Dean Meaney

Dean Meaney

Product Designer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    UX/UI Designer at Three Ireland

  • Education

    • UXTree

      2022 - 2022
      Mentorship UX Design 1.1
    • Maynooth University

      2017 - 2021
      Product Design (Marketing & Innovation) Design 2.1
  • Experience

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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.

    • Three Ireland

      Apr 2023 - now
      UX/UI Designer
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Get Your Product Used: Adoption and Appropriation

      The Interaction Design Foundation
      Oct 2023
      View certificate certificate
    • UserZoom Advanced Certification

      UserZoom (now part of UserTesting)
      Apr 2023
      View certificate certificate
    • UX Tree Mentee Certificate

      UX Tree
      Jun 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Mobile User Experience (UX) Design

      The Interaction Design Foundation
      Sept 2023
      View certificate certificate
    • UserZoom Platform Essentials

      UserZoom (now part of UserTesting)
      Apr 2023
      View certificate certificate
    • Data-Driven Design: Quantitative Research for UX

      Interaction Design Foundation (IxDF)
      Jun 2023
      View certificate certificate
    • Human-Computer Interaction: The Foundations of UX Design

      The Interaction Design Foundation
      Jan 2023
      View certificate certificate
    • Photoshop for UX Design

      LinkedIn
      Sept 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • Design for the 21st Century with Don Norman

      The Interaction Design Foundation
      Dec 2023
      View certificate certificate
    • Illustrator for UX Design

      LinkedIn
      Oct 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • Accessibility: How to Design for All

      Interaction Design Foundation (IxDF)
      Feb 2023
      View certificate certificate
    • Perception and Memory in HCI and UX

      Interaction Design Foundation (IxDF)
      Apr 2023
      View certificate certificate
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Shop Assistant

      Issued by Friends of St Brigid Hospice Charity Shop on Aug 2016
      Friends of St Brigid Hospice Charity ShopAssociated with Dean Meaney