Yana Brewster

Hello! I'm Yana, a UX/UI website designer and front-end developer based in Wellington."

Contact Details

• [email protected]
• Wellington, New Zealand
• www.yanabrewster.com
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanabrewster

About Me

I believe UX/UI design and front-end web development are crucial tools for solving problems in today's technological world. For this reason, I am also very interested in website accessibility and am keen to learn more about it and incorporate it in future case studies.

I love the process of designing and creating websites. The satisfaction of delivering a complete project that fulfills the users' needs is what I enjoy most about web design. My curious, gentle nature and bicultural upbringing enable me to relate to and empathise with a diverse range of people from different backgrounds and cultures. This perspective allows me to sense other people's needs and wants intuitively and this drives me to find solutions to their problems. Having a flair for design strengthens my ability to answer the user’s problem visually, in a user-friendly and effective way.

My current goal is to find a permanent role in UX/UI design within an organisation that supports professional growth and offers opportunities for upskilling.

Education

Yoobee Colleges | Diploma in Web and UX Design | 2019 - 2020 (3 July)

Massey University | Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1st Class Honours Class 2014 | 2008-2014

Work Experience

• J R McKenzie Trust - ​Website Audit Report and Maintenance | 2017
• Barney Brewster Photography - Photo Assistant & Publishing | 2016-2018
• Film for Change Aotearoa - Volunteer Manager & Administrator | 2015-2017

UX/UI Skills

• Competitors analysis
• Website audit
• Surveys
• Interviewing
• Personas
• User scenario
• User testing
• Information Architecture
• Wireframes
• Prototyping (Low to High Fi)
• Adobe Ps / Ai / Id
• Sketch / Adobe XD
• InVision / UXPin

Coding Skills

• Responsive design
• Valid HTML5 / CSS3 / JS
• SASS / Koala
• Atom / Sublime Text
• Github
• Bootstrap 4
• Beginner with JavaScript/jQuery/jQueryUI
• Node.js / npm / Grunt
• MongoDB
• AJAX / JSON
• Beginner at PHP
• MYSQL
• CMS (WordPress)