflow for efficiency in the product development lifecycle.
- Acted as product and features expert during the product development process.
UX Designer
Noratek Solutions
- Conducted UX and Heuristics Audit of city inspection application.
- Wireframed and prototyped mobile applications using native IOS and material design guidelines.
- Developed a staged update strategy that first builds a live wireframe MVP for testing, and later to a fully polished UI.
- Developed typographic style with a focus on readability and accessibility to fulfill user needs.
UX Design Researcher
Emily Carr University of Art + Design Health Design Lab
- Collaborated with numerous health authorities across BC to identify touchpoints that could be improved in an effort to increase patient satisfaction.
- Led prototyping efforts for interaction design projects.
- Presented to more than thirty feedback and patient advocacy groups, and engaged them in design research workshops.
- Designed a simple survey tool that would display satisfaction results to staff members.
- Led a design research seminar with 150 clinicians and patient advocates, then collating the research into a presentation outlining key concepts with prototypes in 24 hours.
- Conducted literary review of patient-centered care initiatives.
- Contributed to annual publication delivered to senior project stakeholders.
- Developed concepts for acceptance testing within hospitals in Vancouver, Canada.
- Managed the development a dynamic feedback app, with a team I assembled online.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Interaction Design
Emily Carr University of Art & Design - Vancouver, BC, Canada
Certifications
Web Development Bootcamp
Lighthouse Labs Coding School
Web Development Essentials
Lighthouse Labs Coding School
Skills
Tools
Figma, InVision, Sketch, Wix, CAD, Wix Installer
Platforms
Shopify, Webflow, WordPress, WooCommerce, Thinkific
Industry Expertise
Education Technology (Edtech), Health, Health & Wellness, Consumer Products, Healthcare
Languages
SCSS, CSS, HTML, JavaScript
Other
User Interface (UI), eCommerce, Agile UX, Information Architecture (IA), Product Design, Wireframing, UX Research, UI Design, UX Documentation, eCommerce UX, Typography, MVP Design, UX Design, Web Design, Responsive Web Apps, Interactive Prototypes, Prototyping, Visual Design, Style Guides, Mockups, Responsive Web Design (RWD), UX Wireframes, User Flows, UX Audits, Landing Page Design, Web UX Design, UX Prototyping, Dashboard Design, HIPAA Compliance, Telemedicine, Content Management Systems (CMS), System Design, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Writing & Editing, Design Leadership, User Testing, User-centered Design (UCD), B2B, Heuristic Analysis, Service Design, UI Branding, Mobile First, Branding, Logo Design, App Design, Consulting, Design Systems, Digital Brand Identity, Sports & Athletics, Healthcare Management Systems, Telemonitoring, Web Development, Social Media Marketing (SMM), Web App Design, Interaction Design (IxD), UX Leadership, Mobile UX, Mobile UI, User Experience (UX), Learning Management Systems (LMS), EDA, Rebranding, Project Management, iOS UX Design, Internet of Things (IoT), Leadership, Design Sprints, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Web UI, Web UX, Software as a Service (SaaS), Layout Design, Development, UI Development, Content Strategy, Small Business Design, Product Photography, Brand Design
Experience
- Product Design - 8 years
- Wireframing - 8 years
- UI Design - 8 years
- UX Design - 8 years
- Shopify - 6 years
- eCommerce - 5 years
- CSS - 5 years
- HTML - 5 years
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