Professional experience
SEPT 2025 – Present

UX Designer

Workday | Via Magnit Global (Contract)

Work as part of a cross‑functional team to improve the Workday Recruitment mobile experience for recruiters and hiring managers.

Lead end‑to‑end design: framing problems, planning and conducting user research, creating flows and interaction patterns, and delivering high‑fidelity designs and prototypes.

Collaborate closely with PMs, engineers and content designers to ship features that balance user needs, business objectives and technical constraints.

March 2023 – Sept 2025

UX Researcher

Vhi Healthcare

Led user research projects for Vhi Healthcare’s public facing B2C digital channels (public website, member’s web portal & app).

Planned, executed and analysed user research studies to understand user needs and inform design decisions.

Acted as an advocate for the user during the research, design, and development process.

Provided coaching and mentoring on design and research best practices. 

Hands-on experience throughout the product life cycle, from initial research to final implementation.

january 2022 – march 2023

UX Designer

Allied Irish Banks

Led user experience design and research on AIB’s business banking public facing website, business customer web portal, new business banking mobile app and internal staff projects.

Utilised agile methodology to deliver digital products and services in a fast-paced environment. Rapidly prototyped and designed digital services and products.

Ensured digital services and products adhered to accessibility best practices.

Collaborated with developers, product managers, product owners, business analysts and other UX designers.

Contributed to the design systems and standards used by the wider design team.

November 2021 – december 2021

UX Design Intern

Allied Irish Banks

Collaboratively worked with other UX designers on their projects in the personal mobile app banking team & internal staff platforms. 

may 2021 – july 2021

UX Design Intern

Maecenarte (Start-Up)

Led the redesign of Maecenarte’s customer-facing website.

Conducted comprehensive usability testing, competitor analysis, and stakeholder interviews to inform design decisions.

Developed user personas, created wireframes, and produced high-fidelity prototypes.

Prepared research decks and presented findings to stakeholders, advocating for the UX design process and promoting design thinking across the team.

may 2018 – january 2022

Registered Nurse

Multiple Hospitals & Agencies

As a registered paediatric and general nurse I worked primarily in the clinical setting on hospital wards in both Ireland and Australia.

Transferable skills: communication, empathy, prioritisation, multitasking, time management, adaptability, flexibility, multidisciplinary collaboration, stakeholder management.

Education 
september 2021 – may 2023

MSC – User Experience Design

Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology

First Class Honours Grade 1 achieved

Student of the Year Award in User Experience Design MSc Programme achieved

january 2021 – january 2022

Certificate in User Experience Design

Dundalk Institute of Technology

Distinction achieved

september 2013 – may 2018

BSc in Children’s and General Nursing Integrated

Dublin City University

Second Class Honours Grade 1 achieved

Let’s chat

Open to Product / UX Designer roles in fintech, SaaS and other complex domains.

If you’d like to discuss potential professional opportunities, please contact me at RebeccalewisUXD@gmail.com

Let’s chat

Open to Product / UX Designer roles in fintech, SaaS and other complex domains.

If you’d like to discuss potential professional opportunities, please contact me at RebeccalewisUXD@gmail.com