Richard Lovell
Head Of UX at Truescape
Canterbury, New Zealand
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Top SchoolRichard Lovell is a Head of UX and seasoned product designer with 15 years of experience blending hands-on web development and user-centered design to accelerate product lifecycles. Based in Canterbury, New Zealand, he currently leads UX at Truescape while also contributing as a senior software developer, pairing strategic design leadership with practical implementation knowledge. Previously he built and taught web and UX programs as Head of Web & UX Design at ACG Yoobee, where he managed agile student projects and curated learning pathways for future designers. Richard’s entrepreneurial streak includes founding Hotpott, a region-and language-focused social shopping network, showing his ability to launch user-focused products for niche markets. His background in commerce and computer science informs a pragmatic approach to balancing business goals, technical constraints, and delightful user experiences. Colleagues value his knack for translating design intent into developer-ready solutions that reduce friction during handoffs.
15 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Commerce, Marketing and management, Bachelor of Commerce, Marketing and management at University of OtagoBachelor of Computer Science, Computing, Information technology, Bachelor of Computer Science, Computing, Information technology at Massey University
Chinese, English
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868reputation
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56answers
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Github Skills (127)
github10
ruby10
academia10
mongoose10
jetbrains10
jsonwebtoken9
expressjs9
bcrypt9
mongoosejs9
font-awesome9
angular8
cli8
jwt8
laravel8
react8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
richjava/ZK-Chat
Nov 2010 - Nov 2014
Contributions:6 commits in 4 years
richjava/PHP-OOP-Example
Dec 2014 - Feb 2020
Contributions:7 commits, 1 push in 5 years 2 months
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