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Khumbira Kasambala

UX Designer

Works remotely from Leeds

  • 53.797563
  • -1.544227
  • Suggested rate €537 / day
  • Experience 2-7 years
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This freelancer is available part-time (3 days per week) but hasn't confirmed their availability in over 7 days.

Part-time, 3 days per week

Propose a project The project will begin once you accept Khumbira's quote.

Location and workplace preferences

Location
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Remote only
Primarily works remotely

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Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual

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Skills (10)

Khumbira in a few words

Hello, I'm Khumbira! I'm a UX designer with a background in Marketing and Sales. Currently working a a SaaS platform enabling businesses to store manage and distribute their digital media. I've been freelancing for 2 years and previously worked at the BBC. This has led to me having a great skillset for working within teams and independently.

Experience

Imagen

Digital & IT

Ux Designer

November 2022 - Today (2 months)

Ownership over building a design system to homogenise and simply future product development Leading design exploration workshops to help solve complex SaaS business challenges and user needs Bridging gap between product use cases and psychology to helps users achieve goals faster Conducting reearch studies to refine and extend user personas and mental models
Auditing current Imagen product with particular emphasis on information architecture and user goals
User Research User Interface Design User Testing Wireframing Prototype

Levile

Press & Media

UX Designer  - As a freelancer

June 2022 - Today (7 months)

Responsible for creating and implementing a new design system adopted by product team Leading design discussion with stakeholders & developers who use no code tools like Bubble
Consistently seeking user insight to further validate initial design decisions on improving user
retention
Consulting work involving gathering client requirements and negotiating feasibility
Introduced new collaboration techniques such as fig jam and miro to push innovative brainstorming
Wireframing Prototype Design Thinking

BBC

Press & Media

UX Designer

Salford, England, United Kingdom

July 2021 - April 2022 (8 months)

Part of the discovery and implementation phases of BBC's new design system called Chameleon Lead design workshops & projects around revamping BBC live product features
Shared design knowledge with other disciplines such as Research, Editorial and Product teams Audited BBC's current live product and strategising with stakeholders around new feature ideation. Created research plans alongside facilitating and moderating user interviews
Lead rapid 2 week research to testing sprints for ideation around motion and acccesibility
User Research User Testing Prototype Wireframing

Karma Beauty

E-commerce

UX Designer  - As a freelancer

January 2021 - June 2021 (5 months)

Conducting research studies for SMEs to help them better understand their users
Creating UX artefacts like user flows and user journeys to show areas for improvement
Improved user engagement by introducing social proof within the user experience of Kaema beauty Designed workable prototypes for moderated user testing to validate user research
User Experience Design User Interface Design Prototype Wireframing User Research User Testing

Ola Christian - LEVILE

1/9/2023

Khumbira is an incredible designer. The level of skill, communication and execution is second to none. Khumbira's ability to understand problems and technical challenges as a designer is truly amazing. The care and attention to detail is what really sets her apart for me. We are so happy at LEVILE to use Khumbira's services regularly as she constantly over delivers on projects we work on regularly.

Shamila Sulaiman - PA Consulting

1/6/2023

There is much that I can say about Khumbira but I’ll keep it as succinct  as possible! Khumbira has an incredible eye for detail. She is extremely meticulous when it comes to her designs, ensuring that the end users are delighted with the product. She is a champion for accessibility As she makes it her mission to create designs that are usable and functional for all. as she makes it her mission to create designs that are usable and functional for all. Khumbira is a delight to work with! She has a very positive and infectious aura and is always bursting with energy and optimism.  She has always been on hand to review my designs, offering constructive feedback and introducing me to new design software that makes her work so aesthetically pleasing.  Overall, Khumbira is a brilliant creative, an impeccable and tenacious designer and wonderful colleague! 

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