tanya ahmed
user experience architect
designer of digital products
or something like that...
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- User Experience Consultant at Lab49Information Technology and Services | United Kingdom, GBSummary
User experience architect with an analytical approach, with a background in architecture and design, designing compelling experiences for users.
Skills include: User Research, Usability & Expert Review, Usability Testing, Prototype Development, Interactive Wireframes, Specification Documentation, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, Ajax and Intermediate level Flash and PHP.
Specialties: User experience design, interaction design, information architecture, user research, & usability evaluations, user journeys, low fidelity - high fidelity wireframing and prototype development, web design
Experience- May 2011 - PresentUser Experience Architect / Lab49
User Experience Architect working with clients within the financial industry, designing trading platforms and other applications.
- Jul 2009 - Apr 2011Interaction Designer at City Interaction Lab Consultancy (Centre for HCI Design) / City University London
Interaction Designer at City Interaction Lab, the consultancy arm of the Centre for Human Computer Interaction Design since July 2009.
I designed and implemented the City Interaction Lab website showcasing the consultancy work of the Centre for HCID, and continue to be involved with design and prototype development work for a number of external clients such as Dance UK, Aviva, Mendas, etc. For Dance UK we designed and developed their new website, this work involved workshops, wireframe development, and front-end design (HTML and CSS) of the templates for the CMS.
Expert reviews and interviews were conducted for a prominent London council, and more recently user requirements and contextual interviews were carried out for an Image search and retrieval application known as Piclet, which is being partly funded by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) with other commercial partners.
I was involved in conducting usability evaluations of prototypes for the TAS3 EU Project on Secure Shared Services, which is looking at users perceptions of privacy trust and reliability within various systems and scenarios requiring the use of personal information and data.
- 2003 - Apr 2011Web Designer & User Experience Professional / Altered Eye
Freelance web designer and user experience consultant for Altered Eye.
Comparative Research on the usability and design of the interface of popular mashup platforms completed for Kent County Council (KCC) for the Pic & Mix Pilot Project (http://www.openkent.org.uk/) from Feb 2009 to September 2009.
Internet marketing strategy and traditional advertising work for local businesses in Kent. Clients include restaurants, small businesses and start-ups, and health care sector clients.
Design and marketing work has included logos, brochures, business cards, street signage design, website design, and social media strategy.
- Jan 2003 - May 2005Creative Display Typesetter / Kent Messenger Group
Part-time position, Design and layout of Adverts for Kent Messenger local newspaper distributed around Kent using QuarkXpress, Photoshop, and Adobe InDesign.
- Jan 1996 - Jan 2003Freelance Graphic Designer / Self-Employed
Part-time graphic designer and full-time mother of two
- Jan 1993 - Sept 1994Architectural Technician / Business Facts Limited
Drawing up of plans for various projects within residential and medical sector, local council meetings
Education-
2008 - 2009SAE InstituteDiploma in Web Design and Development
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1994 - 1995University College London, U. of LondonMSc in Advanced Architectural Studies
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1986 - 1990University of MiamiBA Arch in Architecture, Minor in Eng Literature
Additional Information-
Interests:Technology, Travel, Photography, Architecture, Art, Design, Graphic Design, Fiction, Foreign Film, Typography
