Lara Sabi-Aish

Current

• Usability research at Orange labs

Past

• Usability Specialist at Steak Media
• Quality Assurance & Usability at RMG Connect
• Project Manager and Business Analyst at GlaxoSmithKline

• Website Co-ordinator/Content Manager at London First
• Assistant Systems Analyst at GlaxoSmithKline

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Education

• University College London, U. of London
• Brunel University
• Kingston University

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Industry

Design

Lara Sabi-Aish’s Summary

I enjoy solving usability issues and helping design more usable systems. I am usually busy gathering user requirements, designing wire frames and site maps, user research and conducting expert reviews etc. I am mainly involved in web projects but also enjoy working on usability issues with mobile phones, gaming and other areas.

I am currently expanding on my current knowledge and experience by working on mobile phone usability and UI design.

Lara Sabi-Aish’s Specialties:

User Experience Methods, Design Skills , Web Technologies and Cultural Design.I also have experience in Project Management, Business Analysis and Quality Assurance.

Lara Sabi-Aish’s Experience

• Usability research

  Orange labs

  (Telecommunications industry)

  May 2009 — Present (3 months)

  Currently working on a short-term ( 3 months ) project on 3D user interfaces within the Usability and Design team. Role involves researching 3D user interfaces on the web and touchscreen phones. I am responsible for researching existing work on 3D interfaces, planning and running user test sessions on both mobile phone and PC, assisting in participant recruitment, data analysis and design recommendations.

• Usability Specialist

  Steak Media

  (Privately Held; Online Media industry)

  August 2008 — April 2009 (9 months)

  Working with the creative and insight team on various web projects. Conducting usability testing, expert reviews, wire framing, site maps, landing page testing , client proposals and learning more about SEO and PPC.

• Quality Assurance & Usability

  RMG Connect

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  August 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  Web usability research and analysis.
  Creating and conducting UAT's.
  Providing usability support and testing.

• Project Manager and Business Analyst

  GlaxoSmithKline

  (Public Company; GSK; Pharmaceuticals industry)

  August 2005 — August 2007 (2 years 1 month)

  During my time at GSK I worked as a Business Analyst in the Business Intelligence department, and a Project manager on a hardware maintenance project for Europe IT. This involved requirement gathering , analysis and documentation, working closely with the designers and developers, managing project plans and time lines, working a long suppliers and senior managers.

• Website Co-ordinator/Content Manager

  London First

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  August 2004 — September 2004 (2 months)

  Responsible for updating and maintaining the creative-London.com Website. This also involved contacting potential members and renewing existing memberships. Also optimizing the website’s search engine ranking and applying usability principles to ensure ease of use.

• Assistant Systems Analyst

  GlaxoSmithKline

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GSK; Pharmaceuticals industry)

  August 2003 — August 2004 (1 year 1 month)

Additional Information

Lara Sabi-Aish’s Interests:

Music, Art, gigs, travel, reading, computer games, seeing friends,the net! Also, reading UX blogs and websites. Mobile phone usability, User experience research and Videogames research and testing.

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