Lead UI Designer  /  SaaS Applications  /  Scotland

Enhancing revenue through user experience

I design and build product interfaces for start-ups and software firms — from dashboards and CRMs through to the front-end code that ships them.

Calum Kirk

01 — Product

WAGAS Group

Product development for a start-up that delivers measurable business value.

WAGAS builds growth programmes that pair corporates with start-ups, using globalisation to boost international innovation.

Role
Lead UI Designer & Developer
Scope
Dashboard, marketing site, mobile
Year
2024
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WAGAS dashboard
wagas-dashboardDesktop / 1440
WAGAS site
home-bannerWeb
WAGAS mobile
wagas-mobileiOS / 390

02 — Education

HelloUni

Helping international students transition to the UK safely.

An onboarding app for students arriving at Glasgow and Edinburgh universities — research the course and build connections before you fly.

Role
Designer & Developer
Scope
App design, front-end
Year
2023
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HelloUni screens
uni-onboardingFlow
HelloUni screens
uni-profileScreen
HelloUni screens
uni-searchScreen
HelloUni mobile
uni-mobileiOS / 390

03 — Travel

Travelwise

Helping tourists discover the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.

Designed and prototyped a new application with Road to the Isles Marketing to increase tourism in the western Highlands.

Role
Lead UI Designer & Developer
Scope
App design, prototype
Year
2024
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trip-builderPrototype
discover-feedPrototype
Travelwise art direction
travel-brandArt direction
Travelwise imagery
travel-printCollateral

04 — Security

DBM Partners

Website development for a cyber security firm breaking barriers globally.

A corporate culture focused entirely on people — employees, partners and customers — expressed through a site that had to feel transgressive rather than corporate.

Role
Designer & Developer
Scope
Web design, build
Year
2024
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dbm-motionMotion
DBM site
dbm-homeDesktop
DBM banner
dbm-bannerWeb

05 — Hospitality

Bookster

Property management software built only for holiday rental owners.

Brought in as a UX/UI consultant to design and build across the product.

Role
UX/UI Consultant
Scope
Application design, development
Year
2024
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Bookster desktop
bookster-appDesktop / 1440
Bookster mobile
bookster-mobileiOS / 390

06 — Commerce

MEF

Ecommerce for Scotland's largest supplier of mechanical and electrical fixings.

Shopify design and development for a catalogue with thousands of SKUs and trade-account pricing.

Role
Shopify Designer & Developer
Scope
Store design, theme build
Year
2023
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MEF store
mef-storeDesktop
MEF detail
mef-plpScreen
MEF detail
mef-pdpScreen

07 — Enterprise

Optimise Solutions

CRM and website redesign for a business management software provider.

Owned the website build end to end, and worked through the CRM with the lead developer to lift its usability section by section.

Role
UX/UI Designer & Developer
Scope
CRM, marketing site
Year
2023
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Optimise CRM
optimise-crmDesktop / 1440
Optimise mockup
optimise-siteWeb
Optimise mockup
optimise-detailWeb

08 — Care

Safeashouses

Helping the care home sector build a better future.

Design content built to convert high-end clients, across a website brochure and a printed welcome pack.

Role
UI/UX & Brand
Scope
Web, print, marketing
Year
2023
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Safeashouses site
safe-homeDesktop
Safeashouses detail
safe-brochurePrint
Safeashouses detail
safe-packPrint

How I work

Research, design, then the code that ships it.

01

Research

Understanding users comes first. My methods are built to run early in the product cycle, using quantitative and qualitative analysis together.

02

Design

I create solutions to the problems research uncovers — wireframes, prototypes and pixel-perfect UI that survives handover.

03

Develop

I test how effective the designs are, then apply front-end development to turn them into working product rather than a file.