Mandy Whiting

My Career so far

I started in the industry as an all-round web designer. I have mostly worked with WordPress over the last 10 years as a front-end developer and UX/UI designer. After gaining experience, I found a passion for sharing my knowledge to others which lead me to a career in management.

Team Manangement

User Research

Wireframes

Figma/Abobe CC

Mobile First Design

Journey Mapping

UI Design

HTML/CSS/SCSS

WordPress/PHP

Tailwind

Twig/Timber

Component Creation

Experience

STERIS
Product Designer
· May 2023 - Present
Working as the Product Designer at STERIS, a sterile processing company that are based in the USA and have many facilities across the UK providing services for the NHS. I joined STERIS to help aid in their transition to a new cloud based system. I worked with the design team to estabilsh consistency between designs and different areas of the software and other projects.
- Updating older design to the new design system
- Integrating design systems new features
- Creating prototypes and userflows
- Creating a complex grid component and templates for the design system
- Working in a cross functionality team
- Organising and leading workshops
CITIZENME
Product Designer
· May 2022 - May 2023
Working as the Product Designer at a startup survey company. I was bought in to help transition the company into SaaS by introducing a tiered pricing system and updating the design for the web based app with multiple different user permissions.
- Working to agile sprint deadlines
- Updating older design to new branding and design system
- Creating marketing decks and assisting marketing team with email marketing designs
- Mentoring Junior UX/UI Designers
- Updating design systems
- Organising and leading workshops
- Creating prototypes and userflows
- User testing (survey based and in-person)
Abstrakt
Digital Project Manager
· Sept 2021 - May 2022
Working in a small design agency based in Nottingham. My role was to oversea the digital projects within the agency from start to finish. My main duties include organisation of the workflow within the agency and managing client relationships through effective communication.
Adtrak - 9 years +
Assistant Web Design Manager
· July 2020 - Sept 2021
Working as the assistant manager of a multi-discipline team and managing the day to day running and organisation of the Web Designers, UX/UI Designers and Front-end Developers within the team.
Assistant Digital Marketing Manager
· July 2019 - July 2020
Working as the Assistant Manager to a multi-discipline team of Organic Marketers, Paid Marketers, Copywriters, Web Designers, UX/UI Designers and Front-end Developers.
Web Design Team Leader
· August 2014 - July 2019
Managing a team of Web Designers, UX/UI Designers and Front-end Developers within the Wed and Development department. The role consisted of people management, training new starters, managing projects, managing the teams workflows and my own workload.
Web Designer
· April 2012 - July 2014
Working as a UX/UI designer and front-end developer within the Web department at Adtrak. Designing and coding Wordpress websites using PHP, jQuery, CSS, SCSS, Twig, Timber and Tailwind.
CREARE - 2 years +
Web Designer
· Feb 2010 - April 2012
Working within a franchise of Creare in a small team. My role was to design and code websites using HTML and CSS.

Education

Birmingham City Unviversity

BA Media & Communication (Hons) - Web & New Media
· 2006 – 2009
2:1
When I'm Not Working
When I'm not at work, I love to spend time with my Husband, son and two dogs. I enjoy creating arts and craft projects, building lego, listening to music and podcasts and binge watching many TV shows.

I'm Mandy

My Career so far

Experience

Education

When I'm Not Working