porter airlines ✦

Currently, I'm a UX/UI Developer at Porter Airlines, specializing in defining, implementing, and enhancing UI components across our growing and evolving codebase. Our seamless flying service should translate into the digital space, where thoughtful execution turns our brand values into user-friendly experiences.

My contributions have helped position the company as a regular industry competitor in the aviation field. Being able to support the company's expansion from a regional presence to a North American competitor has been a rewarding journey.

neo culture studios

Neo Culture Studios is a freelance company started by me and a close colleague, envisioned with helping family businesses initiate and revitalize their online presence. Practical design, seamless development, and prominent branding from the ground up were our promises kept for clients. From first ideation to final delivery, we ensured their visions were translated into polished, cohesive products.

The responsibilities of a small business helped translate immensely to my growth in career and character. I developed many important skills: sincere professionalism, tracking deadlines, taking accountability, setting worthwhile goals, and having the courage to blindly dive into the deep end.

chaisweets

A non-profit freelance project I proposed for a relative's local business. Working closely with them, I designed a full website in Figma to showcase the brand's elegant dessert selection for special occasions and catering. My goal was to expand beyond social media into a more established digital presence while reduce friction in the ordering operations.

This was my first non-academic and professional pursuit to performing user research, creating low-fidelity wireframes, and scheduling regular check ups with a client. The amount of work that goes into a design system and high-fidelity prototypes can feel everlasting, but the end result after over 100+ drafts is worth it.

portfolio v1 ✦

First website iteration to showcase my work, designed in Figma and developed in React, Next.js, and SCSS. My main design principles to follow for the portfolio were minimalism, composure, and fluidity. I was inspired by whitespace to create a calming flow for the eyes to follow, resulting in simple iconography and a monochromatic pallete. For personality, I included a hint of my favourite color - red.

The most important thing I learned from this project was how to encapsulating a theme, understand scope, and focus on sticking with your core intentions. There are seemingly infinite alternatives or improvements or new features we can add, but we need to focus on what we're really trying to capture.

There's always time to develop another version.