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Davydd Howell Parry

Davydd Howell Parry

Cape Town

Summary

Collaborative Senior Product Designer with expertise in determining functionality and enhancements. Knowledgeable in creating production-ready designs. Offering a successful career history comprising more than 7 years.

Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Product Designer

ClearScore
11.2022 - Current

Key Responsibilities:

  • Line Management
  • Team Management
  • Growth Management
  • Quarterly planning
  • Squad/Team Capacity planning
  • Design decisions
  • User Flows
  • UX/UI designs
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Stakeholder design Presentations
  • Wireframing, User Research
  • Iterative design handover to Developers
  • Presenting findings/results to Stakeholders

UX Designer

ABSA
01.2020 - 10.2021

Key Responsibilities:

  • UX/UI design decisions
  • UX/UI designs
  • User Flows, Stakeholder Management
  • Stakeholder design Presentations
  • Wireframing, Prototyping
  • User Interviews, User Testing
  • Iterative design handover to Developers
  • Presenting findings/results to Stakeholders

CX/UX Designer

ABSA
02.2018 - 12.2019

Key Responsibilities:

  • Customer and competitor research
  • Customer Journey mapping
  • User Interviews
  • Stakeholder Interviews
  • User Journey mapping
  • Wireframing, Prototyping
  • User Testing
  • Information Architecture discussions/decisions
  • Creating User Flows
  • Presenting findings/results to Stakeholders

Junior CX/UX Designer

ABSA
02.2017 - 01.2018

Key Responsibilities:

  • Competitor Research
  • Customer Journey mapping
  • User Interviews
  • User Journey mapping
  • Wireframing
  • Prototyping
  • User Testing

Account Executive

Ogilvy and Mather Cape Town
12.2014 - 01.2017

Key Responsibilities:

  • Managing client expectations
  • Day to day running and managing of various accounts
  • Ensuring that client deadlines are met and briefs are executed
  • Compiling monthly client billing reports
  • Liaising with clients and design teams to ensure optimal outcomes for both parties

Environmental Technical Assistant

City of Cape Town Environmental Management
03.2012 - 01.2014

Key Responsibilities:

  • Issuing poster advertising permits
  • Ensuring that posters were to spec before issuing permits
  • Office management
  • Documenting and capturing all incoming poster and signage applications

Marketing and Communications Assistant

City of Cape Town Environmental Management
03.2011 - 02.2012

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assist in arranging and coordinating various environmental awareness events

Production Assistant

Primedia Broadcasting
03.2009 - 01.2011

Key Responsibilities:

  • Managing Studio Time/Calendars
  • Booking voice over artists
  • Liaise with Voice Over agencies
  • Ensuring that Voice Over artist Invoices are received on time and that Invoice payments are timeous
  • Ensuring that workload is spread equally between Sound Engineers and Copywriters
  • Book briefing sessions between copywriters and account executives

Freelance Assistant

Primedia Broadcasting
08.2008 - 02.2009

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assisting at various events and outside broadcasts

English Teacher

Ehwa English School
02.2008 - 07.2008

Key Responsibilities:

  • Teaching English basics to non-English speaking 6 - 13 year old students

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Geography & Environmental Studies and Linguistics

University of The Western Cape
Cape Town, South Africa

Post Graduate Diploma - Marketing & Advertising Communications Management

Red And Yellow Creative School of Business
Cape Town, South Africa
01.2014

Skills

  • Strategic planning
  • Presentation skills
  • Leadership and Communication
  • Management
  • Research
  • Conflict management
  • User Interviews/Testing
  • Customer Journeys
  • Wireframing
  • Information Architecture
  • UX Flows
  • Product design

References

References can be provided on request

Timeline

Senior Product Designer

ClearScore
11.2022 - Current

UX Designer

ABSA
01.2020 - 10.2021

CX/UX Designer

ABSA
02.2018 - 12.2019

Junior CX/UX Designer

ABSA
02.2017 - 01.2018

Account Executive

Ogilvy and Mather Cape Town
12.2014 - 01.2017

Environmental Technical Assistant

City of Cape Town Environmental Management
03.2012 - 01.2014

Marketing and Communications Assistant

City of Cape Town Environmental Management
03.2011 - 02.2012

Production Assistant

Primedia Broadcasting
03.2009 - 01.2011

Freelance Assistant

Primedia Broadcasting
08.2008 - 02.2009

English Teacher

Ehwa English School
02.2008 - 07.2008

Bachelor of Arts - Geography & Environmental Studies and Linguistics

University of The Western Cape

Post Graduate Diploma - Marketing & Advertising Communications Management

Red And Yellow Creative School of Business
Davydd Howell Parry