Andrew McCrackenAM
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Andrew McCracken

@awmc

A design leader from Belfast with 10 years experience, I love people and end-to-end product design

United Kingdom

What I'm looking for

Challenging interesting work for an ambitious company

A passionate design leader with 10 years experience leading creative teams, launching disruptive products & redefining digital experiences for Startups, SME’s & Corporate enterprises.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Gigpig logoGI
Current

Design Lead

Gigpig

Jun 2023 - Present (1 year 11 months)


Fast tracking the growth and user retention of the UK’s fastest growing music marketplace
- Implementing style guide & design system that sped up development by 100%

- Redesigning web platform for multiple user types, increasing signups and reducing churn
- Delivering brand guidelines & key pitch decks to help the business raise Series A

MPS Data logoMD

Head of Design

MPS Data

Jun 2021 - Mar 2023 (1 year 9 months)

Innovating how data and sports metrics are captured and displayed for professional football clubs - growing to 10,000+ customers worldwide.

- Implementing style guide & design system that serviced 10 applications with a dev team of 50
- End-to-end product design for 10 web and mobile apps
- Managing a team of 5 designers
- Implementing key UX feedback

Airota logoAI

Design Lead

Airota

Jun 2021 - Nov 2022 (1 year 5 months)

Updating and evolving a web platform and mobile app for an ambitious contract cleaning company.
- Introduced key UX feedback loops that enabled automation and reduced management time
- Introducing a mobile app that serviced 250+ employee’s and increased employee accuracy and engagement
- Redesigned a sluggish admin platform into a data driven powerhouse (50+ screens)

CME Group logoCG

Senior Designer

CME Group

Mar 2020 - Apr 2021 (1 year 1 month)

Building and rolling out a design system that services thousands of employee’s & customers at the worlds biggest FX marketplace, saving millions in development time.
- Implement design system with 50+ components & integrate with over 10 products
- Introduced a dark theme and rolled out to numerous products
- Design products and app for the worlds biggest banks

Medall logoME

Senior Designer

Medall

Jan 2019 - Jun 2019 (5 months)

Refining UX for an industry leading medical startup
- Persona and user journey work to refine company direction
- Implemented end-to-end social engagement piece (social feed, articles, feedback)

Gofyt logoGO

Founder / Design Lead

Gofyt

Feb 2017 - Apr 2021 (4 years 2 months)

Founding, building, scaling and selling a health startup as the product lead. Acquired in 2021
- Web & mobile app design - 60+ screens & scaling to hundred of users
- Design leadership - Managing multiple employees and contractors
- Business strategy - securing multiple partnerships with governing bodies
- Pitch decks, pitching and winning startup competitions

Fathom logoFA

Design Partner

Fathom

Mar 2018 - Aug 2020 (2 years 5 months)

Implementing strategic design to save customers hundreds of hours per week
- Extensive UX research, user testing, user journeys, interviews to hone product market fit
- Wire framing and testing with customers to refine products
- Web & mobile app design on multiple projects

MOTr logoMO

Design Lead

MOTr

Mar 2015 - Aug 2016 (1 year 5 months)

Ideation to acquisition - A side project using big data. A simple app that enables UK Motorists to see car history, upcoming MOT, statistics by entering their number plate - Acquired by an Used car Marketplace
- Zero-to-one, taking this from data to fully threshed out mobile app
- Pitched to sell, part of the pitching team that successfully sold this app

Clinishare logoCL

Design Lead

Clinishare

Mar 2014 - Jul 2017 (3 years 4 months)

A series A funded health startup hired me as design lead to take ownership and deliver a suite of web and app products
- Zero-to-one, taking the web app from idea to shipped product (60+ screens)
- Logo design, creating a memorable brand
- Decks and presentations, helping the company secure series A

Randox Toxicology logoRT

Design Lead

Randox Toxicology

Jun 2013 - Nov 2015 (2 years 5 months)

Designing websites, apps, brochures and conference stands for a medical diagnostic company responsible 100K+ customers worldwide.
- UI/UX Design
- Mobile App Design
- Web app design
- Designing printed brochures and leaflets delivered to 50,000+ people
- Photography, videography & animation

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

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