Stephen Ao

Stephen Ao

Senior UX DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
+ Info

262

Connections
Caterina Del Sindaco
Sabina Koo
MP
Stephen Ao

Stephen Ao

Senior UX DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
About me
Senior Product and UX designer with experience in a variety of disciplines.
Projects
  • Singapore Airlines - Project
    Singapore Airlines - ProjectCompetition Finalist 2017 - Singapore Airlines
  • VISA Design Hack 2019 - & run by Founders of the Future & AKQA Feb 2019
    VISA Design Hack 2019 - & run by Founders of the Future & AKQA Feb 2019• Competed in the 2019 Design Hack in partnership with Visa, creating innovative, fintech based solutions for small businesses. Directed to address several different pain points within SME financial servicing: access to sufficient services, tracking incoming and outgoing payments, financial admin and international payments processing. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/announcing-visa-design-hack-akqa-founders-future-ntiruhungwa/
  • DMBS - R3 Corda Competition Finalist
    DMBS - R3 Corda Competition FinalistR3 blockchain Competition - Our solution DMBS - potential implementation and thoughts on how our idea could be taken to the next level. There was five main criteria for the evaluation committee: The Problem, The Technology Fit, The Process, The Presentation, and Feasibility. We were the top 10 ideas and worked on mortgage backed securities on the blockchain.
  • Made in Brunel
    Made in BrunelSocial Media Manager for Made in Brunel
  • Ecommerce Marketplace Blockchain Project
    Ecommerce Marketplace Blockchain Project“Amazon on the blockchain” Lead Creative Direction Role - with a focus on driving UX / UI design - and creating a digital transformation using blockchain technology and through design thinking.
  • Rendering of One Plus phone
    Rendering of One Plus phoneDesign of the One Plus One
Work history
    K
    K
    Senior UX Design ManagerKPMG
     - London, United KingdomFull Time
    Working as a Senior Product Design Manager for KPMG in the Human Centred Design Team in Connected Technology in London. Organisations can sometimes invest immense time and resources into building business cases, but not enough time in framing the real problem that they are facing. This approach can see startups fail to get off the ground, or innovative ideas in established businesses go nowhere. KPMG’s design thinking methodology is a customer-centric, creative and experimental way to overcome this issue. It sets out to identify and frame the real customer issues that the business needs to tackle, and then uses creative approaches to generate a wide range of possible solutions. Contact me for more information about working with us to solve your business challenges.
    T
    T
    Senior UX Design ConsultantTATA Consultancy Services
     - London, United KingdomFull Time
    UX Design Consultant at TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES Our mission is to help customers achieve their business objectives by providing innovative, best-in-class consulting, IT solutions and services and to make it a joy for all stakeholders to work with us. My Role & Responsibility: · Deep domain Expertise in product delivery, leveraging digital technology, UX Tools & design capability · Following visual design principals and UI frameworks as design systems in large scale delivery and execution involved with contracts with clients worth 10 million+. · A creative who is passionate about using the power of design to change the way people think and behave. · Creating digital initiatives for world-renown clients in multiple industries such as Fintech and Insurance. · Proof of design directly led to successful project outcomes and deliverables which made huge cost savings for clients and directly impacting the bottom-line. · Direct client interaction and project management, articulating functional and UI choices to clients and team members. Milestones and Highlights: - Part of TCS Interactive Studio - Helped create design systems for different clients through designing within delivery teams - Delivery and successful execution of long term client projects - Migrated from Sketch to Figma to allow better collaboration with multidisciplinary teams based in India. - agile way of working - adopted user first thinking - working across CX, UX and UI - Design thinking workshops
+ Show more
Skills
  • Product Design
  • Adobe Graphics
  • Adobe Photoshop/indesign/illustrator
  • Autodesk CAD
  • CAD
  • CAD Vectorworks
  • Cad Solidworks
  • 3D Sketching
  • Concept Sketching
  • Coding
Education
    Central Saint Martins (UAL) logo
    Central Saint Martins (UAL) logo
    MastersCentral Saint Martins (UAL)
    London, United Kingdom
    Drop out
Awards
    N
    N
    NearCon Hackathon Lisbon 2022 WinnerNear protocol
    NearCon Hackathon Lisbon 2022 1st Place Winner
    I
    I
    R3 Corda Blockchain Finalist 2019 CompetitonImperial College
    Global University R3 blockchain Competition - potential implementation and thoughts on how our idea could be taken to the next level. There was five main criteria for the evaluation committee: The Problem, The Technology Fit, The Process, The Presentation, and Feasibility. We were the top 10 ideas and worked on mortgage backed securities on the blockchain.
+ Show more