Hello! I'm David-Lee. Nice to meet you! ✌︎

I'm a designer with over 12 years experience across a multitude of disciplines.
A compulsive doodler, a life-long artist, and a lover of all things creative. I graduated with a degree in Fine Art with Visual CommunicationsFine Art Image (weird combination, yes) in 2010.

I started to offer up design and illustration services in 2012 after a few years of doing painting commissions and showsShows Image, post university. All the while, I was developing and documenting the creative community in Belfast with a daily blog and running the longest established monthly Drink & DrawDrink & Draw Image event in Ireland as part of the former artist's studio Loft Belfast.

I have worked as an Artworker, Editorial Designer, Brand Designer, Art Director and most recently as a UX/UI and Web Designer. I feel I've found my sweet spot at the intersection of the human experience and visual communication with UX research and design. I have experience working with a range of clients, budgets, and goals.

Always curious, always learning. My approach to design is meticulous and playful.
When I'm not designing, I might be trying to see more of the world with my fiancée, drinking my body weight in coffee, cycling, playing 5-a-side or walking my dog, KobeKobe Image.

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DLB - Illustration

Experience

Education
2007⌁2010
Belfast School of Art (University of Ulster)
BA (Hons) Fine Art & Visual Communications
2023
UX Design Institute
Roles
2023⌁present
MXB Agency
Senior Designer
2019⌁2023
MXB Agency
Graphic Designer
2015⌁2024
Deadbeat Creative Co.
Graphic Designer
2016⌁2019
Shanway Press
Graphic Designer
2012⌁2020
Loft Belfast
Founder, Co-Director
Capabilities
2010⌁present
UX/UI Design, User Research, Prototyping, Brand Identity, Art Direction, Graphic Design, Illustration, Animation, Copywriting, Project Management, Events
Software
2012⌁present
Adobe XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, InDesign, Figma