Kern McCarthy

Highly skilled UX Designer with 5+ years of experience in creating intuitive user experiences.

My Projects

My Projects

HPE Support Center Dashboard

HPE Support Center

The HPE Support Center: A Centralised Hub for Efficient HPE Asset Management

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H2OLabcheck Home Page

H2OLabcheck

Empowering Homeowners and Businesses with Water Health Insights

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Campus Vision Website

Campus Vision

My Final Year Project for my Bachelor of Science in Digital Media Design. It is an online public consultation platform intended to allow students to contribute and vote on ideas to improve the University of Limerick Campus.

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Work Experience

UX Designer @ Hewlett Packard Enterprise
October 2019 - May 2024
Responsibilities
  • UX designer for the HPE Support Center, specifically in the product and contract management areas. 
  • Creating user flows, designing mock-ups for responsive web applications in Axure and Figma.
  • Planning and conducting user feedback interview sessions using interactive prototypes.
  • Working with solution managers, product managers and developers to implement features for implementation in an Agile environment.
  • Using and contributing to HPE’s design system components.
  • Studying usage data and user feedback to plan future updates.
UX & Graphic Designer @ Acorn Water
June 2018 – September 2019
Responsibilities
  • Lead UX designer for www.H2Olabcheck.com, an online water testing system.
  • Leading the UX and UI design for a customer focused e-commerce site, and system used by water testing laboratories for recording water test results.
  • Designing digital content, business cards and advertisements that have been published on social media and in print newspapers such as the Irish Examiner.
  • Designing a display at the national ploughing championship. 
  • H2Olabcheck.com was shortlisted for the Spiders X 2018 Best Start Up award.
UX Designer @ University of Limerick
June 2016 – January 2017
Responsibilities
  • UX designer for the University of Limerick’s Interaction Design Center website.
  • Conducting user research including creating personas and interviewing existing users of the site.
  • Creating user flows and mock-ups in Axure and Sketch.
  • Turning designs into a functional responsive website using WordPress.
  • Improving the website after release based on user feedback and analytics data.

Education

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Bachelor of Science in Digital Media Design - University of Limerick

Received a First-Class Honours degree in Digital Media Design.
Earned an A1 grade in my final year project, Campus Vision.

Modules in interaction design, user research, web development, graphic design & product design.

Including work experience in the Interaction Design Center.

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Professional Academy Diploma in Project Management

Received a Distinction in my Professional Academy Diploma in Project Management, gaining expertise in project planning, execution, and control.

The coursework emphasised hands-on experience with tools like Gantt charts, earned value analysis, and change management processes, preparing me to lead and optimise projects in dynamic environments.

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