UX/UI

Below are samples of some of my work. This collection includes user interface designs for e-commerce sites, web and mobile apps as well as digital design work. Tap or hover over the preview panel for project summary information and click on the expand icon to see a more detailed view.

My Professional Plan App

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BCCNP
Web application

Renewal App

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BCCNP
Redesign of Renewal App

My Work Hub

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BCCNP
HR App

Cardant Site

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Cardant Software
Website redesign

App: Donut Time

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Cardant Software
Remote Order Prototype

Sage Bus Portal

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Sage Software
Business portal prototype

App: Grill

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Cardant Software
Remote Order prototype

Starfish Channel

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Starfish Channel Builders
Website Redesign

Pivotal Icons

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Pivotal
Pivotal - Icon Assets

Ramies

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Ramies Greek Restaurant
Website redesign
Ramies Greek Restaurant

Pivotal CD

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CD Cover Design

Pivotal CRM

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Pivotal CRM Prototype

HardiConnect

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HardiConnect
E-Commerce Site

Ionysys: VF

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Ionysys
Vancouver Foundation
Website Redesign

Centex Homes

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Pivotal
Centex Homes
E-Commerce Site Design

Kudos....

"Grace is an incredibly talented, results driven and creative user interface designer. She has a great ability to listen to business requirements and develop those into a great user experience on both web and mobile. Grace’s deliverables are always of high quality. I highly recommend Grace."

Musharaf Sultan, Senior Manager, Software Development at Amazon

"Both Grace's approach and deliverables has made it easy to work with her and to make a difference. She is able to deliver working in a fast-paced urgent iterative process, in addition to working on projects with longer-term development cycles."

Daniel Lafleche, Chief Officer, Operations at BC College of Nursing Professionals

"I had the good fortune to work with Grace for nearly four years. Her combined background in Graphic Design and Website Development supported our growth from a boutique consulting firm to a software products company. Always striving to improve our digital presence, Grace can be relied upon to do great work."

Jason Strashek, Founder/CEO at Avanti Commerce Inc.

"Grace and I met while developing Subway’s Online Ordering website and mobile app. The widespread adoption of her work by 30,000 franchise stores and counting is testament to Grace’s commitment to ease of use and functionality. Her drive to learn and dedication to work is unparalleled. We miss having her as a key contributor to our team’s success."

Victor Jang, Software Development and Information Technology Manager

"Grace consistently provided excellent quality work, and came up with creative solutions both graphically and technically. She had a great eye for the aesthetic, and the technical savvy to present an elegant solution for each project on which we collaborated. I would highly recommend Grace!"

S. Dyson, Manager, Pivotal Corporation

"Grace has the breadth and capability to see design projects through from inception to successful launch. She has been known to create magic from the flimsiest of outlines! Always quality work, always a pleasure to work with."

R. Mason, President/CEO, Ionysys Corporation

"For many years, Grace was solely responsible for the design of the graphic elements of the user interface for major releases of Pivotal CRM that is used by people all over the world today. This is quite an accomplishment considering the number of people influenced by her work on a daily basis! Grace brings a wealth of creative and technical savvy to any team she joins, not to mention her knowledge of the software development business."

V. Pan, Pivotal Corporation

For more recommendations, please check out my profile on LinkedIn.

The Designer...

Hello, my name is Grace Amado...by day I'm a User Interface Designer and by night...well, I'm still a User Interface Designer. I've been fortunate enough be employed at companies that have allowed me to continually grow and expand my skills and knowledge in this field. I've worked in small startup companies where I'm challenged creatively and logistically to come up with quality deliverables in a relatively short amount of time. I've also had the good luck to work in companies where I'm afforded the luxury of furthering my education in user interface design techniques and technologies.

I invite you to explore this site and check out samples of some of my work. The Kudos section gives you an idea of what previous employers/clients have thought of my work as well. If you'd like to contact me, please tap/click on my name below. Enjoy!

Grace Amado

...my thoughts on user interface design

As an experienced designer involved in producing digital design in one form or another, I've been witness to the constantly evolving face of the internet - from static "brochure ware" based sites (with the venerated spinning animated logo) to responsive, rich interactive web-based applications. Throughout this evolution, I've seen many visual design trends come and go (for example, the movement towards more flat design over the richly detailed visuals that was skeuomorphic design). One thing that has remained a constant -- and this applies to visual design as well as user interface design, is the idea of keeping things simple and using a healthy dose of common sense.

In any user interface design project I've been involved with, I feel I've accomplished my objective if I can take a complex set of user requirements and distill it down to it's most basic components that can be reassembled into a clean, easy to use and aesthetically pleasing interface.

Adopting and adapting to newer technologies are reasons I love working in the field of user interface design because it allows me to continuously learn and (try to) get better at something that is always changing. Also, user interface design combines many disciplines -- art, logic, phsychology and technical "know how" -- it's a wonderful sandbox to play in!

“Be formless, shapeless, like water…now you put water into a cup…it becomes the cup…you put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle…you put water into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash…be water my friend…”

The Late Great, Bruce Lee