GILLIAN BOWES
Digital Designer
Digital designer with 4+ years of experience and proven skills in UI design. Masters’ degree in Creative Digital Media & UX specialing in Interaction Design, with a background in graphic design. I believe in constantly challenging myself and learning new skills, with a particular interest in the role psychology plays in the user’s thinking.
EXPERIENCE
Majestic Wine, London - Digital Designer
January 2020 - Present
Responsible for producing designs for the website, emails, social media, and point of sale in the stores. Worked with a small team to collaborate and create an automated system that helped cut down on everyday design tasks by 80%. Collaborated closely with the marketing, web, freelancers, and buying team. Produced seasonal campaigns and helped re-brand the company.
Brereton Jewellers, Dublin - Graphic Web Designer
October 2016 - December 2019
Co-ordinated and updated content for the company’s increasingly active e-commerce website, improving customer satisfaction. Used the CMS (VisualSoft) to edit content and SEOs. Created a social media plan; using Google Business, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest to engage the consumer with the company’s jewellery by using in-house photography and graphics.
Yellowstone, Dublin - Graphic Design Intern
June 2015 - August 2015
Designed print-ready materials and assisted the team with content and image research.
EDUCATION
Interaction Design Foundation -
Psychology of Interaction Design
Technological University Dublin (TUD) -
MSc Creative Digital Media & UX with a specialisation in Interaction Design (Hons)
Technological University Dublin (TUD) -
BA Visual Communications (Design) (Hons)
PROJECT
Dublin Squares - Designer & Developer
‘Dublin Squares’ is an interactive iPad app that tells the stories of Dublin’s grand Georgian Squares and their buildings. This was a two-person project which led to awarding of the Masters’ degree (Hons). I was responsible for the content research, user testing, front-end development (HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, d3.js) and led the UI design and illustrations.
SKILLS
Design: Graphic Design • Photography • Illustration • Typography • Branding • Presentations • Style guides • Wireframes & mockups • Responsive design •
Prototyping: Low to high fidelity prototyping • Interactive flow map •
Research & Testing: User research • Personas • User Flows • Usability testing • Heat map •
Coding: Working knowledge of CSS, HTML & SVGs • Basic knowledge of Javascript •
SOFTWARE
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
Adobe After Effects
AdobeXD
Premiere Pro
Google Suite
Adobe Email Campaign
Google Analytics
Sketch
Invision
Figma
Trello
Hotjar