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Resume

Experience

Jan 2023 - Present

UX Designer/Researcher II

Innosoft Ltd

Kitchener, ON

  • Redesigned and streamlined registration flow for core product, reducing complexities and eliminating redundancies, and increasing multi-person registration speed by more than 2x.

  • Enhanced instructor check-in usability, halving time-on-page and alleviating user pain points.

  • ​Led research and redesign of a native app and CMS for an add-on product, targeting 200+ clients and 100,000s of users.

Jan 2021 - Dec 2022

UX Designer/Researcher I

Innosoft Ltd

Kitchener, ON

  • Optimized registration and login flows for the core product, cutting abandonment rates and halving time-on-page.

  • ​Conducted end to end research for an add-on product in development, clarifying goals and setting stakeholder expectations.

Sept 2020 - Dec 2020

UX Designer

Communitech Ltd

Kitchener, ON

  • Designed client websites in order to drive engagement - focused on glanceability and usability. Conducted research to ensure designs were addressing pain points and maximizing engagement and CTA use.

Nov 2017 - Aug 2019

Architectural Administrator

MMC Architects Ltd

Toronto, ON

  • Working with the Director to help drive efficiencies through staff management and workload distribution. Prepared and managed fee proposals and additional service orders.

2005 - 2016

Architectural Technician

Gallaher Architects/EDP Design

Jersey, UK

  • Responsible for preparing, submitting and coordinating building control and planning drawings and applications. Preparation of all required drawings and on-site coordination meetings with trades and clients.

Education

2019 - 2020

Interactive Multi Media 

College Graduate Degree

Sheridan College, Oakville

In the IMM program, we learned to create, manage and develop web and mobile content, leveraging a curriculum in usability, interactivity, front-end coding, social media, user experience (UX) and emerging technologies in an interdisciplinary, collaborative learning environment.

2002 - 2005

Architecture

Bachelor of Arts Degree

University of Liverpool, UK

The programme provides a comprehensive foundation in architecture, which demands knowledge of many different but interrelated disciplines and the development of personal as well as technical Architectural skills.

Professional skillset

User research

Interaction design

Prototyping

Usability testing

Persona building

Wireframing

Cross functional collaboration

Agile development

Project management

Recruitment

Usability testing

User-centric mentality

© 2023 by Rob Cottignies

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