Dean Meaney

Experience

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  Qilta

  Jan 2020 - Aug 2020

  Product Designer

  Interned with an upcoming Irish start-up specialising in sport recovery products for high-performance athletes across several countries.Researched, communicated, and developed a product development plan giving insight into the completion of upcoming tasks and the co-dependencies that exist between them.Analysed user data and feedback over the course of several user trials to develop a framework for the product's benefits and features, to improve the product's offering and for future marketing and branding purposes. Designed and developed multiple projects to be used for the product's launch, including a re-iterated package design, promotional material for social media and a more comprehensive redesign of the company website. Show less

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  Qilta

  Oct 2021 - Feb 2022

  Product Designer

  Recently returned to Qilta to work through all aspects of the UX design process to deliver a user-centric, branded redesign of their current website. Working with a small team of designers, engineers and product managers, I have taken ownership of the full redesign of the company website, through;Working with customers and stakeholders to develop an empathic, assumption-free perception of their problems, through the use of interviews and surveys.Analysing and defining the pitfalls of the website, and areas for improvement, through the use of Affinity mapping, heatmaps and user trials.Ideating, with the company's current branding objective, a new website that captures and retains users attention, by developing card sorting exercises, wireframes, paper prototypes and more.Developing prototypes through Figma & Adobe Creative Suite, to facilitate further user testing.Examining and re-iterating the website, following user testing and feedback. Show less

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  ADAPT Centre

  Mar 2022 - Apr 2023

  UX Designer

  UX Designer at The Adapt Centre. Working on UniCOOK, a recent start-up focusing on the use of machine learning to make learning and shopping more accessible.

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  Three Ireland

  Apr 2023 - now

  UX/UI Designer