Kenneth Tse - User Experience Designer

About me

Profile

I am naturally passionate in art, design and technology with particular interest in trends and the best practices for the web. My key influences stems from British design to Japanese popular culture, in particular manga and anime. I enjoy maintaining general fitness and competitive sports, notably running and Dragon Boat racing. I am the co-founder and captain for our Dragon Boat Racing Team, S.W.A.T., where we have championed and raised funds in competitive tournaments and charitable events. I like music & film of all genres and enjoy photography, exploring and travelling. I am an automotive enthusiast, studying Japanese and learning to play the guitar are my latest recreational activities.

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Education

• 1991-1994, Central Saint Martins, London University of Art and Design
  Degree, BA (Hons) Graphic Design

• 1990-1991, Hounslow Borough College
  Foundation, Art and Design

• 1998-1990, Cranford Community School
  A Levels - Art and Design, Graphics, Maths Statistics

• 1983-1988, Cranford Community School
  O level - Art and Design
  GCSE - English (Language & Literature), History, Science (Core & Further), Physics, Graphics

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Competencies, skills and experiences

• Solid information, interaction, conceptual and visual design skills.
• Extensive experience on design principles, attention to detail, proportion and composition.
• Experience in user centred research and design, information architecture, wireframes, state transition diagrams, site maps, and flow diagrams.
• Hand code scalable, cross-browser and cross-platform web-based UI in (x)HTML, CSS. Translate detailed designs into validating, standard compliant table-less documents.
• Extensive experiences in commercial graphic and web authoring applications and tools.
• Extensive understanding of all things web from e-commerce to Intranets.
• Comprehensive knowledge of best web practices and standards (W3C/WCAG/RNIB).
• Good understanding of XML / JavaScript / JQuery / Micro-formats.
• Understanding the principles of server-side development in PHP and ASP.
• Experience in working with agile (SCRUM) methodologies.
• Excellent leadership, project management, interpersonal and strong communication skills.
• Proactive and self-motivated. Strong multi-tasking skills across projects and products, work creatively and strategically in a fast paced environment under tight deadlines.
• Structured thinker. Distil knowledge, generate ideas, solve problems and arrive at re/solution(s) effectively.
• Commercial knowledge and experience in conventional and digital production for print.
• Budget and resource management.
• Structured and forward thinking.
• Innovative - advocate in digital trends and contemporary culture.

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Software and Programming Knowledge