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I'M A SENIOR UX&UI DESIGNER

Patricia Ballada  

Welcome to my Portfolio. Explore my work and let's create extraordinary experiences together crafting cutting edge products.

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About

ABOUT ME

I’m Patricia Ballada, a UI & UX Creative Designer with more than 15 years experience.

 

I have created powerful visual design, applying UI &UX design methodologies, for brands and companies like S&P Global, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Microsoft, Skype, Pokerstars, MindCandy, NFL, Virgin games and more. I do projects ranging from fine art to branding, graphics, interaction, animation, user experience, information architecture and a wide variety of digital interface. I develop and execute ideas, always looking for the next challenge! Here are my design principles:

RESEARCH

Researching the alpha stages involves the early development of a product, where we identify core functionalities and explore initial user feedback - developing personas, evaluating competitors, market trends, and the product’s own strengths and weaknesses.

UX

Serves as the blueprint that brings together shared information, content, features, and the hierarchy of a product. It defines the structure and flow, starting with diagrams and evolving into prototypes that offer a clear vision of how to navigate with the product.

UI

Design process transforms a product from its initial look and feel to a pixel-perfect experience. I incorporates user-centered style guide and design principles that ensure cross-device consistency and balance, creating a cohesive and intuitive experiences.

TESTING

I conduct comprehensive usability testing to evaluate how real users interact with websites, identifying pain points. I optimize designs to enhance functionality and ensure seamless, intuitive interactions for a smooth and enjoyable experience across all touchpoints.

400+

PROJECTS DONE

80+

PROJECTS RELEASED

16+

YEARS EXPERIENCE

26+

CLIENTS SERVED

RESPONSIVE LAYOUT

Responsive Web Design (RWD) is a philosophy wherein the design of the system adapts depending upon the layout of the device. It’s an approach aimed at crafting the optimal experience, providing easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing and supporting a wide range of devices (mobile phones, tablets and desktop with a variety of screen sizes). This way allows the layout to adjust according to the user’s screen resolution using media queries, which makes it possible in reaching a larger number of users by directly supporting an array of platforms.

Main software tools to use:

  • Figma

  • Graph UI

  • Adobe Creative Cloud

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INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE

Interaction design (IxD) represent the design aspect related to the notion of utility. The choice of visual elements is not only determined my aesthetic principles but by how the design naturally flows. In providing simple and intuitive user journeys (minimum required clicks) users experience is increasingly optimised and effective. In addition to user journey, the content and it’s organisation throughout the product is key in providing acute interaction results, it must be balanced by the way a user thinks and feels in order to bring-about a natural behaviour to its user journey.

 

Some of the most common software tools are:

  • Axure

  • Framer.js

  • Principle

  • XD CC

BRAND IDENTITY

When we think about branding, I scope the entire customer experience. Everything from the logotype, brand guidelines, design principles, appliances and social media experiences. Brand is a valuable component specially when it comes to a company’s identity and marketing performance. To create the perfect graphic for it, we generally use the golden ratio, know as the divine proportion following simple and geometric forges for the right balance.

 

During my experience, these has been the most used:

  • Figma

  • Photoshop

  • Illustrator

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“GREAT DESIGN IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN LIFE AND ITS ENVIRONMENT”

  • Naoto Fukasawa
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Sara Jones's designs are both visually captivating and highly effective. She transformed our website, enhancing user engagement and conversions. Her attention to detail and creative approach are top-notch. Highly recommended!

PORTFOLIO

Portfolio

Trading Platform, Carbon Footprint & Web Design

Carbonplace, 2024

Tablet App

Lloyds Bank, 2017-2018

Game App & Graphic Design

Web Design / Marketing

Trading Software Integration

Web Design / Marketing

Game App & Video Animation

Web Design / Marketing

Game App & Video Animation

Web Design / Marketing

Brand Enhancement & Game App Improvement

Web Design / Marketing

Desktop Re-platforming

S&P Global, 2018-2024

AI Chatbot Feature Integration

Skype, 2015-2016

Game App

Trivia Fox for Skype, 2015

Branding & Web Design

Web Design / Marketing

Mobile Game App

Web Design / Marketing

Game App

Web Design / Marketing

Game App & Software Integration Copy

Web Design / Marketing

Mobile Software Integration & Re-platforming Copy

S&P Global, 2018-2024

Tablet App

HSBC, 2016-2017

Research & Software Integration

Lombard Risk, 2017-2018

Cross-device FX Trading Platform

FairFX, 2018

Web Design & Customer Dashboard

Web Design / Marketing

Game App

Web Design / Marketing

Game App

Web Design / Marketing

TESTIMONIALS

As a Visual Designer and User Experience, Patricia was excellent to work with. She was detail oriented, committed, and I could trust her to make UX decisions that were not only great for the user, but also aligned with our business goals.

Haiyan Z. / Microsoft, Lift Studios

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CONTACT

Have a question or a project in mind? I'd love to hear from you.
Let's chat and make something amazing together.

+44 (0)7557022661

info@thecreativehawk.com
balladabenitezatricia@gmail.com

Greater London, UK

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