Mari Rezende🇨🇦

About Mari Rezende

Principal Designer Consultant/Fractional at Mari Rezende Designs Inc.

After working as a web developer, project manager and digital consultant, I finally found my place in this world as a UX Designer. Since then, life took me to the Banking world, where I have dealt with and incredible amount of complexity and ambiguity, while still trying to advocate for the best experience possible for the client. As part of work, I do not only all the UX-related stuff, but also some UI and Research -- which I've learned to like as I become more familiar with those. However, the only reason I am here today is because I started as the only UX at a Fintech a few years ago, where I had to learn, create and ship all at once with no one to guide me.

Expertise

Sessions with Mari Rezende

• Mentorship Session (30 min): General mentorship
• Untangling Experience Design Strategy with Mari (60 min): Together, we can examine each layer of complexity in your project so you can deliver solutions grounded in a strong foundation. The layers of complexity may include one, some or all of these: - understand the user's perspective - understand the business perspective - understand the technical landscape - understand the competitors - map the current and ideal user journeys - navigate complex structures (aka: deal with internal politics) - define a design vision that ties to the overarching team and business vision - plan workshops - promote cross-collaboration with stakeholders - map a strategy to achieve that vision - define a roadmap - define success UX metrics And more! Just tell me what you're trying to achieve and we can discuss it. - adhere to a Design System or propose a brand new component -

What mentees say

“I had an exceptional session with Mari, who truly exceeded my expectations! Her amazing communication and deep subject knowledge guided me to reflect on my personal brand and how to articulate my unique experiences as both a designer and an individual. I highly recommend booking a session with”

“I love working with Mari, she has always been so supportive and helps me past just the ADP mentorship sessions to make me feel validated in my job search. As job searching is a daunting process, she helps me feel motivated to keep going with useful feedback and edits that are pushing me towards my career goals”

“Mari was a very kind and patient mentor to work with! She provided me with valuable insights and resources I'll keep using as I progress through the UI/UX world. She is also a fun conversationalist who gave me the courage to pursue this field and I enjoyed my meeting with her!”