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ABOUT ME

I’m a highly motivated and results-focused UX leader with extensive experience of product and service design, team leadership and management across a range of industries including energy, finance, healthcare, retail, telecoms and transport.

 

I'm passionate about using design for the benefit of people and our planet.

MY APPROACH

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CHAMPION THE USER

Get to know the people I am designing for and be their representative during projects

04/

PICK THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB

Apply processes and methods that add the most value to a project

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LISTEN TO THE EVIDENCE

Base design decisions on insight, not opinion

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DESIGN FOR PEOPLE AND THE PLANET

Promote sustainable design at every opportunity so good design doesn't come at the expense of the environment

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COLLABORATION IS KEY

Better products and services come from working with other experts responsible for delivering them

MY TOOLKIT

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RESEARCH

Card sorting and tree testing

Competitor analysis

Contextual inquiry

Desk research

Diary studies

Guerilla testing

Interviews and focus groups

Persuasion and emotional design

Remote research

Surveys

Usability and accessibility testing

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DESIGN

Empathy maps

Experience/journey maps

Hand sketching

Information architecture

Persona creation

Screen flows

Service design blueprints

User stories

Wireframing and prototyping

STRATEGY & LEADERSHIP

Design guidelines creation

Line management of junior - senior designers

Mentor UX professionals

Process mapping

Stakeholder workshops

Training course creation and delivery

UX maturity evaluation

UX toolkit development

Value proposition development

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CLIENTS

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