About Me
Hi, I’m Wakana from Japan. Before the pandemic, I lived in Australia, the Philippines, New Zealand, and Malta 🇦🇺🇵🇭🇳🇿🇲🇹. Now, I’m in Canada 🇨🇦
As a designer, I have experience over 4 years with a background in Web design focused on user experience, intuitive interfaces, clear value propositions, and accessibility.
Awards & Certifications
Interaction Design Foundation – 2024
Interaction Design Foundation – 2024
Interaction Design Foundation – 2023
Interaction Design Foundation – 2023
DMM WEB CAMP – 2023
Latincouver – 2023
Experience
Switched my career to a UX/UI designer in Canada
Responsibilities: Mobile application, Led design team, Design system
Tools: Figma, Microsoft Teams, ClickUp
Responsibilities: Mobile application, Web design, Design system
Tools: Figma, Slack, Notion
The main topics: UX Research, UX/UI design, HCI, Prototypes, Agile methodology, Product management, etc.
Responsibilities: Teaching for 20+ students, Feedback and Evaluation, Mentorship, Curriculum Development
Tools: Figma, Slack, Notion
The main topics: UX design, Design principles, Color, Typography, Design composition, and Figma
Responsibilities: Teaching, Feedback and Evaluation, Mentorship, Curriculum Development
Tools: Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, HTML/CSS, Studio
Responsibilities: Redesign, Building, Website update, Design system
Tools used: Figma, Webflow, Trello
Responsibilities: Website design, UX audit, Design system
Tools: Figma、Photoshop
Responsibilities: Website design/Building, redesign, Website update
Tools: Figma, WordPress, Google Analytics, Heatmaps, Notion
Responsibilities: Translation/Localization, UX writing, UX audit
Tools: Unity, Android/iOS, Trello
Responsibilities: SNS team management, data analysis, video production
Tools: Figma, Instagram, TikTok, Capcut
Course focus: UX design & research, Design principles, Design composition, Native app design process, and workshop
Tools: Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop, Miro, Trello, Notion
Working as a Web designer
Responsibilities: Website design, Website update, Business card/Menus/Postcards design
Tools: Figma, WordPress, Photoshop
Responsibilities: Website/Landing page design/Building, Website update
Tools: Figma, WordPress, Google Analytics, Heatmaps
Responsibilities: Redesign, Website update
Tools: Figma, Photoshop, WordPress, cPanel, Google Analytics
Responsibilities: Posters/logo/SNS posts/banners Design, Landing page Design/Building
Tools: Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop, WordPress, Unbounce
Study abroad
Sliema, Malta
IELS Malta
Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland English Academy
Cebu, Philippines
EV English Academy
Perth, Australia
Language Links College