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Strategic In Designing For Complex Multi-Audience Enterprise Ecosystems

WORK

Strategic in designing for complex multi-audience
Enterprise Ecosystems

Strategic In Designing For Complex Multi-Audience Enterprise Ecosystems

WORK

CASE STUDIES

Senior accountability, driving large-scale projects end-to-end.

CASE STUDIES

Senior accountability, driving large-scale projects end-to-end.

01

Employer: The university of manchester

How I defended UX strategy against feature bloat…

Won the Pitch: Secured a high-profile project, competing with 7 teams. Led the project to redesign a university Portal, and deliver the right features for users.




-44%

SUPPORT TICKETS

4.6/5

USER SATISFACTION



Role:
Lead UX/Web Designer

Project Timeline:
9 months

02

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

From Word Pasted Chaos to Responsive Clarity…

Proposed, secured and led a Content Design project, auditing and refactoring to reduce legacy bloat and increase usability.

+35%

READABILITY

-42%

TASK EFFICENCY

Role:
Lead UX/Web & Content Designer

01

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

02

Employer: The university of manchester

From Word Pasted Chaos to Responsive Clarity…

How I defended UX strategy against feature bloat…

Proposed, secured and led a Content Design project, auditing and refactoring to reduce legacy bloat and increase usability.




Won the Pitch: Secured a high-profile project, competing with 7 teams. Led the project to redesign a university Portal, and deliver the right features for users.

+35%

-44%

READABILITY

SUPPORT TICKETS

-42%

4.6/5

TASK EFFICENCY

USER SATISFACTION

4.6/5

USER SATISFACTION

Role:
Lead UX/Web Designer

Role:
Lead UX/Web Designer

Core Team:
Me + Web Coordinator + x2 Web Designers

Project Timeline:
4.5 months

03

WEST HERTS COLLEGE

03

Employer: WEST HERTS COLLEGE

Creating effective strategies to develop students and improve academic success…

Creating Effective Strategies To Develop Students and Improve Academic Success…

Designed actionable interventions to improve students' cognitive challenges, which contributed to their exam success.

Used Miller's Law - Chunking to reduce cognitive load.




Designed actionable interventions to improve students' cognitive challenges, which contributed to their exam success.

90%

ENGAGEMENT

86%

86%

EXAM SUCCESS

+320

+320

CASELOAD

Role:
Learning Advisor

Core Team:
Me + Additional Learning Support Dept. + Lecturers

Period:
1 Year 1 month

Role:
Learning Advisor

04

CONTRACTOR: SECONDARY SCHOOLS

04

coNTRACTOR: secondary SCHOOLS

Motivated to increase task completion in a high-stakes environment…

Motivated to increase task completion in a high-stakes environment…

Coached large groups to achieve task completion, and de-escalated and resolved conflicts, communicating with senior leadership teams.


Coached large groups to achieve task completion, and de-escalated and resolved conflicts, communicating with senior leadership teams.


100%

ENGAGEMENT

100%

TASK COMPLETION

180

PUPILS/DAY

Role:
Cover Supervisor/Substitute Teacher

Core Team:
Me + Cover Manager + Senior Leadership Team

Period:
8 months

Roles:
Cover Supervisor/Substitute Teacher

Period:
8 months

E-COMMERCE EXPERT

Improved outcomes on multiple client accounts, creating solutions to On-boarding, Sign-In, Basket and Payment Transaction pages, including writing micro-copy in natural language to eliminate drop-off.

Improved outcomes on multiple client accounts, creating solutions to On-boarding, Sign-In, Basket and Payment Transaction pages, including writing micro-copy in natural language to eliminate drop-off.

Data-Driven Design:

Optimised shopping journeys, build iterative prototypes and conduct A/B testing to validated the design, gathering data to improve Completion Rate, Time On Task and Error Rate.

Created Consistent UI - achieved great UX
Increased customer trust and brand loyalty:
Designing-Out errors to eliminate user frustration and reduce task time to create great user experience.

