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 banking.
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Cross-Sensory Figma
Friendly Bikeshare App
Knative
Dementia Self Care
My Experience
Interests
As one can see through my work, I have been very interested in accessibility, data informed design, colour theory and typography.
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
- Empathy mapping
- Insight synthesis
Design Skills
Throughout my degree and research experience, I have learned technical skills including:
- Product design sketching
- CAD modeling
- Wireframing
- Rapid prototyping
- Introductory coding in JS, HTML and CSS using VS Code
- Adobe suite including Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and Premiere
- Figma
- Keen eye for aesthetics and design principles.
