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Lauren Bell

UX/UI Designer · Huntington Beach, California

UX/UI designer with a background in psychology and language sciences, designing branded in-flight entertainment experiences from first research to final interface. I combine user insight, design systems and careful craft.

Experience

UX/UI Designer II

Jan 2026 – Present

RAVE Aerospace

  • Led design of Harmony, RAVE’s next-generation in-flight entertainment interface, built with agency Reaktor and showcased at Aircraft Interiors Expo 2026.
  • Conceived an AI assistant that suggests what to watch and what to order, which won a company-wide innovation challenge.
  • Turned interviews, surveys and stakeholder input into personas, journey maps and prioritised improvements.
  • Built Figma design systems and configurable component libraries for faster, more consistent airline branding.

UX/UI Designer I

Aug 2023 – Jan 2026

Safran Passenger Innovations (now RAVE Aerospace)

  • Designed interfaces, flows and high-fidelity mockups for airline-branded in-flight experiences.
  • Worked closely with product and engineering from concept through to build.
  • Contributed reusable components and documentation to keep projects consistent.

UX/UI Design Intern

Jun 2023 – Aug 2023

Safran Passenger Innovations

  • Supported the design team with wireframes, mockups and design documentation.
  • Contributed to research, audits and presentations for client and internal projects.

UX Researcher

Sep 2021 – Jul 2022

Thrive Therapeutic Software

  • Led usability and behavioural-outcome research for a consumer mental wellbeing app.
  • Ran interviews, focus groups and mixed-method studies, and turned findings into reports for design teams.

Social Cognition Researcher

Jun 2020 – Jul 2021

The Eyethink Lab

  • Built an online game whose mechanics measured collective aggression.
  • Analysed quantitative and qualitative player data to shape the game and the lab’s research methods.

Education

University College London

MSc Psychology & Language Sciences · First-class honours

2021 – 2022

University College London

BSc Psychology & Language Sciences · First-class honours

2018 – 2021

Skills

Research

  • User interviews
  • Usability testing
  • Surveys and focus groups
  • Statistical analysis

Design

  • Interaction design
  • Prototyping
  • Journey maps and personas
  • Design systems

Tools

  • Figma
  • Adobe XD

Recognition

  • Showcased Harmony, RAVE’s next-generation IFE interface, at Aircraft Interiors Expo 2026.
  • Won a company-wide innovation challenge with an AI assistant concept for in-flight entertainment.
  • First-class honours in both a BSc and an MSc at University College London.

Passion projects

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