Inayaili León
Inayaili León
Lead Web Designer at Canonical
Belfast-based Portuguese web designer and author. Loves clean, semantic HTML and CSS, and writes about it on her blog and as guest author in popular sites such as 24 Ways and Smashing Magazine. Member of .net Magazine's and Smashing Magazine's Expert Panel. Author of Pro CSS for High Traffic Websites, published by Apress. Web designer at Canonical. Loves cats.
Experience
Lead Web Designer @ Canonical Ltd.
November 2011 - Present
Location:
London, UK
Website:
ubuntu.com
Web Designer @ Freelance
2005 - Present
I take on carefully selected projects (web design, front-end, iOS application design, UX, technical writing, speaking, consultancy) in which I can apply and expand my skills. I have worked with several clients in many different time zones, on projects such as corporate websites, personal blogs, iPhone & iPad application design and front-end coding, mobile and small screen design, web apps and Facebook apps. I like to establish long and trusting partnerships so my clients have a professional from who the they can expect consistent results.
Website:
yaili.com
Senior Web Designer @ Canonical Ltd.
August 2010 - November 2011
Create and refine the visual layer of the main web properties so they reflect the organisation's needs and are aligned with the company's brand & ethos. Also involved in the UX & design of not only the main sites but of anything that relates to both web & Ubuntu, participating in research, analysing results, sketching, wireframing, coding, creating and communicating new guidelines that can be used internally and by the community, evangelising web standards and good front end development practices, ensuring the brand is applied consistently across the web
Location:
London, UK
Website:
ubuntu.com
Web Designer @ FoxLand
August 2008 - July 2010
Designer @ Ideias Frescas
July 2006 - July 2008
Graphic and web design, and front-end development.
Sales / Design @ Tomgráfico
July 2004 - June 2006
I was hired as a sales representative, to expand the client list. During the time I worked at Tomgráfico, I brought more clients to the company, increased sales and also created design work and all the web projects. I created the company's web site and published a monthly newsletter.
Location:
Faro, Portugal
Designer Intern @ House of Brands
July 2003 - September 2003
I spent a couple of months working as an intern designer, doing mainly graphic design and identity. This was my first contact with the "real world" of design agencies, still during college, and it helped me prepare much better for it.
Education
Universidade do Algarve
2000 - 2004
Escola Secundária Dr. Serafim Leite
1994 - 2000