Tatum Hutanu Cockcroft

Tatum Hutanu-Cockcroft Cape Town, South Africa |- |-tatumcockcroft.webflow.io EXPERIENCE Freelance -Website Design and UX Research Cape Town, South Africa Website creation with Webflow and Figma to match client needs. 2020 - 2021 ● Create responsive and modern web-pages to drive traffic and enhance the user experience. ● Delivered high and low fidelity products to a number of small business and single clients based on feedback, communication, and clear goals. ● Developed an expertise of industry-standard best practices in product design that engage users and maintain exceptional technical standards. Digital Designer - Adevia Health Cape Town, South Africa Digital design and UX design February 2022 - June 2022 ● Designed and planned posts for multiple social media platforms which increased engagement and site traffic. ● Delivered exceptional UX sitemaps, wireframes, mockups and prototypes to pitch new, fresh ideas for a new website, including but not limited to the Meet the Team, Blog and Testimonial pages. ● Developed a range of visual templates and designs as well as a comprehensive roadmap for future implementations. ● Created logos and branding for a number of brands under the brand umbrella using Photoshop, Illustrator and Figma. ● Drove traffic to the company’s landing pages using Facebook Ads, Pinterest Ads, and Google Adwords using effective copy and an efficient long-term SEO profile. ● Iterated constantly with new prototypes at all levels of fidelity using Figma and Sketch. ● Communicated across various channels with all members of the design team and engineer to create the best product possible. EDUCATION University of Cape Town BA(Hons) in Theatre and Performance specializing in Visual Design ● Scenography for theater with an emphasis in visual design and communication. ● Collaboration on multiple installations and abstract art projects. ● Conceptualised, designed and built multiple large-scale installations for public review. University of California, Davis The Strategy of Content Marketing ● Target market, sales strategy, marketing fundamentals and implementation. Cape Town, South Africa 2018 - 2021 Online 2021 Google UX/UI UX Design Course ● Identifying and understanding users, wireframes and prototypes, user research and types of users. ● Developing client-centered approaches to visual design on multiple web and app platforms. ● Enhanced UX skills to a high level through an intensive course program with real world examples. Online 2022 Future Learn Digital Skills: User Experience ● Stages of UX process, information architecture, low to high fidelity projects. ● Designed multiple mobile app / web projects from concept to prototype stage. Online 2022 Springboard UX Design Curriculum ● Design, research, ideation and sketching, design tools, lo-fi and hi-fi design. Online 2022 SKILLS & INTERESTS Working Skills: Figma expertise with experience in Sketch and Invision, UX research and user-testing, video editing, Adobe Suite expertise, Canva expertise, fundamental understanding of HTML and CSS programming languages and a basic skill set with Javascript, MS suite expertise.