Fiona Kelly

Senior UI/UX Designer

Dublin, Ireland
As an interaction designer with 20+ years experience working in the Digital Media industry, I have worked on apps, responsive web, UI/UX, motion and eLearning projects for high-end agencies and corporate clients.

I possess an excellent ability to identify, analyse and solve complex problems and my multi-faceted experience means I understand the user journey across all platforms. I provide solution orientated thought leadership and best practices in product design direction, standards and implementation that embrace the latest mediums to
ensure the best results.

I am experienced in managing projects & teams from conception through to completion and my co-ordination experience brings a thorough understanding of production best practice to every venture.

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Work Experience

Synchronoss

Lead Interaction & Visual UI Designer

Designing a cloud based, white label sign-up platform application for
large multi-national corporations.
January 2017 - March 2017 Dublin, Ireland

Fidelity National Financial

Senior Visual UI Designer

Working onsite in Dublin, Boston & Frankfurt on Fidelity’s Central
Europe web presence rebrand as a consultant visual designer. With
a global team stretched across 2 continents and 3 countries we
successfully rebranded and redesigned 21 EU countries’ Fidelity sites
in 1 year. Working agile in sprints, 2015 was delivering the MVP; 2016
was about seamlessly enhancing the user experience
March 2015 - August 2016 Dublin, Ireland

RRD Creative

Digital Art Director

As their in-house consultant, I was responsible for heading up all
digital aspects of RRD’s creative campaigns. I supervised the Junior
Designers’ outputs on my projects and client faced on pitching
& project meetings
December 2014 - March 2015 Dublin, Ireland

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Senior UI/UX Designer

In-house consultant UX designer working on the children’s app
Mac, Izzy & Friends and it’s supporting adult facing ‘Get kids K-ready’
community & educational website. Working as a ‘Pair Design’ team
in Dublin and liaising with the Global Project Management & SMEs
team in Boston & Maryland, we developed the web strategy for
CuriousWorld.com; an online early learning activity platform with
educational games, books, stories and videos for kids ages 3 to 7.
After which, I supported the App team in designing and developing
the application product itself.
Dublin, Ireland

RMG Digital Agency

Digital Art Director

In-house Consultant Digital Art Director working on digital campaigns for Eircom (eVision, On Demand, Mobile & Bundles) and Bord Gais.
November 2013 - March 2015 Dublin, Ireland

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Lead Interactive Designer

As part of a focused team of 6, we fast tracked to prototype
presentation an English Language Learners (ELL) program application
that was aimed at supporting ELL teachers in enabling ELL students
gain the necessary English understanding for class. It was Version
2.0 so completed to interface layout and learning content screens
x3 modules. The solutions included multi-device interfaces for
teacher support, 360° explorative interface envoirnments, Student
result tracking, learning module gamifications and other innovative
engagement methods for student learning.
October 2013 - November 2013 Dublin, Ireland

Ogilvy & Mather

Digital Art Director

Heading a Digital Design Team and supported by the Digital Services Team, I undertook all digital aspects of campaigns & pitches for the Ogilvy Dublin group, including Y&R and WHPR. Clients included: Ulster Bank, Carlsberg, Strongbow, Heinz, Bayer, Peter Mark, UCD, Calor Gas, Danone Baby and more.
September 2012 - October 2013 Dublin, Ireland

Xwerx

UI/UX Designer

Part-time in-house UX consultant designer for Xwerx on various projects from web design to app design. Contract was for 3 days a week. Working on UX solutions for such clients as Aviva, Irish Life, Health Service Executive (HSE), Discover Science & Engineering (DSE), HR Access & Tall Ships Festival.
March 2012 - August 2012 Dublin, Ireland

Arekibo

Senior Digital Designer

In-house consultant designer for Arekibo working on highend graphics for such clients as ESB Electric Ireland, DAA, RTE Radio Website & Player & Saorview TV.
2011 - 2012 Dublin, Ireland

Interaction Conference

Committee Member / Senior Creative & Team Leader

A committee member of Interaction 12, the IxDA UX conference held in Dublin in February 2012. I was the creative lead responsible for branding the conference and applying the design across all mediums from digital to motion to print. I managed and supervised the team of designers to ensure all touchpoints and deadlines were met to a high standard.
2010 - 2012 Dublin, Ireland

MUZU.TV

Lead Digital Designer

In-house consultant designer for MUZU TV, an online music video site who also broadcast gigs and programmes via live streaming from their studios. I designed, produced and managed all manner of static and motion projects for MUZU and their client’s needs, particularly various facebook and branding projects for artists of major music labels such as Sony, Warner, EMI and Universal.
Dublin, Ireland

Education

Dublin Institute Of Technology

Honors MA in Interactive Media

2002 - 2004 Dublin, Ireland

Skills

Animation, App Design, Art Direction, Illustration, Interaction Design, Motion Graphics , UI, Ux, Web Design,