|
I'm Ermi. When I'm not attending UX meetups and conferences, writing micro copy and content, you'll find me training in calisthenics or entering a spartan race because I believe in challenging the body as well as the mind! I'm passionate about mentoring designers, empowering talented and smart people to lead and supporting social causes, such as mental health awareness.
|
|
1999
Graduated Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication) |
2000
Junior Digital Designer |
2003-2008
Senior Designer/Traffic Manager |
|
2009-2015
Senior Designer 2019
Senior UX/UI Designer |
2016
Graduated UX Design, General Assembly Sydney. Senior Designer/Traffic Manager |
2017
Winner #RHoK (Random Hacks of Kindness) hackathon. UX/Digital Designer |
|
I regularly attend UX meetups, the annual UX Australia conference to connect with the UX community, be inspired by a new idea or research method, and happily lend my design skills for social causes when I participate in hackathons.
|
May 2017 – #digitalks
'Design for Transparency' – Tim Buesing, Fjord 
July 2017 – post #RHoK Hackathon workshop
(Feature prioritisation with UX design team) 
August 2018 – UX Australia Conference
(Entrance signage, Grand Hyatt Melbourne) |
July 2017 – EUXSyd meetup
'AI & Wearables' – Dr Leila Alem 
July 2017 – Sydney UI/UX meetup
'Organisational UX' – The White Agency 
August 2018 – UX Australia Conference
'Designing Tomorrow' – Lauren Currie |
June 2017 – #RHoK Hackathon Winners
(Lead UI/UX – Mental health app) 
May 2018 – EUXSyd meetup
'Psychology of UX' – Aine Hart, Sitback 
September 2018 – EUXSyd meetup
'Role of Microcopy in UX' – Richard Sison |
|
Before design, I loved sketching using a pencil. I started when I was 5 years old in Kindergarden, when my Catholic school teacher commissioned me to draw Mother Mary. The only resemblance was the veil.
I kept drawing, got better and was shortlisted for Art Express in year 12, and have since been commissioned to draw large scale charcoal drawings for local churches and events. In my very rare spare time, I'll do a sketch or 2. Here are a couple of my favourite sketches using ink, pencil and charcoal. |
|
I saw a fashion ad featuring a beautiful model wearing a Photoshopped dress strategically draped around her, made to look like the texture of lipstick. I thought those textures would be beautiful (and challenging) to draw, so I did using a 2B pencil and an A3 sketch pad in a 2 hour session.
2014 |
|
My 2 favourite facial features to draw are eyes and lips. Here's a quick sketch of my lips with a 2B pencil on paper.
2015 |