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Hi! I’m Nicole. Designer, coach & speaker.

Nicole Saidy
I'm a UX designer based in Amsterdam. I'm passionate about travel, collaboration and shaping new designers through my activities as a mentor, speaker, blogger and course author.

UI/UX Designer

I'm a freelance UI/UX design consultant with 7+ years of experience in digital design. I love designing simple and consistent web & mobile interfaces.

Front-End Developer

I like coding my own designs. I implement using HTML, CSS and basic Javascript. Recently, I'm using frameworks like Bootstrap, MDL & MDC.

Teacher & Mentor

I coach design and front-end development at Le Wagon coding bootcamp in Europe and I mentor online through 1-1 sessions on RookieUp.

Conference Speaker

I regularly speak at international conferences about topics like UI/UX, progressive web apps and design-development collaboration.

Latest work

UI/UX
Branding

Web Dash

Designed logo, brand identity, landing page and web app for Webdash, the customizable web dashboard.
UI/UX
Branding
Mobile

Kwiki Delivery App

Designed logo, brand identity and mobile app for Kwiki, a food and service ordering app for resorts & hotels.

UI/UX
Branding

Laravel Angular

An open source project for building consistent APIs. I designed the logo, brand identity, website and documentation.
UI/UX
HTML/CSS

PWA Workshop

A workshop about PWAs that I present in conferences and companies. Designed logo, brand identity and one page website.


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My online courses

Become a UI/UX designer

The complete design course for non-designers

Kickstart your design career with this self-paced online course including 3 hours of valuable information and precious downloadable resources.

Streamline your workflow

The efficient UI/UX design process in Figma

Create a consistent and scalable prototype in Figma in 30 mins, from wireframing all the way to handing off to developers.

On my blog

7 steps to become a UI/UX designer

What is good design and bad design? Here are tips & resources to help you get started.
5 apps I can’t live without as a freelancer

Life is too short for a 9 to 5 job. Making a living as a freelancer is the best way there is.
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Recent talks

Designing great progressive web apps

A look into PWAs from a design perspective, and guidelines for designing great PWAs.

UX patterns for web developers

Developer-friendly UX patterns that developers should start using in their everyday code.

Bridging the designer developer gap

How to better communicate through tips & tricks for a smarter workflow.

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