Sam Holyhead
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Sam Holyhead

Designer & front-end developerLondon, United Kingdom
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Sam Holyhead
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Sam Holyhead

Designer & front-end developerLondon, United Kingdom
About me
I enjoy working across the product development cycle; starting with initial design thinking and research, validating ideas through user-testing prototypes before working on high-fidelity designs and helping with their front-end implementation. I have four years of industry experience, first working for Touchpress (an iOS app developer) then Amphio (a digital design agency). Along side these jobs I have completed freelance design and development work for clients such the South India Coffee Company, NHS, Comic Relief and Nominet Trust. Prior to this I studied Graphic Design at Sheffield Hallam graduating with first-class honours.
Projects
  • Redesigning the Henle Library for Android
    Redesigning the Henle Library for AndroidG. Henle Verlag are sheet music publishers specialising in Urtext scores. Considered to be the closest to the original composerʼs intended vision, they are the result of comprehensive research into classical music transcripts.
  • Designing a game for Fondation Louis Vuitton
    Designing a game for Fondation Louis VuittonThe Fondation Louis Vuitton is a private initiative that promotes and supports contemporary artistic projects. They wished to raise awareness of their brand in a previously untapped age group. After the success of our previous project, a childrenʼs mini-game app titled ‘Archi Moiʼ, the Fondation wanted another game suitable for 11–18 year olds. The result was a ‘one touch mechanicʼ game incorporating a musical theme, called ‘Lucky Vibesʼ.
  • Running design sprints with the Institute of Physics
    Running design sprints with the Institute of PhysicsThe IOP are a scientific charity that promote the advancement of physics. Their overall aim was to become a more digitally focussed organisation. We decided to start by running several Google Venture-esq design sprints to get to know the organisation, teach design thinking processes to its staff and start to identify areas where we could make the biggest difference. Together, we ran several design sprints to teach the staff design thinking, and highlight areas where new services would be most ef
Work history
    Amphio logo
    Amphio logo
    Design Lead & Front-end DeveloperAmphio
     - London, United KingdomFull Time
    Led design sprints with external clients like the Institute of Physics. These design thinking sessions including stakeholder interviews, sketching ideas, storyboarding, rapid prototyping and user testing to verify ideas and drive both design and business decisions. UX and UI design for iOS, Android, hybrid & web apps ranging from services for the Institute of Physics, tools for G. Henle Verlag and games for Fondation Louis Vuitton. The process included creating user-flows, high-fidelity prototyping, usability tests and creating & maintaining design systems. Responsible for the front-end development of web and iOS designs. Experienced working in Agile/Scrum methodology and using Git for version control. Experienced in articulating problems and explaining solutions to both the internal team, clients and other stakeholders. As the sole designer I was also responsible for hiring and managing freelance designers when necessary.
    Touchpress logo
    Touchpress logo
    DesignerTouchpress
     - London, United KingdomFull Time
    UX & UI design for iOS and Android apps with partners such as the Juilliard School, the Philharmonic Orchestra and Faber & Faber. Also responsible for localisation and asset production as well as designing marketing materials and microsites.
Skills
  • Sketch
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Html CSS
  • Javascript
  • Digital Prototyping
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Design Thinking
  • Github
  • Agile Development
Education
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    (BA hons) Graphic DesignSheffield Hallam University
     - Sheffield, United Kingdom
    First Class Honours