Role:
Lead/Senior: UX Designer, Web Designer, Design and Usability Consultant

Core Team:
Me + Directors + Project Managers + Designers + Developers + Testing

Period:
7 years

Roles:
Lead/Senior: UX Designer, Web Designer, Design and Usability Consultant

Period:
7 years

Client list

The University of Manchester

West Herts College

Simply Be / JD Williams

Littlewoods Online

Lloyds TSB

British Gas

Easyjet

Tui

Dreams plc

Selfridges & Co.

contact

EMAIL

UX DESIGN CONSULTANT, LONDON-BASED

©2026 Gemela Forman

CASE STUDIES

CASE STUDIES

Senior accountability, driving large-scale projects end-to-end.

01

Employer: The university of manchester

How I defended UX strategy against feature bloat…

Won the Pitch: secured a high-profile project, competing with 7 teams across the university. Drove the project e2e, redesigned the Student and Staff Web Portal, to deliver the right features for users.




+38%

TASK COMPLETION

-44%

SUPPORT TICKETS

4.6/5

USER SATISFACTION

Role:
Lead UX/Web Designer

Core Team:
Me + Product Manager + Senior Developer

Project Timeline:
9 months

01

Employer: The university of manchester

How I defended UX strategy against feature bloat…

Won the Pitch: Secured a high-profile project, competing with 7 teams. Led the project to redesign a university Portal, and deliver the right features for users.




-44%

SUPPORT TICKETS

4.6/5

USER SATISFACTION



Role:
Lead UX/Web Designer

Project Timeline:
9 months

02

Employer: The university of manchester

From Word Pasted Chaos to Responsive Clarity…

Won the Pitch: Secured a high-profile project, competing with 7 teams. Led the project to redesign a university Portal, and deliver the right features for users.




+35%

READABILITY

-42%

TASK EFFICENCY



Role:
Lead UX/Content Designer

Project Timeline:
4/5 months

03

Employer: WEST HERTS COLLEGE

Creating Effective Strategies To Develop Students and Improve Academic Success…

Designed actionable interventions to improve students' cognitive challenges, which contributed to their exam success.




86%

EXAM SUCCESS

+320

CASELOAD



Role:
Learning Advisor

Project Timeline:
13 months

04

CONTRACTOR: SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Motivated to increase task completion in a high-stakes environment…

Designed actionable interventions to improve students' cognitive challenges, which contributed to their exam success.




86%

EXAM SUCCESS

+320

CASELOAD



Role:
Learning Advisor

Project Timeline:
13 months

04

CONTRACTOR: SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Motivated to increase task completion in a high-stakes environment…

Coached large groups to achieve task completion, and de-escalated and resolved conflicts, communicating with senior leadership teams.


100%

TASK COMPLETION

180

PUPILS/DAY

Roles:
Cover Supervisor/Substitute Teacher

Period:
8 months

E-COMMERCE EXPERT

Improved outcomes on multiple client accounts, creating solutions to On-boarding, Sign-In, Basket and Payment Transaction pages, including writing micro-copy in natural language to eliminate drop-off.

+32%

CONVERSION RATE IN Q1

Data-Driven Design:

Optimised shopping journeys, build iterative prototypes and conduct A/B testing to validated the design, gathering data to improve Completion Rate, Time On Task and Error Rate.

Created Consistent UI - achieved great UX
Increased customer trust and brand loyalty:
Designing-Out errors to eliminate user frustration and reduce task time to create great user experience.

Roles:
Lead/Senior: UX Designer, Web Designer, Design and Usability Consultant

Period:
7 years

Client list

contact

EMAIL

UX DESIGN CONSULTANT, LONDON-BASED

©2026 Gemela Forman

The University of Manchester

West Herts College

Simply Be / JD Williams

Littlewoods Online

Lloyds TSB

British Gas

Easyjet

Tui

Dreams plc

Selfridges & Co.

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