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Nicola Page
UX UI and Visual Design Specialist
0405485628 ▪ nicolaCpage@hotmail.com ▪ behance.net/nicolacpage
au.linkedin.com/in/nicolacpage
Incorporating usability practices into my approach and drawing on the full breadth
of UX methodologies, I am adaptable within this process with a focus on
customising UX to any project, drawing on the most relevant techniques as per
need, scale and resources.
I am a UX UI designer with an extensive history working in the fields of arts and
education. This background has informed my approach to UX design with a
human centred perspective on design and collaboration with a creative approach
to problem solving. I have a highly evolved visual literacy and understand the
value of design as I maintain an awarness of current developments and trends.
This has aslo developed my innate ability to empathise and facilitate user needs
and engagement across involved and complex systems. I have worked across
digital platforms with Adobe and other software for over fifteen year, this
experience has installed in me a confidence and efficiency to work fast and
precisely in the design arena.
My strengths are in UX/UI and visual design, user research, ideation and
development, information architecture with excellent graphic design and
prototyping skills.
User Research - User interviews, contextual enquiry, surveys, user testing,
competitive analysis, business analysis, design inspiration analysis.
Ideation - User Journey and flow maps, site maps, persona development and
usability evaluation to identify problems and deliver simple yet effective solutions.
Sketching - Drawing, wire framing, prototyping, Axure, Balsamiq, Invision, Drawio.
Design - Adobe Suite; Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Flash,
Dreamweaver with 15 years’ experience.
Project Management - Manage design teams, assistant staff and students.
Coordinate and deliver education programs and collaborative arts projects.
Stakeholder Liaison - Run meetings and communicate between groups of
stakeholders, in roles from education, arts management and UX UI Design.
Profile
Skills

Nicola Page
I was contracted as the lead UX UI and Visual Designer to review user
feedback from the current site and develop a course provider dashboard
for a new platform for the We Teach Me course booking system and to
deliver my findings as a clickable prototype, graphic design and style
guides.
Over this period I engaged UX practices to ideate, develop and design a
course provider dashboard including processes for managing and creating
course listings, ticketing and payment methods.
I drew on research to establish relevant user personas, site maps and user
flows for the new platform and develop these into wire frames, a clickable
prototype and high resolution visual designs completed in Axure,
Photoshop and Illustrator. I undertook design investigations to establish
the best practice and design styles used on similar platforms to
incorporate the most effective solutions for the project.
The design solutions were implemented into the current system
immediately wherever possible with the new platform to be launched later
in 2015.
During this contract I also delivered wire frames and completed visual
designs for various projects the company had been commissioned to
complete.
2015
Feb to May

Nicola Page
UX Design Student ▪ October 2014 to December 2014 ▪ General Assembly
Melbourne
Participation in ten weeks of immersive training for UX UI design, user
centred design and research. Over ten weeks we practiced techniques to
develop UI design through the following UX methodologies.
Resarch - We began by conducting user research through user interviews,
surveys and contextual enquiry. In addition to clarify the brief, stakeholder
interviews and a site visits were performed to elicit the underlying business
requirements. Competitor analysis yielded design ideas and identified
opportunities to create a seamless, consistent and engaged user
experience.
Analysis and ideation - To assist ideation, key insights and observations
were synthesised using concept mapping, user flow mapping, task
analysis, development of user personas and story boarding.
Prototyping and testing - Having defined the key priorities that our solution
need to address, an initial paper prototype was created using a design
studio approach. This was further refined into wire frames and finally
yielded a high fidelity prototype. Each iteration was exposed to usability
testing and subsequent design adjustments reflected in the final proposed
solution.
This process was built upon over a series of five research and design
projects three of which being group work in small design teams and the
final being an internship with Ten Collective.
Please visit for examples of these projects.
https://glacial-ocean-5815.herokuapp.com/email.html
https://www.behance.net/nicolacpage
2014

Nicola Page
Casual Class Room Teacher ▪ July to September 2014 ▪ Tradewind, SOS
Teachers, Stand By Staff Melbourne.
Temping for schools in and around Melbourne P-12
Artist In Residence ▪ April to July 2014 ▪ NARS Foundation, Brooklyn New
York. Awarded a twelve week international artist residency program.
During the twelve week program I worked in one of the international
studios at NARS researching and developing art work for presentation for
an in-house exhibition ‘parallel shift’ at the NARS gallery.
I presented in a series of artist talks, open studio and exhibition events to
NARS staff, the local arts community and the public, I held regular meeting
with top curators, gallery directors and established artist about my work
and practice over the twelve week period.
Educator/Coordinator ▪February 2012 to April 2014 ▪ Camberwell Girls
Grammar, Canterbury Vic Out of School Hours Program.
Design, delivery and management of the OSHC program in the art room
of Camberwell Girls Grammar. This was an extremely dynamic role as the
attending student group altered everyday often without notice and the
student’s age ranged from 3 to 12 years. I held a range of responsibilities
from administration, staff and student management, programme
development and stakeholder liaison.
Casual Relief Teacher for Agencies; Tradewind, SOS Teachers ▪
2007-9 / 2011-12 Melbourne.
Art Teacher/Class Room Teacher ▪ January 2009 to December 2010 ▪
Laverton Prep To 12
Art Coordinator/Class Room Teacher ▪2006 April to December ▪ Alice
Spring High School N.T
2014
Previous
Employment

Nicola Page
General Assembly Melbourne - Portfolio Complete 19 December 2014
UX Design Immersive
Portfolio of completed projects resulting in a contract with ten collective to
redesign their email template using UX methodology and research.
University Of Melbourne, Victorian Collage of the Arts - H2a
November 2008 ▪ Masters Of Visual Art
While studying at the VCA I was able to research and delve deeper into an
already establish arts practice to that is focused on the contextualisation
of digital media within the arts and traditional arts methodologies.
Through the mediums of digital photography, painting and animation.
I was able to define my own areas of interest and gain insights to
pre-existing dialogues surrounding the concepts and processes of my art
work. Curated and participated in two group exhibitions over the same
period Exhibited solo a body of work in the masters exhibition, VCA Gallery
University Of Melbourne Parkville - H2
November 2004 ▪ Post Graduate Diploma Arts Education
Art Theory ▪ Studio Art Practice ▪ Secondary And Tertiary Education
With a focus on student centred learning in arts education, I was able to
research various learning styles and understand how to adapt
communication styles and curriculum to the needs of specific student
groups. This has been well practiced as I have since worked with an
extremely broad range of students from Japan to central Australia.
Victoria University, Melbourne - Distinction
November 2001 ▪ Bachelor of Arts, Computer Mediated Art
Three year bachelor degree in experimental art practices incorporating
Digital Technology, Art Studio Practice and Art Theory.
Education

Nicola Page
Martin Kemka
Operations Manager
We Teach Me
Melbourne
mkemka@gmail.com
0401955590
Georgie Carpenter
Director Ten Collective, Fitzroy, Vic
03 9935 9409
0416 739 570
georgie@10collective.com.au
Ben May
UX Director, Tagit Pte Ltd
Instructor - UX Design Immersive
General Assembly 2014
0413 512 919
Ben@interactcreative.com.au
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