The Diplomat, The Futurist & The Curious, Empathic Mind.

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Candy Mangan is a strategic and adaptable designer with a builder’s mindset, blending curiosity, empathy, and future-focused thinking to solve complex challenges. With a natural ability to navigate ambiguity, inspire teams, and craft meaningful experiences, Candy drives innovation while always championing people and their potential.

Both methodical and creative, Candy seamlessly integrates strategy, research, and design thinking to develop engaging, scalable, and sustainable experiences. Whether working within intricate service ecosystems or designing cutting-edge digital products, Candy thrives in uncertainty—turning obstacles into opportunities and driving meaningful transformation.

The Tiniest Change Sparks the Biggest Transformations.
From shaping Canada-wide in-store marketing as a print designer to crafting leading-edge digital experiences with tech companies, Candy’s journey has been one of continuous evolution. A firestarter in Service Design and a trailblazer in UX, Candy has had the privilege of living multiple design lifetimes—pioneering new ways of working and thinking in this ever-evolving field.

Candy’s work has been recognized by The Webbys, Awwwards, FWA, and Communication Arts—a testament to a career built on innovation, impact, and pushing the boundaries of design.
Design Philosophy
" Always be kind and be human"

To Craft Sustainable and impactful experiences.

To Use UX & Services Design to reshape how people interact with the world

To Blend Human - centered thinking with strategic, behaviour- modifying design

To provide designs that are functional, emotionally, engaging and purposeful.

Tool Kit
01.
Design Frameworks
  • Co Design Session
  • Cross Functional Workshop
  • End to End Journey Mapping
  • Jobs to be Done
  • Empathy Mapping
  • UX Scoping
  • Service Design Blueprint
02.
UX Artifacts
  • User Flow
  • User Stories
  • User Acceptance Criteria
  • Concept Prototyping
  • Low-fi & High-fi Wireframes
  • Roadmaps
  • Project Documentation
  • Learn and Adopt Materials
  • Presentation Deck
  • Monthly Business Reports
03.
Research Methods
  • Expert Matter Interviews
  • Stakeholder Interviews
  • User Interviews
  • Interview Guides
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Google Reviews Analysis
  • Patient Data Analysis
04.
Design Softwares
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Figma
  • Webflow
05.
Collaboration Softwares
  • Miro
  • Mural
  • Slack
  • Discord
  • Google Workspace Suite
  • Microsoft 365 Office Suite
06.
Data Analyze Tools
  • Qualtrics
  • Tableau

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