Byron Fernandes Bio

Byron Fernandes

Lead UX Design Immersive Instructor at General Assembly

London

After graduating from university and a brief interlude as a travelling chef, Byron worked in marketing for a few years before getting struck by the UX bug. In 2009 he took an MSc in Human-Computer Interaction at UCL, and hasn’t looked back since. He has spent much of his career as a freelancer, giving him exposure to a wide range of organisations and sectors - leading a complete redesign of Addison Lee’s mobile app in response to Uber, working on Costa Express’ interface for self-serve coffee bars, and developing a cloud photo management platform for Canon, codenamed Project 1709, to name just a few.

As the Lead Instructor on multiple cohorts of General Assembly's 12 week full-time User Experience Design Immersive course, Byron has facilitated over 1500 hours of remote training. He has supported hundreds of participants in their transition to remote communication, including guiding many of them in running their own remote design sprints, and coaching other instructors in how to cultivate a compelling online learning environment.

Byron Fernandes

Upcoming Courses

Previously (25)

Design

User Experience Design Immersive

Launch a high-growth user experience design career. Build fluency in essential skills through this 12-week, full-time program.

8 Times

Design

User Experience Design

Gain indispensable user experience design skills in this 10-week evening or 1-week accelerated course, on campus or online.

6 Times

Career Development

Facilitating Online Like a Pro: How to Run Highly Engaging Remote Sessions

As teams and organisations have transitioned to working online, learning to effectively facilitate in the remote space is becoming an essential new skill.

5 Times

Design

User Experience Design Bootcamp Workshop

Immerse yourself in a full day of user experience design fundamentals and walk away with an actual mobile prototype.

3 Times

Business

Product Management

In this ten-week course, students will learn to navigate the product cycle, from evaluating users and managing a roadmap to creating an MVP and developing metrics.

Design

[IN-PERSON] User Experience Design 2-Day Intensive Workshop

Immerse yourself in this two-day user experience design bootcamp.

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