Ricelle Whelan

Ricelle whelan

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location of Ricelle WhelanCity of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Digital Product & Experience Designer - SaaS, CUA

  • Education

    • Northlink college

      2006 - 2007
      National diploma web and application development

      Learnt to create website's from scratch to building more complex eCommerce websites. This included web design and development using ASP.net & VB.net.This diploma included wire framing, web design principles, front-end (HTML & CSS), back-end (ASP.net & VB.net) and SQL development. Also learnt JAVA, Flash, Coral Draw, Freehand, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Fireworks. Entrepreneurship, Business Comms, System analysis and design.

    • University of south africa/universiteit van suid-afrika

      2008 - 2008
      Higher national diploma it: web and application development
  • Experience

    • Entelligence

      Feb 2007 - Nov 2009
      Web designer and coldfusion developer.

      While working at Entelligence* I gained knowledge in Coldfusion development, CMS development, Javascript, PHP, User Experience, Process/booking flows, Search Engine Optimisation, Analytics, Bulk Emails, Custom Web Application development, Flash design and development, Project Management, eCommerce, Payment Gateways, Customer training, Bulk SMS.Daily tasks involved taking a project from start to finish, I was involved in Project Planning, Web Design, Development and Maintenance and dealt directly with clients. I worked with clients such as tracker.co.za, therobertsonsmallhotel.com, cnonline.co.za, naspers.co.za, hyundai.co.za, mygate.co.za, bigtimerecruitment.co.za and many moreEntelligence Limited was sold in 2010 to Socialcode.biz*It is spelled correctly Show less

    • 3fifteen technology solutions pty (ltd)

      Nov 2009 - Jun 2013
      Intermediate designer & developer

      Worked at Comair Limited as a 3fifteen outsourced web designer where I formed part of their web design team. The web design team implements and maintains their in-house brands website’s and third party solutions for brands such as kulula.com, kulula.mobi, slowlounge.co.za, comair.co.za.Gained knowledge of technologies such as Orchard CMS & MS Sharepoint, Sabre Airline Solutions.I formed part of the team that assisted in the implementation from the old system to the new in-house system on Orchard CMS and Third party solutions with Sabre which included Sabre B2C, Sabre B2B, OpenJaw. Show less

    • Comair limited

      Jul 2013 - Jun 2021

      I formed part of a dynamic E-commerce UX and Web design team that implement, roll out and maintain in-house and third party solutions for online brands such as the airline & travel kulula.com, kulula.mobi, creditcard.kulula.com, comair.co.za, Accomodation & Holidays - mtbeds.co.za. Using technologies such as Orchard CMS (ASP.NET MVC framework) and Sabre Airline Solutions.I worked on big business projects to smaller marketing campaigns. Business projects that included analysis, wireframes, prototyping, storyboards and user interface designs when activating new websites, products & services. This included liaising with business owners and stakeholders as well as developers. The smaller marketing campaigns involved landing pages, banners and email designs. Over and above the before mentioned responsibilities, my role includes the testing thereof.2016: Recently lead the design team and implemented the design layer for the release of the new Sabre DX solution and converting the existing in-house system to the bootstrap responsive framework. Also assisted and guided fellow designer in the re-design of the new mtbeds.co.za website in phase 2, while improving admin portal for business owner. Just to name a few.Gained knowledge in: React, Node & npm, Sass & Less Show less

      • Digital Experience Manager

        Nov 2017 - Jun 2021
      • Senior Web Designer

        Jul 2013 - Oct 2017
    • Everlytic

      Jul 2021 - Jan 2023
      Senior ux lead

      Form part of the product development team. Responsibilities include planning and strategising product features. As well as suggesting product improvements(UX/UI) and conducting user research. Liaising with development team on system rules & restrictions. Designing proposed solutions in low to high fidelity mocks and prototypes. Ensuring the delivery of the above mentioned items.

    • Sendmarc

      Feb 2023 - now
      Senior product designer
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified usability analyst

      Human factors international
      Mar 2018
    • Member of interaction design foundation

      Interaction design foundation (ixdf)
      Nov 2019
      View certificate certificate
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Ricelle Whelan
      Catalyst Award for Leveraging Leading Technology Comair Limited Jul 2017 The award gives recognition to individuals who contribute towards the success of Comair Limited. This award is based on the Think Vision principles that form the formula of success for Comair Limited.One of the top line principles is 'Leveraging Leading Technology' by identifying and realising opportunities to use technology to; Grow Revenue, Improving Customer Experience and Enhancing Efficiencies. Choosing the right technology and ensuring it is well implemented and maintained.