Lulu Mutuli

I am a UI/UX Developer based in Singapore with international experience from London to Nairobi, designing and building consumer facing products for tech companies. I love the world of design and UI development and believe in creating and building beautiful and seamless online experiences.

UI/UX Developer

Regulaition

March 2023 - Present

Remote from Singapore

▸ Create new designs including user flows, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes with stakeholders.

▸ Present and justify design work and advocate for all types of users needs, as well as advocating for developers on feasibility of designs.

▸ Begun a design system on Figma to integrate with Storybook

▸ Initiated a design system built on top of Vuetify which contributed to faster iterations and consistency of designs across products and faster development.

▸ Created an external npm package for components to facilitate easier design maintenance

▸ Interviewed prospective UI/UX designers based on their design ability and experience working within a cross functional team.

UI Developer

Immediate Media Co · Full-time

Feb 2021 - March 2023 ·

London, England, United Kingdom

▸ Built functional components with React and Storybook, applying the BEM methodology and screen reader functionality, resulting in a robust and accessible component library.

▸ Wrote unit and integration tests as well as peer reviewed code during the course of sprint, which maintained and improved the quality of the codebase.

▸ Participated in regression testing and monitored cross browser behaviour bi-weekly, increasing the integrity of brand features .

▸ Integrated paywall for brands such as BBCGoodFood using Piano, resulting in an increased subscriber engagement and a refined premium experience.

▸ Used JSON-LD structured data to improve searchability of datawalled content, increasing SEO performance and protected google search ranking.

▸ Contributed to daily standup/shaping sessions, advising on technical feasibility of proposed tickets.

▸ Co-created Women in Tech group, resulting in an open space to voice opinions/concerns, resulting in an improved work experience and participation in the Women in Tech Conference.

▸ Interviewed and onboarded incoming developers and created learning plan, facilitating understanding of company tech stack.

Frontend Developer

Tropic Skincare · Contract

Nov 2020 - Dec 2020

London, England, United Kingdom

▸ Developed MVP using Vuejs in a 2 week sprint, which demonstrated visual progress to upper management.

▸ Used Vuetify to build components that resulted in reusable code for scalability and quick development.

▸ Consumed REST API with Axios and used Vuex Store for state management and later scalability.

▸ Deployed site temporarily on Github pages that resulted in iterative feedback from the development team and upper management.

▸ Participated in daily stand ups with the development team to outline blockers and to set tasks for each day.

Frontend UI Developer

Qhala · Full-time

Mar 2020 - Nov 2020

Nairobi, Kenya

▸ Led the tech team by running daily stand ups, and outlined sprint goals for delivery in 10 day sprints, resulting in faster iterations of feedback and consistent productivity of development.

▸ Developed frontend features of Jukua using Vue.js, including PWA functionality such as offline mode and easy installation on Android and Desktop.

▸ Wrote E2E/Integration tests for components using Cypress.io.

▸ Consumed Restful API’s with Axios to achieve CRUD functionality and used JWT authentication for login/registration functionality.

▸ Implemented Vuex state management across the platform that resulted in clean and scalable code.

▸ Presented new features and progress updates to stakeholders and defended design and development decisions.

▸ Collaborated with UX and product teams to define application features, based on UX research and feedback which helped set targets for MVP development.

▸ Spearheaded concept development and UI design using an Interactive prototype built with Figma.

▸ Developed an MVP in Vue.js that included jwt authentication, and CRUD operations; including downloadable PDF’s that was later used in cema.africa, a Bill Gates Foundation funded Covid-19 project

▸ Pitched and presented updated concepts and designs to stakeholders in Ministry of Health.

▸ Built company website using Tailwind.css, and Vue.js that fuelled online exposure, resulting in an increase in client acquisition.

Frontend Web Developer

BeMyGuest - Tours & Activities · Full-time

Jun 2019 - Mar 2020

Singapore

▸ Wrote E2E Tests for vue.js components using Cypress.io

▸ Converted a Laravel page to Vue.js Component as part of a Git repository restructuring task.

▸ Used Figma and Tailwind.css and Vue.js to design and create a voucher redemption landing page for Shopee 11.11 singles day sale.

▸ Used Git for Version Control.

▸ Ensured accessibility result of 100% on whitelabel products.

▸ Conducted user interviews and exercises wit customer service, distribution and suppliers teams to organise information needed on Voucher/E-ticket.

▸ Redesigned BeMyGuest Tours and Attractions Vouchers that serviced all clients within APAC

▸ Made the case and created a company wide design system, including prototypes for team reference.

Junior Web Developer

Jenga Agency

Aug 2018 - Apr 2019

Nairobi, Kenya

▸ Developed websites and web applications for clients using HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript/Django/Python frameworks

▸ Used tools such as Adobe Creative suite and Sketch to create mockups for client websites which resulted in clients confirming business with Jenga.

▸ Engaged clients to ensure expectation alignment and achieve best user experience

▸ Acted as Scrum Master for several team projects

▸ Used Git for version Control

Savannah College of Art and Design

Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)

Fashion/Apparel Design

Magna Cum Laude

2011 - 2015

Moringa School

Certification,

Full Stack Software Development

Feb 2018 - Jul 2018