Mellisa Hankins
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Mellisa Hankins

Experience designer + developer

Versatile UX designer and developer with over 12 years of experience creating user-friendly digital products across a variety of industries in the public and private sectors.

A little about me

Design has been a passion of mine since I first wanted to know how pressing the 'A' button made Mario jump and collect those coins (guess you can call that a core memory). The delight in small details an 8-bit game gave me, as well as the accomplishment I felt once I finished the game and the experience was complete, was something I saw I would be one day shaping for others. I am lucky enough to have been given this opportunity in a career I love, UX design.

Multimedia

I studied Multimedia Design at RMIT University, where I established a solid foundation in design communication through different forms and eagerness to learn.

UI + Developer

My first role allowed me to hone my skills as a UI designer and developer. I was consistently involved in the entire end-to-end product design process through agile methodology.

Leading UX

Although I've been a UX designer my whole career, in 2018 I had the opportunity to practice stakeholder management and mentor future UX designers and developers.

Knowledge

  • User research

  • Usability testing

  • Information architecture

  • Product discovery

  • Design systems

  • Visual design

  • Branding

  • Accessibility

  • Data visualisation

  • Technical feasibility

Tools

  • Adobe XD

  • Adobe Suite (Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop)

  • Figma

  • Framer

  • Axure

  • Invision

  • Dovetail

  • Miro

  • Jira

Skills

  • Empathy

  • Stakeholder management

  • Collaboration and teamwork

  • UX Strategy

  • Communication

  • Adaptable

  • Mentoring

  • Autonomy

For fun

My eagerness to learn, tell stories and explore extends outside of the workplace. You can usually find me exploring within a video game or on an outdoor adventure usually involving a hike or extreme activities. On lazy days I'm reading fantasy novels and some light novels here and there, as well as creative writing.

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