Hi, I’m Mariana Mejia!
A product designer and user researcher based in Toronto, Canada. I adore understanding user needs and making evidence based designs. I have worked in UI/UX, accessibility design research, design education and open source design.
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Cross-Sensory Figma
Friendly Bikeshare App
Knative
Dementia Self Care
Interests
As one can see through my work, I have been very interested in ethnographic research methods, academic literature reviewing, rapid prototyping, and accessibility. I have focused on HCI through my work at the research groups and I am interested in future work in this field.
Storytelling
I believe the most important part of the design is empathizing with the user's story and being able to communicate it. I am trained in:
- Ethnographic design research
- Affinity Mapping
- Academic scoping reviews
- Interviewing/ interview recruitment
- User personas and journey mapping
- Task analysis
- Storyboarding
- Empathy mapping
- Insight synthesis
Click here to view my design research experience.
Design Skills
Throughout my degree and research experience, I have learned technical skills including:
- Product design sketching
- CAD modeling
- Rapid prototyping
- Introductory coding in JS, HTML, CSS and BBC Micro:Bit block programming using VS Code
- Adobe suite including Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere, and Figma
- I have also developed a keen eye for aesthetics and design principles.
Click here to see my projects.
