Leyton Jay

My Skills

UX Design

Designing efficient and usable products

UI Design

Creating elegant and intuitive designs

UX Research

Understand the user and the problem

Empathy & Teamwork

Concern for users and colleagues

My Testimonials

My Experience

Apex 8 Automotive

Apr 2024 - Oct 2024 Lead UX Designer

Worked with Data Science & CRO Executives to simplify and redesign the primary user journey.

British Car Auctions (BCA)

Sept 2019 - Mar 2024 UX Designer (Appraisals & Valuations, Logistics, Transport)

Specialised in researching complex problems and processes; designing usable and robust internal and external solutions for mobile, tablet & desktop.

SOARIZON® by Thales (Paris, Gatwick)

Nov 2018 - Jun 2019 UX Designer & Researcher

Designed a best-in-class Risk Assessment & Method Statement process.

Avios (British Airways Loyalty)

Dec 2015 - July 2018 UX Designer

Optimised our eStore using CRO; leading to huge increases in conversation rates.

Specialist Holiday Group - TUI Travel plc

Jan 2015 - Nov 2015 UX Designer

Gained experience in heuristic analysis, remote user testing and CRO/MVT.

Rentokil Initial Plc.

Dec 2007 - Dec 2014 Web Developer (then UX Designer)

Collected user feedback and used UX methods to propose improvements.

My Philosophy

If you think good design is expensive, you should look at the cost of bad design.

Dr. Ralf Speth, CEO Jaguar Land Rover

It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is. It doesn't matter how smart you are. If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.

Richard Feynmen, Physicist

About Me

I’m a User Experience Designer, I have a degree in Computer Science and started my career as a web developer. Attention to detail is one of my key skills but I’m also able to see the ‘bigger picture’ through system thinking. I get great satisfaction from teamwork and building good working relationships with stakeholders and colleagues.

As a huge fan of live comedy, I attend the Edinburgh Fringe every year and many other comedy gigs and festivals. I'm also a sci-fi fan and a foodie.

My partner and I enjoy cooking and walks in the countryside, especially ones that end at a pub.