# Brendon Hull

Brendon Hull is a remote worker on Himalayas, UX Lead at xneelo (Pty) Ltd, based in South Africa.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@brendonhull

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I lead UX research and strategy, building AI-assisted workflows that turn customer evidence into product decisions.
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| Detail | Value |
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| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | South Africa |
| Authorized to work in | South Africa |
| Salary expectations | 883k+ ZAR |
| Job categories | UX Researcher, UX Strategist, Product Strategist, UX Lead, Design Leader |
| Skills | UX Research, Generative Research, Evaluative Research, User Interviews, Moderated Testing, Contextual Inquiry, Research Planning, Qualitative Synthesis, Thematic Analysis, Heuristic Evaluation, Product Discovery, Problem Framing, Experience Strategy, Requirements Definition, Stakeholder Facilitation, Co Design, LLM Assisted Qualitative Analysis, AI Assisted Research, Research Automation, AI Prototyping, AI Enabled Practices, Design Mentor, UX Coaching, Research Coaching, Influence Across Functions, Practice Development, ChatGpt, Claude, Gemini, Fireflies AI, Figma, HTML, CSS, UX Writing, Design Systems, Diary Studies |
| LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/brendon-hull-6bba3b362 |

## What I'm looking for

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I'm looking to help product teams use customer evidence and AI-assisted research to make better decisions, while ensuring AI augments rather than replaces researcher judgement.
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## About

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At xneelo, I led UX across 11 web hosting and Cloud product teams, managing and mentoring a multidisciplinary team of designers, a UX writer and a design-system specialist.

I owned research end-to-end, from framing questions and recruiting participants to moderation, synthesis and reporting. My work turned customer interviews and usability studies into product priorities, requirements and UX improvements.

I'm increasingly focused on AI-assisted research, using ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Fireflies.ai to augment qualitative analysis, research planning and synthesis while keeping researcher judgement at the centre. Previously, as Chief Design Officer and co-owner at VIGA Interactive, I led research, discovery and strategy for clients including Standard Bank, UNISA, Discovery, MTN, BME and Paxful.
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## Experience

### UX Lead

xneelo (Pty) Ltd. Sep 2021 - Sep 2026

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Led UX across 11 product teams while managing and mentoring a multidisciplinary Experience Design team. Owned research end-to-end and pioneered AI-assisted research workflows.
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Skills: UX-Research, Generative-Research, Evaluative-Research, User-Interviews, Moderated-Testing, Qualitative-Synthesis, Thematic-Analysis, AI-Assisted-Research, LLM-Assisted-Qualitative-Analysis, ChatGpt, Claude, Gemini, Fireflies-AI, Research-Automation, AI-Prototyping, UX-Strategy, Product-Discovery, Stakeholder-Facilitation, Co-Design, Mentorship, UX-Coaching

### Chief Design Officer / Co-owner

VIGA Interactive. Nov 2013 - Mar 2021

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Led user research, UX strategy and product discovery for digital products and services. Owned research projects end-to-end and facilitated workshops and co-design sessions.
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Skills: User-Research, UX-Strategy, Product-Discovery, Interviewing, Diary-Studies, Workshop-Facilitation, Co-Design, Stakeholder-Management, Mentorship

### Design Lead

The Tuckshop Brand. Jan 2011 - Dec 2013

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Design Lead at The Tuckshop Brand from 2011 to 2013.
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### Design Lead & Studio Manager

Artifact Advertising. Jan 2004 - Dec 2011

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Design Lead and Studio Manager at Artifact Advertising from 2004 to 2011.
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### Junior / Mid-weight Graphic Designer

Basement 43 Advertising and Design. Jan 2002 - Dec 2004

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Junior to Mid-weight Graphic Designer at Basement 43 Advertising and Design from 2002 to 2004.
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### Junior Graphic Designer

Lion Marketing (CC). Jan 2001 - Dec 2002

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Junior Graphic Designer at Lion Marketing (CC) from 2001 to 2002.
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## Education

### Vaal Triangle Technikon

Diploma, Graphic Design. 1997 - 2001

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Diploma in Graphic Design, Techniques, Fine Art & Communications from Vaal Triangle Technikon from 1997 to 2001.
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### Human Factors International

Certified Usability Analyst (CUA), Usability

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Certified Usability Analyst (CUA) from Human Factors International.
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### Human Factors International

User-Centred Analysis & Conceptual Design, User-Centred Analysis

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User-Centred Analysis & Conceptual Design from Human Factors International.
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### Human Factors International

UX Foundations, UX

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UX Foundations from Human Factors International.
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### Interaction Design Foundation

UX Management: Strategy & Tactics, UX Management

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UX Management: Strategy & Tactics from Interaction Design Foundation.
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### Interaction Design Foundation

Data-Driven Design: Quantitative Research for UX, Quantitative Research

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Data-Driven Design: Quantitative Research for UX from Interaction Design Foundation.
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## Tech stack

- Figma
- Gemini
- Fireflies.ai
- ChatGPT

To contact Brendon, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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