About Me

Hi, I’m Will. I’m a UX designer living in Berlin with a background in music and media promotion.

My most recent education journey has just seen me complete the UX Design course at Career Foundry Design Academy!

Before that I studied Media and English Literature at the Victoria University in New Zealand. This helped refine my analytical skills and develop strong and clear ways of communicating complex information.


After university I entered the world of music and audio where I enjoyed a career producing music, performing in bands and as a DJ. Now I am embarking on a new path into UX design that connects the dots between what I have learnt in past education and working in the arts with modern digital product design.

Intro To UX Design (Certificate)
UX Immersion (Certificate)

Skills

UX Research

User Research, Competitor Analysis, User Interviews, Data Analysis, User Flows, Content Marketing

UI Design

Wireframes, Styleguides, Prototyping, Photoshop, Figma, Balsamiq, Illustrations

Music

ProTools, Ableton Live, Reaper, Logic, Waves, Plugins, Analogue Synthesis, Fruity Loops, Traktor, Sound Toys, Arturia, Moog, Korg

Other Skills

Microsoft Office, HTML/CSS Basics, Slack, Kanban, Scrum

Education

2021

2022

UX Design

Career Foundry

Created music learning application from start to final product. Design Thinking, Usability Tests, Peer Group Anaysis, UI, research

2003

2007

English Literature and Media Studies

Victoria University of Wellington (NZ)

Electives: Audio engineering, Music composition, Design drawing

2006

2007

Audio Engineering

Institute of Animation and Technology, Wellington (NZ)

Audio Engineering and Recording,

Work Experience

2016

2022

Record Label Management

Fantasy Fiction Records

Designing Album Artwork and Promotional Material Working with artists, managing press releases, media communication and PR Planning and implementing album release stratagies with succesful results in reaching new audiences and growing the label fan base

2006

2022

Audio Design

Self-Employed

Sound Design Recording, mastering, engineering audio to professional quality Working with artists to achieve thier artistic vision Tracks used in comercial enviroments such as Radio, Streaming Services and Physical formats such as vinyl records and cds

2018

2019

Quality Testing

Byrd Technologies

Quality Control of Byrd Logistics Software Trouble shooting beta software in preperation for use on the commercial logistics market

Languages

English

German B1

Interests and Hobbies

Music

Art

AR/VR

Travelling

Movies

AI

Contact

Will Rattray

willrattraydesign@gmail.com


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