Over 15 years experience in the online industry as a user experience and interface designer, working in website design, intranet design, tutorial products, online stores and information portals.
A hybrid design specialist, with a strong holistic approach that draws on a vast range of digital knowledge and skills to drive projects from conception right up to front end development handover.
Delivery of solutions that consistently balance design and user needs with the business and associated technical platforms.
An organised, method driven approach key to achieving successful builds.
Currently employed as the Senior User Experience Designer at Yahoo!7, Sydney, Australia.
skills/services
Design
Brand Custodianship
CMS and custom template design
Content structure and information architecture
Graphical mocks through to final visual designs
Illustration/animation (traditional, vector, Flash)
Interaction design
Mood boards
Navigation maps and workflows
Prototyping development/briefing – Rapid, paper, html, flash
User centred design
Wireframes – low through to high fidelity
Project
Best Practise Research, Development and Documentation
Business requirements gathering workshops
Concept mapping
Documentation of interface and interaction specifications
Experience with qualitative and quantitative research analysis
Expert reviews
Industry and competitor evaluations
Network, portal and co-brand specialisation
Persona creation
Portal, corporate, advertising, internet and intranet design
Technical and Client Liasion
Usability Accessibility and Compliance
User needs analysis, customer proposition
User testing, use case scenarios, task creation and testing facilitation
Technical
Accessibility guidelines
Deep working knowledge of CSS, HTML and Flash
Platform/backend research
Quality assuarance support for beta releases
SEO
Tutoring/teaching
contact
hilary@hilarycinis.com | 0404 347 613 |
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"You've got to be strong, you've got to be bold. 'Cause in the end, it's beauty that's gonna save the world..."
~ Nature Boy by Nick Cave
key projects 2008
Yahoo!7 Home page
Yahoo!Xtra Home page
Lead Designer:
- expert review
- competitor analysis
- information architecture
- page layout structure
- interaction design (exc. flash hero)
- visual design
- project documentation
- user testing supervision
Yahoo!7 News
Yahoo!Xtra News
Sole Designer:
- competitor analysis
- information architecture
- wireframing
- interaction design
- visual design
- project documentation
- user testing task creation & consult
Yahoo!7 TV Portal (current)
Lead Designer:
- competitor analysis
- information architecture
- page layout structure
- interaction design
- visual design
- project documentation
- user testing consult
key project 2007
Yahoo!7 Lifestyle Portal
Portal 5 channels +11 magazine skins
Lead Designer:
- competitor analysis
- information architecture
- page layout structure
- interaction design
- visual design
- project documentation
- user testing consult
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