Multidisciplinary Designer

melissabarrass.com [email protected] +61 466 308 708

💼 Experience

UX Designer

Plant Assessor

PT, Hybrid Feb 2023 - present

• Working on a range of products within a larger suite across mobile apps and web apps
• Working with another UX designer
• Designing and maintaining a robust and comprehensive Style System
• Working closely with stakeholders for kickoff research and UAT
• Sole designer for UNSW Gateway Admissions user journey

Product Designer

UAC (Universities Admissions Centre)

FT, Remote Oct 2022 - Feb 2023

• Worked on the Apply Admissions team working with two other designers
• Core work was around form design
• Applied styling to bespoke white-labelled systems for clients in the university sector

UX/UI Designer

Kip McGrath

FT, Hybrid Nov 2018 - Aug 2022

Designed a Franchise Management System, Learning Management System, Learning app for students and a Parent Portal as the sole designer.

• Developed an active design system, and created solutions for better responsive interfaces
• Lead design decisions and direction, working with stakeholders across the company
• Gathered and evaluated user requirements in collaboration with various stakeholders including product managers, engineers, business users, franchisees, tutors, and students
• Provided deliverable: wireframes, storyboards and screen flows
• Conducted usability testing
• Analysing user feedback and activity, and iterating to enhance the user experience
• Kept consistent with Kip McGrath branding guidelines
• Responsible for ensuring the design assets are appropriately organised and stored
• Research in learning design
• Creation of engaging and interactive learning experiences
• E-learning
• Experience in GO1 and Rise Articulate 360 authoring programs (SCORM)
• Construct future website design concepts
• SVG and Lottie animation Character design
• Cross-browser and device testing

Freelance design

Melissa Barrass Design

Remote May 2016 - Present

My experience spans design consultations, print and digital design, branding, photography, social media, EDMs, textile design and repeats, wire-framing, storyboarding and research.

<aside> 🎓 Skills/Tools

UX/UI Design

Figma

Figjam/Miro

Accessibility

Research

Notion

Loom

Lyssna

Agile

Jira

Slack

Kanban

Other

Lean UX

Animation

Print & digital

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🤲 Volunteering

Active Volunteer The Newcastle Greens

Oct 2022 - Present

• Website redesign and maintenance
• Upgrading our internal communications systems
• Field research with the Brisbane Greens on winning campaigns
• Meaningful Conversations & community research (Door knocking/Phone calling)
• Restarted the monthly communications emails and social media posts
• Content Creator for Instagram
• Graphic Designer of digital and print collateral
• Attending SDCs, Community rallies, meetings
• Administration: membership database maintenance
• Administration: calendar organisation
• Meeting facilitation and minute-taking
• Council research: Summerhill Waste facility and other community projects