REVOLUT
Reimagining how customers reflect on spending behaviour through a wrapped-style monthly recap boosting engagement with key app features
- 24-HOUR HACKATHON
- UX/UI DESIGN
Hi, I’m Amanda! I’m an experience designer building for less friction, more delight, & real outcomes.
Currently with
&
at VML
FIRST ABU DHABI BANK
Optimizing customer-product fit and improving application rates for financial products with research-led design
- UX RESEARCH
- UX DESIGN
- DESIGN SYSTEMS
AMP
Helping new musicians navigate their careers through collaboration tools, curated resources, and personalized promotion planning
- UX RESEARCH
- UX/UI DESIGN
- DESIGN SYSTEMS
ARILLIA
Streamlining WiFi monitoring and troubleshooting for technicians and engineers to boost operational efficiency
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- UX DESIGN
- CONTRACT
GIRTON COLLEGE - CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
Redesigning a vibe-coded student-life app to improve visual identity, usability, scalability and information architecture
- HEURISTIC EVALUATION
- UX/UI REDESIGN
MY JOURNEY
I started in material science and fashion design at Cornell University — learning to read people, trends, and fabrics.
At Cornell, fashion was taught under the broader umbrella of human-centered design. I studied architecture, software, research and business before discovering that creating digital products combined the best aspects of other disciplines. It meant I could solve bigger problems and see real impact so I pivoted.
New York, London, Dubai.
Today I'm a UX Architect at VML, working with at First Abu Dhabi Bank — 2+ years in, still chasing the same thing: understanding people well enough to build for them.
OUTSIDE THE OFFICE
Art. Adventure. Photography. Community.
Isle of Skye
Film Photography(FT. MY SILLY FRIENDS)
Digital Art
Hiking in the Desert
DDX Dubai(YAPPING AT A PANEL)
Designing Clothes(CORNELL FASHION SHOW)
Lisbon, Portugal
Film Photography(MY SOPHOMORE DORM)
Georgia(THE COUNTRY, NOT THE STATE)
Acrylic Painting(MY IB FINAL COLLECTION)
More Fashion
Skye, My Dog(BEST FRIEND & INSTAGRAM INFLUENCER)
MY DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
Users in the loop.
Research, testing, iteration, always.
AI-assisted, human-driven.
Moving faster without skipping intention.
Clarity for teams.
Handoffs that don't need a translator.
Impact for businesses.
Design that pays for itself.
BOOKS I'VE READ RECENTLY
A little design theory, a little escapism.
The Correspondent
★★★★★★★★★★
A warm, perceptive read from an older woman's perspective that made me feel a little less afraid of getting older myself.
Heart the Lover
★★★★★★★★★★
A slow, melancholic love triangle that made me nostalgic for college and curious about the way those relationships transform over time.
The Anthropocene Reviewed
★★★★★★★★★★
An educational, introspective book that I found myself reading just one chapter a day, to let each thought simmer before moving on.
The Design of Everyday Things
★★★★★★★★★★
A fundamental read for anyone in UX — it permanently changed how I see and judge the objects and interfaces around me.
Sunrise on the Reaping
★★★★★★★★★★
Heartbreaking, action-packed, visual, and impossible to put down.
Daytripper
★★★★★★★★★★
An existential, unexpectedly graphic meditation on life's purpose, told through the lens of obituaries.
Fashion in Film
★★★★★★★★★★
An impressive, educational deep dive that left me with more appreciation for the artistry behind costume design.