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Matt Johnston

User Experience Designer
heymattj.com
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mattpauljohnston@gmail.com
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+447711075507
Talented UX designer with 5+ years of international agency and in-house experience in digital design. Dedicated to combining creative and strategic thinking to craft meaningful, user-centred solutions.
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Work Experience

Plusnet (Sheffield, UK)

UX Design Consultant (6 Month FTC)
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Apr 2019 - Current

Worked in agile sprints for a CMS migration project alongside designers and copywriters to deliver a redesigned E-commerce experience. Established the first in-house usability testing process. Was a key contributor to the production of an 'atomic-designed' design system.

  • Ecom Redesign
  • UX Research Strategy
  • Atomic Design Systems

3Shape (Sheffield, UK + Copenhagen, Denmark)

Freelance UX Consultant
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Nov 2018 - Mar 2019

Founded a limited company (Apex UX) upon relocating to the UK to continue UX responsibilities with Danish dental tech company, 3Shape. Collaborated remotely with back-end team to redesign SSO user flow.

  • Single-Sign-On (SSO) Flows
  • Hi-fidelity Prototypes
  • Working Remotely

Loft37 (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Senior UX Designer
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Jan 2018 - Nov 2018

On-site consultant for key client, 3Shape, designing an online ROI calculator for prospective customers. Also steered concept design for renowned companies in healthcare and robotics, including a closed social network (Novo Nordisk) and product configurator (Universal Robots).

  • Usability Testing
  • Information Architecture
  • Concept Development

Publicis.Sapient (Copenhagen, Denmark)

UX Architect
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Jul 2016 - Dec 2017

UX project lead at a marketing and tech agency (formally DigitasLBi) for multinational manufacturing companies. Undertook concept development for urban gardening app (Husqvarna) and digital transformation project (Grundfos).

  • Service Design
  • Design Sprint Facilitation
  • Mobile App Design

EVRY (Oslo, Norway)

UX UI Designer
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Nov 2014 - Jun 2016

Conceptualised banking services of the future with a Nordic-wide innovation team, using Lean Startup and Agile methodologies. This was my first experience in building rapid prototypes and conducting guerrilla usability studies with young children.

  • Human-Centered Design
  • UX Field Research
  • Rapid Prototyping

Education

Leeds Metropolitan University

BSc (Hons) Multimedia Technology 2:1
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2006 - 2009

Skills

  • UX Skills: Low + high fidelity prototyping, Atomic + Responsive design, Usability Testing, Design Sprint facilitation, User Journey Mapping, User flows + task flows, Building Pattern Libraries, Information architecture (card sorting + tree tests) Data Analysis, Stakeholder presentation
  • Design Tools: Sketch, Figma, XD, InVision Freehand, Whimsical, Pen and paper
  • UX Tools: Optimal Workshop, Amplitude, Hotjar, Lookback, PingPong UX
  • Collaboration Tools: Jira/Confluence, Mindmeister, Slack, Trello, Notion