Ross McCully

Experience

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  Community Advertiser

  Jan 2006 - Sept 2007

  Production Designer

  Design and Pre-Production of 40 page glossy magazine with a monthly circulation of 13,000.

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  Youtrain Group

  Jun 2010 - May 2016

  Head of Design at YouTrain Group, overseeing all marketing, design and development of all company brands and external clients for Due North and Screentown Digital Signage. Currently training to be an SQA qualified Assessor in Digital Marketing. • Line manager of 4 full time designers and developers• Studio resource planning• Brand development, web site traffic growth, social media campaigns• Design direction, review, and hands-on project contribution on all internal and external brands• Creation of promotional videos• Web presence and search engine optimisation• Sourcing and commissioning photography• Copy writing• Providing Employability Fund candidates with work experience within the Design department Show less

  • Head of Design

    Jan 2012 - May 2016

  • Graphic Designer

    Jun 2010 - Jan 2012
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  999 Design

  May 2016 - Aug 2023

  Senior Digital Designer

  Design and build digital experiences for a range of clients from global brands and local charities for an award winning, top 20 agency in the UK (Design Business Association - 2019). Projects range from email design and builds through to full site UI/UX design and build. Take a project from initial workshops right through user personas and journeys, wireframing, design and build to launch. Comfortable facing the client including pitches, UI/UX workshops and presenting designs.

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  Bright Signals

  Aug 2023 - now

  Senior UX Designer

  Lead full UX/UI for projects for a range of clients from global brands to local colleges. Take a project from initial UX strategy workshops and mapping needs, objectives, audiences right through to user personas, user journeys and tree testing. From then wire framing protoypes and finally completing the design for further handover to development. Comfortable facing the client including pitches, UI/UX workshops and presenting designs.