Iยดm Kenneth Vest Knudsen, a Creative Developer from Norway ๐Ÿ”๏ธ

Over the last 12 years, I have worked as a Lead designer, Product designer, Developer, and everything in between.

My professional career consists of leading strategy and design for companies wanting of conquering the world market.

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Education

Design School

Graducated with A+ and was awarded a medal

Business School

A-level studies and a great foundation

Employment

Highsoft

Lead Product Designer

Cardlay.com

Senior Full-Stack Designer

Senior Digital Designer

Ordbogen.com

Senior Digital Designer

Digital Designer

Vest & Co.

Owner and founder

Experiences & Highlights

As the Lead Product Designer at Highsoft, I apply my broad UX expertise across all products and initiatives, leveraging meticulous planning, prototyping, and active participation in project development. Collaborating closely with the Tech team, Iยดm heavily involved in enhancing our design capacity, improving both UX and UI, and setting our own quarterly goals. Building on my rich background in scalable and emotional design, Iยดm dedicated to creating intuitive, user-centric solutions that significantly impact our diverse product range.

I am Full-stack designer building design systems for a next-gen Spend Management tool at Cardlay. Additionally, Ive led the design of our marketing site for three years and helped create attention-grabbing, self-explanatory visuals and experiences. With my UI and product engineering background, I collaborate seamlessly with developers and with strong communication skills that ensure transparency with stakeholders.

As Design Lead at ordbogen.com, I led a comprehensive rebrand, delivered modern visuals for all product lines, and mentored new designers. My work was instrumental in positioning the company as a market leader and fostering its expansion into the European market.

I grew up in Denmark, where I had a passion for building and designing websites from a very young age. During design school, I started picking up the coding aspect, forming my systematic approaches to product design. I enjoy building rigorous design systems that are logical and easily scalable. I design solutions that convey emotion and humanity to achieve its goals effectively.

To put things in perspective, I've assisted on projects that have affected millions and made billions.

Beliefs and Values

Results driven

Focus and momentum toward the ultimate goal.

Lean oriented

Continuous improvement and focus on delivering.

Data informed

Verified knowledge makes for better decisions.

Open minded

I study viewpoints that contradict my own

Team bridger

I bring unique perspectives to the table.

Celebrate the wins

and learn from the losses

Tools and TechStack

Figma

UI, UX and documentation

VSCode

Favorite IDE

Javascript

React, Vue, NextJS, jQuery

CSS4

postCSS, StyledComponents

Wordpress

Custom coded themes and admin

Notion

Project management

Slack

Communication

Spark

Mail communication

Resolve 18

Editing and post work

Lightroom

Photo editing

Blender

Asset rendering

Mamp Pro

Local development

Github

Code projects

Local

Local development

iTerm2

Together with Fig and OhMyZsh

PHP

Old but solid

Luise โ€“ the love of my lifeLuise โ€“ the love of my life
2020 - We moved from Denmark to live in Voss, Norway ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด2020 - We moved from Denmark to live in Voss, Norway ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด
This is Chase and Storm - our two boysThis is Chase and Storm - our two boys
And our daughter AyaAnd our daughter Aya
We live in wonderfull Voss, NorwayWe live in wonderfull Voss, Norway
And our beloved furball, MarleyAnd our beloved furball, Marley
I hope you enjoyed your stay!
Get in touch if you want to connect โ€“ I'm always up for a good chat.