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Andrew IrwinUX Designer

A deep thinker who is very ambitious and a great achiever!

I love people, UX Design, psychology and advocating for those who are neurodiverse.

Five years of experience designing, developing and managing apps. Rockstar at getting apps from 0 to 1,000+ users.

Passion for problem-solving, working with people, and creating user experiences that are genuinely helpful to people. Highly motivated, results-focused, and a super communicator.

Skills
Communication

Miro

Empathy

Observation, Asking questions

User research

Stakeholder Interviews, Hotjar, Google Analytics

Critical thinking
Problem Solving

UX Process, Notebook & Pen

Wireframing & prototyping

Balsamiq, Figma, Marval App, Paper Prototypes

UX/UI design

Balsamiq, Figma

UX Writing
User Testing

In Person, Hotjar

Full stack web/app development

HTML, CSS, Javascript, React, Firebase, Databases, No code

Awards
Top 10 Outstanding Young People in Ireland, JCI Ireland
03/2017

Drive Safe App. Innovation in Road Safety.

Road Safety Leading Light National Award, Road Safety Authority Ireland
11/2016

Drive Safe App. Innovation in Road Safety

Education
Product Management Bootcamp, BrainStation
09/2022 – 11/2022 | Vancouver, Canada
Associate Degree UX Research & Design, UX Design Institute
06/2020 – 03/2022 | Dublin, Ireland
Experience
Technical Product Manager, XtremePush
03/2023 – 12/2023 | Dublin, Ireland

Omnichannel Customer Engagement Platform.

  • •Work with teams to understand what features we should add to the platform and why they would be beneficial to users.
  • •Build up ideas, by writing user stories and designing user flows so that programmers are clear on purpose of project.
  • •Prepare sprints so that the programming team always have projects to work on, and ensure that we are getting the most important work done to meet deadlines.
  • •Communicate with stakeholders on progress of upcoming features and provide support to unblock any issues.
    • Freelance UX Designer, Irish Apothecary.ie
    01/2023 – present | Westport, Ireland

    Online well-being store and education centre.

  • •Worked with Nicola to understand her needs, pain points and goals, in order to help her redesign the online store.
  • •Visited her physical store to get an understanding of her and her brand and her customers.
  • •After researching best practices for shopify stores and looking at competitors, I designed mockups for the new store design.
  • •After getting feedback and approval from Nicola, I redesigned her store, making it easier for customers to navigate, as well as easier for Nicola to update herself which were the two main issues.
    • Freelance UX Designer & App Developer, Karrots Fintech App
    12/2021 – 03/2022 | Vancouver, Canada
  • •App to teach people better money management.
  • •Worked with 3 founders to transform their idea into a visual prototype.
  • •Over 6 weeks, performed research on the problem space, and user research interviews with 20 users.
  • •Sourced no code dev and reduced the build quote by 83% from $60k and 12 weeks to $10k and 8 weeks in comparison to using an app development agency.
    • Projects
    Andrew's Tech Help, Founder
    2019 – present
  • •I empower seniors and small businesses to become technologically independent by solving their tech problems and providing tutoring lessons.
  • •50+ happy clients.
    • DapDap Local Events App, Founder
    2018 – 2019
  • •DapDap is an app I created to promote local events in my hometown.
  • •Regularly communicating with users and event promoters, I achieved my goal of connecting people with each other so they could have great experiences and everlasting memories.
  • •500 events from 120 event promoters and 1,000+ users.
    • Drive Safe App, Creator
    2015 – 2017
  • •Drive Safe automatically silences your phone while driving, so you won’t be distracted by it ringing. It also replies to calls and texts to say you’re driving.
  • •30,000 users in 20 countries.
    • B.Sc. Software Development, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology
    2014 – 2017 | Galway, Ireland
  • •2 National Awards for innovation in road safety.