I am a Dublin based multidisciplinary designer with a focus on Product & Visual Design. I am very passionate about designing flexible visual systems. My design process prioritises research and strategy to create simple designs that solve problems and communicate a big ideas. I have worked as a UX designer on B2B & B2C projects in industries spanning from Fintech to Aviation. In my free time I experiment with different creative disciplines such as illustration, painting and street photography. My photographic work has been published on several occasions and was the subject of a documentary made in 2021. I find that creative work is done better together and focus on creating a collaborative environment where ideas, knowledge and perspectives are shared.
Jack of all trades, Better at some
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Product Research & Strategy
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UX Design
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UI Design
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Visual Identity Design
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Editorial design
Define, Iterate, Deliver.
Before starting any work I take time to understand the project, its aims, deliverables, deadline and problems by reading a brief or through conducting work shops with the key stakeholders.
After understand the project scope, I will apply a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods to best understand the problem and what needs to be done to solve it.
With the problem defined I create an exhaustive list of potential solutions and creative directions.
I take the most promising solutions and develop them further to get feedback from stakeholders and carry testing with customers/users.
Once the solution is validated I revise and confirm the final deliverables with stakeholders and get to work creating the work for final hand off.
Shane Monks
CEO, Aikido Finance
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