Tanya Ahmed

Current

Research Assistant at HCID at City University London
Web Developer & User Experience Professional at Altered Eye

Past

Creative Display Typesetter at Kent Messenger Group
Architectural Technician at Business Facts Limited

Education

SAE Institute
University College London, U. of London
University of Miami

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Tanya Ahmed’s Summary

With a background in architecture and design, I have had a keen interest in computers, new technology and media for the past 15+ years. I have been a web developer for the past 5+ years.

Having an analytical approach, a thirst for knowledge, and a background in architecture, design, and academic research has helped my understanding of user experience and interaction design.

I am passionate about UX and am interested in how we can design rich digital experiences and make better and applications, websites, and products for users.

Skills include: HTML, CSS, Javascript, Ajax and intermediate Flash, PHP, Research, Usability Expert Review, User Testing, Specification Documentation

Tanya Ahmed’s Specialties:

Web Development, User Experience Design, Interaction Design, Usability, Research and Usability Testing, Graphic Design, Corporate Identity

Tanya Ahmed’s Experience

Research Assistant at HCID

City University London

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

July 2009 — Present (5 months)

Research Assistant at City University's Human Computer Interaction Design Centre for a period of 3 months + from July 1st 2009.
Web Developer & User Experience Professional

Altered Eye

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2003 — Present (6 years )

Web development, User Experience Consultancy, presently doing consultancy work with Kent County Council on the Pic & Mix Pilot on Mashups since Feb 2009.

Marketing and Advertising for local businesses. Local Clients include Restaurants, Small Businesses and Start-Ups, and Health Care sector clients.

Design and Marketing work has included logos, brochures, business cards, street signage and website design and maintenance.
Creative Display Typesetter

Kent Messenger Group

(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)

January 2003 — May 2005 (2 years 5 months)

Part-time positoon, Design and layout of adverts for Kent Messenger local newspaper distributed around Kent using QuarkXpress, Photoshop, and Adobe InDesign.
Architectural Technician

Business Facts Limited

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1993 — September 1994 (1 year 9 months)

Tanya Ahmed’s Education

SAE Institute

Diploma , Web Design and Development , 2008 — 2009
University College London, U. of London

MSc , Advanced Architectural Studies , 1994 — 1995

Bartlett School of Graduate Studies

The MSc Advanced Architectural Studies (AAS) is centred on furthering the understanding of architecture and urban design as instruments in the development of society. Using the theoretical and analytical framework of ‘space syntax’, the course involves the study of architecture from the scale of buildings to small scale urban design through to planning entire cities.

Space syntax is a set of techniques for the analysis of spatial configurations of all kinds, especially where spatial configuration seems to be a significant aspect of human affairs, as it is in buildings and cities.

http://www.spacesyntax.org

http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/programmes/msc_be/aas_overview.htm
University of Miami

BA Arch , Architecture, Minor in Eng Literature , 1986 — 1990

Project selected by U of Miami School of Architecture for entry as one of the 685 entries worldwide for International Samarkand Revitalisation Competition in 1990 (Uzbekistan)