Farai with a bushy beard, smiling

Peace!

👋🏾 I'm Farai Madzima, a Zimbabwean UX designer, conference organiser, and speaker living in Canada.

Interaction design

I hang with the logistics experience design leadership team at Shopify, where we’re building next-generation ecommerce tools that make commerce easier for everyone. In a past life, in South Africa, I led the experience design team at Standard Bank Group, Africa's largest bank.

Organising Conferences

I founded and ❤️ organising Pixel Up! a UX conference, and Source Up!, a front-end web conference. These events exist to help bridge the gap between designers and developers in Africa with those from around the world.

Speaking and Workshops

I’ve been so lucky to speak around the world. These days I'm focussed on talking about working effectively in multicultural teams. If you’d like me to speak at a public or private event, catch me on farai (at) pixelup.co.za.

Upcoming talks and workshops

  • Fluxible, Cultural bias in design(ers)
    Sep 22, 2018 in Waterloo, Canada
  • UX Australia, Keynote
    Aug 31, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia
  • UX Week, Diverse teams: Working together across cultures - Workshop
    Aug 24, 2018 in San Francisco, USA
  • Design & Content Conference, Cultural bias in design(ers)
    Jul 25, 2018 in Vancouver, Canada

Video of a talk I did recently



Past events I've spoken at

2018

  • Automattic People Series, Bias in multicultural teams
    Apr 17, 2018 in Remote
  • IA Summit, Cultural bias in design(ers)
    Mar 25, 2018 in Chicago, USA
  • Pixel Up!, Cultural bias in design(ers)
    Mar 12, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Interaction 18, Cultural bias in design(ers)
    Feb 8, 2018 in Lyon, France

2017

  • DVT Insights, Design in Enterprise is Difficult in South Africa
    Oct 25, 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa
  • EOH Connect 2017, Design value and digital business
    Mar 5, 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa

2016

Get in touch

You can catch me on @farai_uxguy or farai {at} pixelup.co.za.

Peace!