Darren Cross

Darren Cross

UI/UX DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
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Darren Cross

Darren Cross

UI/UX DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
About me
UI | UX designer with a background in fashion and graphic design, offering 20+ years of work with contemporary brands. Detail orientated, a natural problem solver and driven to create visually powerful UI and engaging UX. My key skills are: • UI and Visual Design. • UX Research and User Testing. • Wireframing and Prototyping (Figma, Sketch, XD). • Style Guides and Design Systems. • Mobile App | Responsive Design. • UI Animation. To find out more about my work, you can view my digital portfolio here: www.behance.net/darrencross
Projects
  • Inside
    InsideA curated shopping app.
  • Allocate
    AllocateA money saving app.
  • Ping
    PingA smart home app.
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Work history
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    Freelance Consultant and DesignerVarious
    London, United KingdomFreelance
    • Designed mainline womenswear collections following individual company guidelines to create products suited to the brands’ DNA. • Clients: Liberty London, Solace London, Caramel London, Vilshenko, Everyday Phenomenal.
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    Design ManagerMother of Pearl
     - London, United KingdomFull Time
    • Developed four womenswear collections per year (leading a team of eight) creating clothing stocked in retailers such as Net-a-Porter and Harrods. • Main contact for six sampling factories, to ensure the collections were manufactured in time, within budget and ready for the production cycle. • Sourced fabrics and trims suitable for the brand’s sustainable mantra.
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Skills
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Indesign
  • Adobe After Effects
  • UI Design
  • Art Direction
  • Product Design
  • Graphic Design
  • UX
Education
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    UX/UI DesignCareer Foundry
     - London, United Kingdom
    • 400 hours of project based training • Mentored by industry professionals. • User psychology, research, testing. • UI elements, patterns and hierarchy. • Wireframing and prototyping. • Design systems/style guides. • Mobile app/responsive web design. • UI animation.
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    Central Saint Martins (UAL) logo
    BA (Hons) Fashion PrintCentral Saint Martins (UAL)
     - London, United Kingdom
    • 1st Class in Fashion Print