VINCENT ASHIKORDI
Designer
Adelaide, Australia
+61 (0) 487348501
www.linkedin.com/pub/vincent-ashikordi/20/30b/4b8
Vincent is a design professional with over 3 years' experience in product and user experience design. With an 11-year background spanning design, engineering, sustainable development, and business management, Vincent brings unique insights and perspectives to projects that allow him to develop innovative solutions that deliver real value to customers and organisations.
He adopts a pragmatic, principled, and purpose-driven approach, which enables him to design and deliver user-centric products/services on time and on budget. He places emphasis on situational design, tailoring design solutions to clients' needs and project circumstances - finding opportunities, where possible, to exceed expectations.
Vincent has a strong background in user experience design, design research, design management, and meaning-centred design. With international exposure covering three continents, Vincent has experience building relationships with high-calibre teams and maintaining first-class industry contacts that he could draw on for future project engagements.
He adopts a pragmatic, principled, and purpose-driven approach, which enables him to design and deliver user-centric products/services on time and on budget. He places emphasis on situational design, tailoring design solutions to clients' needs and project circumstances - finding opportunities, where possible, to exceed expectations.
Vincent has a strong background in user experience design, design research, design management, and meaning-centred design. With international exposure covering three continents, Vincent has experience building relationships with high-calibre teams and maintaining first-class industry contacts that he could draw on for future project engagements.
Work Experience
V.A. Design Associates
Director - Design, Branding, and Innovation Strategy
July 2015
- Present
Adelaide, Australia
SMS Management & Technology
Consultant - User Experience Design
July 2016
- November 2016
Melbourne, Australia
Telstra Digital
UX Consultant - Software; User Experience Design
March 2016
- June 2016
Melbourne, Australia
Osusu Sa Lone
Designer & Creative Consultant
Osusu Sa Lone is a UK based NGO that supports girl education in Sierra Leone, West Africa.
As a Creative Consultant, I created a holistic online presence for the NGO. This included its brand identity, website, fundraising strategy and social media presence.
As a Creative Consultant, I created a holistic online presence for the NGO. This included its brand identity, website, fundraising strategy and social media presence.
August 2012
- October 2012
United Kingdom
Made In Brunel
Alumni Stories Co-ordinator; Story Team Editor & Copywriter
Made in Brunel is a student-led platform for empowering talented people across the Brunel University School of Engineering and Design. It culminates in an annual exhibition to showcase the best of Brunel design and engineering innovation to industry.
Working with the Story Team, our main responsibility was to effectively communicate the journeys of the students in keeping with the 2012 'journeys fuelled by ideas' theme through a 7,000-copy, 320-page published book.
As the Alumni Stories Co-ordinator, I was partly responsible for contacting Brunel design and engineering alumni and creating visuals to communicate their journeys.
And as the Story Team Editor, I proofread and edited up to 180 project descriptions, titles and sub-titles and also undertook general-content editing.
Working with the Story Team, our main responsibility was to effectively communicate the journeys of the students in keeping with the 2012 'journeys fuelled by ideas' theme through a 7,000-copy, 320-page published book.
As the Alumni Stories Co-ordinator, I was partly responsible for contacting Brunel design and engineering alumni and creating visuals to communicate their journeys.
And as the Story Team Editor, I proofread and edited up to 180 project descriptions, titles and sub-titles and also undertook general-content editing.
October 2011
- July 2012
London, United Kingdom
Smallfry
Product Designer & Creative Consultant
• Worked as a placement student within a close-knit design team.
• Provided support to the R&D, Creative and Business Development teams.
• Developed key skills through a diverse job function which encompassed: design research, technical design reviews, technical report writing, product teardown and analysis, mechanism illustration, medical device reverse engineering, engineering calculations, prototyping, model making, supplier liaison, concept generation, market research and analysis, visual business case design, advertising/PR material design and chairing meetings.
• Provided support to the R&D, Creative and Business Development teams.
• Developed key skills through a diverse job function which encompassed: design research, technical design reviews, technical report writing, product teardown and analysis, mechanism illustration, medical device reverse engineering, engineering calculations, prototyping, model making, supplier liaison, concept generation, market research and analysis, visual business case design, advertising/PR material design and chairing meetings.
August 2010
- July 2011
United Kingdom
CREATE FOR JAPAN
Creative Consultant
• Collaborated with students and alumni of the London School of Economics and Political Science to organise CREATE FOR JAPAN - a charity fundraising event for the Japan tsunami victims.
• Articulated and communicated project vision and objectives through information/problem processing activities and visual communication.
• Designed the PR/marketing materials for the event.
• Articulated and communicated project vision and objectives through information/problem processing activities and visual communication.
• Designed the PR/marketing materials for the event.
March 2011
- April 2011
London, United Kingdom
Apple Inc.
Specialist
• Worked within a service-oriented team.
• Liaised with colleagues in other teams to provide informed recommendation of Apple products and services to discerning customers.
• Developed and deployed useful listening, verbal communication, problem-solving and interpersonal skills to deliver tailored customer service.
• Liaised with colleagues in other teams to provide informed recommendation of Apple products and services to discerning customers.
• Developed and deployed useful listening, verbal communication, problem-solving and interpersonal skills to deliver tailored customer service.
2010
- 2010
London, United Kingdom
Education
University College London
MSc Energy and Resources Management
March 2013
- Present
Adelaide, Australia
Brunel University
BSc Product Design Engineering with professional development, First Class Honours
September 2009
- July 2012
London, United Kingdom
University Of The West Of England
BSc Product Design Technology, First Class
September 2008
- July 2009
Bristol, United Kingdom
Association Of Business Executives
Diploma in Business Management
April 2005
- March 2008
London, United Kingdom
Awards
Skills
Adobe CS HTML,
Adobe CS HTML,
And High-fidelity Prototyping,
And High-fidelity Prototyping,
And High-fidelity Prototyping,
And High-fidelity Prototyping,
And Model Making,
And Model Making,
And Model Making,
And Model Making,
And Questionnaire Design,
And Questionnaire Design,
And Questionnaire Design,
Axure RP Sketch,
Axure RP Sketch,
Axure RP Sketch,
Axure RP Sketch,
Competitor Analysis Sketching,
Competitor Analysis Sketching,
Competitor Analysis Sketching,
CSS,
Design And Technical,
Design And Technical,
Design And Technical,
Design And Technical,
Focus Group Interviewing,
Focus Group Interviewing,
Focus Group Interviewing,
Invision Trello Jira,
Invision Trello Jira,
Invision Trello Jira,
Primary And Secondary,
Primary And Secondary,
Primary And Secondary,
Research Affinity Diagramming,
Research Affinity Diagramming,
Research Affinity Diagramming,
Specs Usability Testing.,
Specs Usability Testing.,
Specs Usability Testing.,
Specs Usability Testing.,
Storyboarding Wireframing Low-fidelity,
Storyboarding Wireframing Low-fidelity,
Storyboarding Wireframing Low-fidelity,
Storyboarding Wireframing Low-fidelity,
References
(References are available upon request).