David B. Kenworthy – Curriculum Vitae

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E-MAIL :   david.b.kenworthy@blueyonder.co.uk  

D.O.B.     27^th December 1995

Experience

UX Designer, Accenture, September 2022 – Present

User experience designer at Accenture, a technology and digital consultancy. While working at Accenture, I have cemented my previously established ability to deliver useful, usable, equitable and enjoyable digital design solutions. My experience at Accenture has given me the knowledge and perspective to understand what makes an effective and successful digital team and allowed me to demonstrate my inherent ability to be a leader within any design environment.

During my time at Accenture, I have had the opportunity to work on well-resourced digital teams. This has enabled me to see with clarity the scope and skills that are needed to ensure a positive project outcome. My role within these teams has gone above and beyond the typical actions of a UX designer and has seen me become a go-to leader who continuously encourages the best in others and helps to create an open and healthy collaborative environment.

In the last year, I delivered a notable project for HMRC, one of Accenture’s public sector clients. This involved designing a completely new UK implementation of a global tax service. This project was a novel and challenging experience for me, and I succeeded in managing key stakeholders within the public sector and implementing complex legislative policy while utilising the well-established GOV.UK Design System to provide a consistent and equitable tax service on the HMRC platform.

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Freelance UX Designer, Play Included, August 2022

Working as part of a small, experienced design strategy consulting team, we refined the brand and experience strategy of Play Included, a registered Community Interest Company focused on developing play-based child development programmes. The work we delivered was realised through extensive workshopping with the client and saw us define the business’s success, audience, ecosystem, brand, mission and value proposition. I contributed by refining the client’s digital platform, experience strategy, experience mapping and user journeys.

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Freelance UX/UI Designer, Whistle Agency, July 2022

While freelancing for Whistle Agency, I worked on a website and brand redesign for their client, Formula Consulting, a F1 rights acquisition consultant. My work included workshopping brand and experience strategy which informed my creation of user journeys, wireframes and high-fidelity mockups. This ensured a fully revamped user experience and brand image for the client’s website.

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Product Designer, Axis Workshops, April 2021 – June 2022

Product designer at Axis, an online collaboration tool that allows users to host or participate in digital workshops and meetings. During my time with Axis, I worked as an integral member of a highly proficient and driven digital team in an agile remote work environment. In my role, I was a leading figure within the team, working closely with the product and development teams to realise the digital design and deliver value add to our end users.

At Axis Workshops, I practised and honed key UX and UI design fundamentals through my deliverables by developing user journeys, creating lo-fi wireframes, prototyping and then presenting high fidelity solutions while continuously validating design decisions or iterating design further based on user research. These actions enabled me to build and manage a comprehensive product design system, which was just one of the processes and resources I implemented to optimise our product development and design cycles.

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Principal Designer, Mad Squirrel Brewery, November 2018 – April 2021

Principal designer at Mad Squirrel Brewery, a forward thinking, contemporary brewery. In my time with Mad Squirrel I gained a substantial amount of professional experience & knowledge in all areas of design: brand, marketing, UX, web, interior, packaging, presentation, service & CAD design. The brand & marketing strategy was also a major part of my responsibilities, as I quickly established myself as a reliable & committed member of the core management team.

At Mad Squirrel I championed a large number of complex, diverse & significant projects which have greatly improved the capacity & consumer perception of the business. Notable projects included: flagship taproom interior & exterior design; design & management of e-commerce website; design of over 36 unique core range and limited release products including their packaging, brand identity, copywriting, retail & marketing materials; implementation and management of cloud database and filing system; menu design; redesign of office space utilisation and resources; organisation & management of brewery photo-shoot. Working for Mad Squirrel also gave me an extensive knowledge of the craft beer industry in relation to production, distribution, retail, wholesale & HORCEA.

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Industrial Placement, Chivas Brother Ltd., September 2017 – May 2018

As a key team member, I worked with Chivas Brothers to improve the capacity & operating efficiency & reduce cost per cask of their Dumping Line 1 at the company’s Bulk Operations & Maturation facility in Dalmuir, Glasgow. Implementing Lean Six Sigma process improvement DMAIC methodology, the project aimed to eliminate wastes & increase value-add activities. A final proposed solution reduced the cost per cask by up to 45.5%, increased the line capacity by 24%, reduced overheads by 21% & eliminated all current need for overtime. My main contributions were current process analysis and evaluation, solution realisation, research and potential utilisation of technologies & development of control methods.

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Intern, Story UK, May – June 2017

As an intern at Story UK, a prestigious marketing agency and winners of over 200 marketing effectiveness awards, I worked in the creative, account handling & digital departments. While there, I gained experience in developing product image, working from client briefs, generating ideas & researching in a professional marketing environment. I worked closely with creative directors, discussing client & campaign strategies, taking part in decisive meetings and ultimately presenting my own idea, which was used as the final proposal for an international business. I gained significant experience of how brand and product image can be used in a digital medium to better interact with users, improving their brand experience as a whole.

Technical Skills & Proficiencies

Education

2014-2018 The University of Strathclyde

1^st Class Honours, University of Strathclyde, Product Design & Innovation BSc

1999-2014 Stewart’s Melville College

Scottish Advanced Higher Results: RMPS A, Product Design C.

Scottish Higher Results: 3 As & 3 Bs, including As in Graphic Communication & Product Design.

Intermediate 2 Results: 7 As, including Maths, Physics & Product Design. GCSE: One B in Art.

Qualifications & Achievements

• Technology Teachers Association: Winner for Graphic Communication
• Integrated Task: Product Designer Award

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