Mick Fahy

UX Designer

San Francisco, CA, USA
I’m Mick Fahy, a UI/UX Designer and Creative Director with 12+ years of experience in the industry.

I am adept at all stages of the creative process: from big-thinking blue sky pitch concepts at pre-sale engagements and experience workshops, to leading design-thinking initiatives and processes as the solution develops, through to finalizing UX deliverables and detailed visual designs and ensuring an effective design-to-build transition. I pride myself in delivering user-centered creative that excites and wows the customer, whilst aligning to defined scope and timelines. I am constantly looking for new and innovative ways to express my ideas as I believe that creativity, in all its forms, is a wonderful thing.

I am based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Work Experience

Amazon.com

UX Designer

• UX Designer for Key by Amazon, the in-home, in-garage and in-car delivery program
• Worked with Product, Engineering and QA teams, as well as external stakeholders, in designing the customer experience for multiple product launches, including:
• In-Garage Delivery, in collaboration with myQ and Chamberlain smart garages
• Schalge Encode, the first WiFi-enabled lock eligible for Key
• Integrating with the Ring app to offer smart lock access control in Ring, as well as importing Ring devices as part of the Key ecosystem for in-home delivery
• Support for Home Security System integration
• As support for additional OEMs grows for in-car delivery, worked with variable technical requirements and limitations to create a consistent customer experience
• System Health UX to assist customers in troubleshooting issues with their iOT device setup • Daily Life UX, fixes, edge cases, improvements
November 2018 - Present Sunnyvale, California, United States

Mobiquity

Creative Director – UI/UX

Creative Director – Visual Design and UX – for Mobiquity, a mobile professional services firm helping clients to design, build, deploy and manage enterprise mobile solutions that seek to leverage the power of the mobile internet as a business game changer.

Skills and Responsibilities:
• Creating concept designs, wireframes and detailed visual designs and interactions
• Multiple platform and device experience: Phone, Tablet, Watch, TV, Voice
• Selling our creative services to prospective clients at pre-sale engagements
• Presenting work internally and externally, at all stages of the creative process, ensuring deliverables excite and wow the client, whilst aligning to defined scope and timelines
• Managing and overseeing a team of designers, providing feedback and direction to maintain high standards in deliverables and client satisfaction
• Working with development teams to ensure an effective design-to-build transition
• Conducting interactive client workshops on strategy and user experience
• Whiteboarding and rapid sketching screens, flows and user journeys
• Moderating and overseeing usability testing and Human Factor Studies
• Researching UX and technology trends; customer interviews; user personas and scenarios
March 2017 - October 2018 California, United States

Mobiquity

Principal Designer – UI/UX

Principal Designer UI/UX – for Mobiquity, a mobile professional services firm helping clients to design, build, deploy and manage enterprise mobile solutions that seek to leverage the power of the mobile internet as a business game changer.
April 2016 - March 2017 New York, New York, United States

Mobiquity

Senior Designer – UI/UX

Sr Designer UI/UX – for Mobiquity, a mobile professional services firm helping clients to design, build, deploy and manage enterprise mobile solutions that seek to leverage the power of the mobile internet as a business game changer.
October 2014 - April 2016 New York, United States

Borro

Senior Designer – Print and Web

Senior Designer for Borro, an industry leading personal asset lending company
• In charge of refining and modernizing the brand for its targeted affluent audience and designing and implementing new brand guidelines, including logo usage, color palette, typography and imagery
• Responsible for the visual design of the corporate website, landing pages and HTML email campaigns, testing for accurate rendering across all email clients and using contemporary responsive designs
• Designed high profile advertising including placements in New York Times Magazine, Forbes Magazine, New York Subway and Metro North trains
• Redesigned and consolidated company collateral
• Created a full suite of new company stationery
June 2013 - October 2014 New York, United States

Brewin Dolphin

Graphic Designer

In-house Designer for Brewin Dolphin, one of the UK's largest independent private client investment managers, with 42 offices throughout the UK, Ireland and the Channel Islands.
Responsible for the design and artwork of all Brochures, Client Forms, Advertising, Event/Seminar invitations and branding, Stationary, Magazines, Newsletters, digital movies, pitches and presentations.
September 2008 - March 2003 United Kingdom

The POP Company

Agency Designer

• Worked in a lead role in the design and production of print graphics finished to various media e.g. leaflets, brochures, booklets, menu panels, scotch graphics, duratrans
• Maintained production schedules and budgets, managing and organising inflow and outflow of work
• Dealt directly with clients from initial concept stage to finished print and installation
• Went on site to help in the installation of graphics, including surface-mounting scotch graphics, fasson, etch-film, and hanging graphics from ceilings or on walls
• Trained and supervised junior designers, including conducting staff appraisals and interviews
October 2005 - September 2008 Dublin, Ireland

Education

Dublin Institute Of Technology

BA Honours Design and Visual Communications

September 2000 - May 2004 Dublin, Ireland

Skills

Apps, Design, Mobile, Music, Pitches, Pre-sales, Presentations, Print, QA, Strategy, TV, Uat, Ux, Visual Design, Voice, Wearables, Web, Workshops,