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
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.
BA (Hons) Fashion PrintCentral Saint Martins (UAL)
- London, United Kingdom
• 1st Class in Fashion Print