Peter Koenders
UI UX Designer at Ministry of Social Development (MSD)
Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand
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Top SchoolPeter Koenders is a Senior UI/UX Designer based in Palmerston North with 20+ years of experience crafting accessible, user-centred digital products across government, corporate, and non-profit sectors. He specialises in building scalable design systems and embedding WCAG-aligned accessibility patterns, having introduced Figma Enterprise across 17+ teams to streamline delivery for 20+ websites and applications. Peter excels at turning complex information into clear, engaging interfaces and accelerating decision-making with high-fidelity prototypes and reusable component libraries. Past roles include leading digital brand refreshes at Vodafone, reducing hosting costs and improving multilingual accessibility for non-profits, and delivering solutions for major NZ brands at Datacom. He combines evidence-based design with hands-on implementation and mentorship, and is particularly passionate about equitable, sustainable digital services that reduce duplication and improve collaboration.
11 years of coding experience
Design, Computer Graphic Design, Design, Computer Graphic Design at Whanganui School of DesignIntroduction to digital accessibility, A-, Introduction to digital accessibility, A- at Victoria University of WellingtonWeb Accessibility, Web Accessibility at Deque University
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Github Skills (11)
react7
css7
graphql6
gatsbyjs6
gatsby6
security5
svg5
compiler5
static-site-generator4
sanity1
drag-and-drop1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
pkoenders/portfolio2021
Sep 2021 - Sep 2025
Contributions:227 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
pkoenders/lynn-pronk-prismic
Aug 2022 - Oct 2025
Contributions:62 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 2 months
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