Nice to meet you! My name is

Umar Mekkaoui

UX Designer, Story Teller Extraordinaire

I'm a multimedia professional specializing in UX Design and Strategic Marketing, with 6 years of corporate design and marketing experience under my belt and an additional 3 years of freelance graphic design. I have a fascination with telling stories through multimedia, a passion that has led me to my most recent endeavors in UX design and indie game development. My past experiences have also included audio/video production, photography, and comission based illustration.

Coding

My primary programming language is JavaScript, with additional experience with Python. The majority of my coding experience has been using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for creating Landing Pages, web apps, and and web hosted games. Recent endeavors include utilizing NODE JS and MongoDB for developing backend applications.

Design

I'm familiar with a majority of the Adobe suite, and especially fluent with Photoshop and Illustrator. I use these applications on a daily basis to create marketing material, vector designs, and UI mockups. I also have extensive experience with XD for prototyping, and Premiere Pro and After Effects for creating engaging videos.

Donation Station

UX Case Study

Responsive website case study for a theoretical dog shelter concept. This dog shelter wanted to ensure that potential adopters were ready fully prepared for dog ownership, in order to reduce the likelyhood of the adoptees coming back to the shelter.

Guntz Burger

UX Case Study

Mobile app case study for a German restaurant concept. This case study demonstrates how the UX process can help this struggling restaurant increase the drop rate of it's pick-up orders, and make it easier for patrons to plan a visit.

Fur'Ever Homes

UX Case Study

Responsive website case study for a theoretical dog shelter concept. This dog shelter wanted to ensure that potential adopters were ready fully prepared for dog ownership, in order to reduce the likelyhood of the adoptees coming back to the shelter.

Display Ads

Google Display Ads and Social Media Posting

A small collection demonstrating use with Photoshop and Illustrator to create marketing materials. As a marketing specialist, I've had the opportunity to develop marketing strategies with clients, which evolved into translating these strategies into design as a graphic designer.

Landing Pages

Landing Pages for marketing campaigns

As a front-end developer, I've created several landing pages for marketing purposes, which has included creating custom plug-ins, interactive elements, and games. This example shows a basic straightforward landing page, but for more complex coding examples, please reference my API and game demos below.

Dad Joke API

API Feeds and DOM Manipulation

A small demonstration requesting and retrieving information from an API feed, which is then used to manipulate elements in a plug-in. A more complex version of this in the works, but if you want some laughs feel free to check out what I have so far!

Reach Out To Me!

Whether you have questions regarding my portfolio, want to commission me for a project, or just want to chat, you can reach out to me anytime! Just fill out the form below and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.