ABOUT ME I’m a user experience designer with expertise in photography, interaction design, visual design, usability testing and technical administration. An experienced team lead with junior management experience and understanding of user and business goals in any capacity. Excellent skills in individual and collaborative projects from short to long-term.

Eoin Smith

User Experience Designer

PERSONAL DETAILS 25th September 1992

EXPERIENCE

+353 85 272 3987 [email protected]

AUG 2017 PRESENT

Freelance UX Designer / Web Designer / Photographer Currently a Freelance design professional, I offer a proven ability to conduct creative analysis and design user solutions for various projects including interactive media, UX/UI design, web design, and development.

Previous Projects

- Information Architecture, Wireframing & Development on a podiatry business website JUN 2015 AUG 2017

Graphic Mint Ltd. - Dublin, Ireland UX Designer / Digital Media Designer Award Winning UX agency. UX Designer & Programme Manager skilled with researching, exploring & synthesising users needs with user centred design practices. UX Research: Improved user needs through user research that includes in-depth interviews, contextual inquiries and field studies. Information Architecture: Organised IA methods that include card sorting, affinity diagramming, free listing and mental models. Persona Creation: Lead persona creation to optimize user journeys, develop service maps and construct detailed wireframes enabling effortless navigation. Technical Administrator: Managed all digital properties and technical assets with new and current staff. Developer of content management systems including Joomla and WordPress. Training / Feedback: Onboarding of new staff with general standard practices, providing design feedback to junior team of designers and interns. Usability Testing: Conducted all area’s of usability testing in lab and remote settings. Provided assisted technical support for remote broadcasting with a range of well known clients.

Previous Projects / Events

- Information Architecture, Wireframing & Development on a ecommerce website - Core team member and organiser at UX Ireland 2016 - Class assistant at Mobile UI Prototyping 4-Week Course - September 2016 - Interaction Design on a mobile medical communication app - Service Design on a collection process system - Usability Testing on a ecommerce holiday package website MAR 2014 NOV 2014

Youth Nation - Dublin Event Photographer & Videographer Worked with The Clubbing Group (Part of Youth Nation, formally Midnight Events) the largest student focused events & marketing company in Dublin City. Shooting at their weekly packed out events around Dublin City.

MAY 2014 OCT 2014

Graphic Mint Ltd. - Dublin User Experience Design Apprentice Worked with Graphic Mint on a 6 month apprenticeship on a range of skills in Interaction Design, Visual Design and Digital Marketing. The projects I was involved in ranged from: - Visual Design - User Experience Design - Social Media Management - Web Development - Graphic Design - Digital Marketing

6 Hughes Road South Walkinstown D12 T1W3 Ireland www.eoinsmith.ie www.linkedin.com/in/eoinsmith1 www.twitter.com/mreoinsmith

MEMBERSHIPS - IxDA Dublin Member - DublinUX Attendee - DublinCSS Attendee - Institute of Designers in Ireland Member

SKILLS User Experience Design Service Design Interaction Design User Research Information Architecture Wireframing Prototyping Usability Testing Technical Administration Search Engine Optimisation Coding (HTML, PHP, CSS) Design Operations Design Team Management Event Photography Commercial Video Production

TOOLS Sketch Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Audition After Effects Premiere Pro Google Analytics Google Web Master Tools WordPress Joomla Trello Google Apps (Docs, Sheets, Slides) Final Cut Pro X Campaign Monitor MAMP

FEB 2014 MAY 2014

Eoin Smith

Graphic Mint Ltd. - Dublin UX and Web Design Intern Completed a 12 week internship at Graphic Mint, learning new skills everyday, I've been very fortunate to work at Graphic Mint as its an outstanding design & innovation firm. I got to work on some outstanding projects with distinguished clients during my 12 week internship.

25th September 1992

Also learned excellent organisation skills with professional clients.

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Adcotech Ltd. - Dublin Technical Intern

www.eoinsmith.ie www.linkedin.com/in/eoinsmith1 www.twitter.com/mreoinsmith

Completed an internship at Adcotech as part of my studies for a Certificate in Information Technology 2011. Skills: Technical Administration, Project Management. - IT Administration Shadowing - Maintenance of IT for two Secondary schools in Dublin - Projector Installations - Computer Servicing

SKILLS

EDUCATION Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown BA (Honours), Creative Digital Media (Level 8) Creative Digital Media was an excellent course to choose for myself as someone who enjoys many different types of media such as Animation, Photography, Audio/Video Production, Web Design, they are all covered throughout the course.

Previous Modules

- Photography - Web Design - Visual Design - User Experience Design - Critical Theory - Universal Design - Audio / Video Production - Writing for Digital Media - Digital Marketing

Previous Modules

- Computer Programming - Computer Architecture & Systems - Maths for Computing - Web Authoring - Database Methods - C++ Basic

CONTACT ME If you wish to get in touch with me regarding references just send an email to [email protected]. You can also find me across the following networks: /mreoinsmith

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User Experience Design Service Design Interaction Design User Research Information Architecture Wireframing Prototyping Usability Testing Technical Administration Search Engine Optimisation Coding (HTML, PHP, CSS) Design Operations Design Team Management Event Photography Commercial Video Production

TOOLS

Rathmines College of Further Education Certificate, Information Technology (Level 5) This Level 5 Information Technology(IT) course gave myself an excellent grounding in computer programming with regards to basic C++ and Java.

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MEMBERSHIPS - IxDA Dublin Member - DublinUX Attendee - DublinCSS Attendee - Institute of Designers in Ireland Member

Previous Projects

SEP 2010 MAY 2011

+353 85 272 3987

6 Hughes Road South Walkinstown D12 T1W3 Ireland

- Digital Marketing Email campaigns for a professional hotel - Map location designs for an e-commerce medical website

SEP 2011 MAY 2015

PERSONAL DETAILS

I was involved with exciting projects and exploring many forms of digital media from Web Design, SEO, Blogging, Social Media Management, Content Management, Graphic Design & more.

Previous Projects

FEB 2011 MAR 2011

UX & Web Designer

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Sketch Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Audition After Effects Premiere Pro Google Analytics Google Web Master Tools WordPress Joomla Trello Google Apps (Docs, Sheets, Slides) Final Cut Pro X Campaign Monitor MAMP