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Hiro Nakazawa

Hiro Nakazawa

UI/UX Designer and Frontend Developer

Services provided: UI, UX, and Front-end Developers , UI/UX , Web UI/UX Designers , User Research , Flutter UI Designers , Figma Designers , Design Researchers , UX Researchers , Flutter , Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) , Material Design , Figma , Digital Product Designers , Javascript / React

London, Greater London
£28 / hour
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About Hiro Nakazawa:

With 5 years of experience, I design products with auxiliary expertise in front-end development, academic research, and medical and behavioral science. Goal-oriented by bridging the gap between logical and creative thinking, fostering collaboration within diverse team members. Committed to drive user-centric solutions leveraging my multidisciplinary skills in all stages of product/service development.

Experience

UI/UX Designer
Bitkey, Inc. Founded in 2018, 200+ employees
September 2022 – December 2023
IoT and SaaS startup, developing smart lock hardwares and smart access platform that utilizes blockchain technology.

  • Executed a UI/UX overhaul for an app with 250,000 MAU as of 2023 Q4, spearheading both design and front-end development.
  • Led 20+ feature developments and numerous incremental enhancements of a BtoB web app and toC mobile app.
  • Developed a detailed and engineer-friendly Figma master file from scratch that totaled 197,000+ layers, streamlining the front-end development and handoff communication.
  • Awarded a prestigious company honor, exemplifying a commitment that surpasses the scope of designer roles.
  • Delivered an lightning talk at Designship 2023 titled “No more PK review”, focusing on design review processes within teams.

Designer, Research Assistant

Communication Design Center,
Advanced Medical Research Center of Yokohama City University

May 2019 – August 2022

R&D for better well-being. Identifying and resolving inhumane situations in hospitals, promoting and repurposing products and services for everyday use, leveraging qualitative and quantitative research methods alongside design/creative tools.

  • Conducted comprehensive user testing and analysis for a newly developed minimum viable product, identifying its feasibility.
  • Orchestrated 65+ research projects collaborating with 30+ agencies and 25+ clients across various mediums including movies, graphics, magazines, games, apps, etc.
  • Managed budgets and progresses in collaborative projects with an extremely wide variety of agency: educational, arts, game developer, fashion, shipping, commerce, food, media, etc.
  • Founded and led Street Medical School, demonstrating initiative and leadership in community health education.
  • Provided mentorship to 78 students aged from 17 to 61, fostering collaboration between designer and medical practitioners, and organized high-profile presentation events to disseminate research findings.

Education

Master of Medical Science  in Medicine
Yokohama City University, Japan
Apr 2020 – Mar 2022


Bachelor of Arts in Economics
University of California, Berkeley
Aug 2017 – Dec 2018

Technical training
in Spacial Design
Tokyo Designplex Institute, Japan 
Feb 2016 – May 2016
 

Associate of Arts in Business Administration
Sierra College, U.S.
Jan 2014 – Dec 2015
 

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