Barry G. White, UX & UI Designer
I'm a user experience and interface designer specialising in websites and apps for both mobile and desktop.
The solutions I design are focused on meeting business goals and customer objectives. I use a combination of sketches (some of the messiest you're likely to see), wireframes, mockups and prototypes as part of an iterative, data-driven workflow. I love facilitating collaboration between stakeholders, designers, engineers, customer and product teams and sythesising the output in to strong, beautiful—but ultimately—usable features.
I design on paper, Balsamiq, Photoshop and Sketch, build in HTML and CSS (Less/Sass) with little dashes of JavaScript.
I'm currently running my own startup GoRoadie.
Previously, I was design lead at Hutchison Technology primarily working in the Smart Energy space and before that, Senior Product Designer at Findmypast.
Take a look at my C.V. (PDF) and if you think I'd be a good fit for your team, feel free to send me an email.
Portfolio
Here is a sample of some of the best work that I'm able to share publicly.
GoRoadie
GoRoadie helps learner drivers find their ideal driving instructor. It also offers tools and services to help instructors add more value to their business and grow their income in this highly competitive market.
We're rolling out city-by-city, currently helping learners find:
- Driving lessons in Aberdeen
- Driving lessons in Glasgow
- Driving lessons in Dundee
- Driving lessons in Leeds
- Driving lessons in Nottingham
Lives of the First World War
Lives of the First World War is a website done in partnership with Imperial War Museums. It aims to individually honour the 8 million men and women who served during WW1. As design lead, I would turn business and project goals, into requirements from our engineering team, through design meetings, wireframing and prototyping of solutions (Designs stitched together with InVision, or HTML to work through more complex interactions or responsive changes), with detailed mockups when required.
Lives of the First World War has been featured multiple times on the BBC during their World War One Centenary programming.
Kilconquhar Castle Estate
Kilconquhar Castle Estate is timeshare resort near St. Andrews. I was solely responsible for designing and building their website for over 4 years, while freelancing.
BuyWhatsLiked (Internal concept)
BuyWhatsLiked is a product sharing and review app for iPhone. I was responsible for defining the user journey and interface design for the app. As well designing and building supplementary material, such as the products holding page and banner images for social media, I also designed a mascot.
BSW Building Systems
BSW Building Systems deliver quality steel frame systems to industrial and commercial sectors. I designed and built their website, inspired by the strong scaffolding and precise building plans they create. The website uses a single bold accent colour to keep the user informed on where to go next.
Rory Wemyss Photography
Rory Wemyss Photography is a website designed to get out of the way, and truly focus on the photographers work. The website uses a unique overlay for the about and contact pages, so the visitor never needs to leave the gallery.
Stay in St Andrews
The official website for the over 40 member strong St Andrews Hotel & Guest House Association – which includes legendary hotels, the Fairmont and Old Course Hotel. Built on a Drupal CMS, I created the templates, CSS and designed the content pages.
