About
Stuff I've written
AI
AI processes for UX and IxD
Design debt
A write-up of my presentation on 'design debt'
Redesigning the NPQ admin console
Design history, DfE
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Case list pages
MoJ design system
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Design journey
Landing my first Junior Design role through Twitter
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Career
Designing a new career path
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Making the most out of Figma
Presentation
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Hobbies
- recently been super into painting, specifically using acrylic pens - very satisfying
- spoiling my cats Levi and Loki
- morning & evening strolls
- keeping active
- maintaining my spirituality
Manual of me
The sorts of outputs and outcomes I create include
- transforming complex problems into comprehensive and digestible user flows
- user research backed design recommendations that inform the wider product team
- producing designs that meet user needs and business goals through wireframes, sketches or high-fidelity prototypes
I add value to the team by
- collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver user centred solutions
- advocating for user needs and accessibility in design decisions
- keeping the design documentation regularly updated
People say I'm brilliant at
- communicating design concepts and solutions to stakeholders
- clearly collaborating with developers and product managers to deliver high quality work
- identifying and solving user experience problems through research & trial and testing
The stages of a project I work best at include
- discovery and research phases where I can really delve deeper and explore with user research insights
- alpha phase where I can iterate designs, with room to improve constantly
- gathering user feedback and refining design concepts
The brief I can work best from includes
- clear user needs and business goals
- opportunities for user research and testing
- ideally room to collaborating with cross-functional teams if necessary
What colleagues say
“Siddiqah worked on a high-profile project where she was key to avoiding duplication across product teams and advocating for user needs and accessibility despite tight constraints. She built good relationships with developers, researchers, and other designers - and was very keen on design documentation.”
