Ant Tyler

Author: Ant

  • Back to Photography

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    A change in direction has seen me accepting an offer from the University of Brighton which starts in September this year. It’s an exciting shift in my career and I’m looking forward to working with images again. I’m going to be available for freelance UI/UX design, part-time website management work and photography assignments from the…

  • A Remote Design Team

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    Working remotely as a designer can be challenging, even more so if you’re managing a remote design team as a lead or senior designer. Fortunately we have a lot of collaboration tools available to us to help this method of working. Industry standard tools such as Miro where you and your team can work on…

  • Internal Design Agency

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    I’m working on improving our product design across our live NHS solutions for our company. This process is to formalise our design resource with an organised approach to production with our wider product team. To implement this I’m starting to run my design team as an internal design agency with a group of ‘clients’ which…

  • UX Benchmarking

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    I’ve been working on implementing a UX Benchmarking strategy for our products. We’re gathering more data now and it’s going to be a busy year for us with new products coming to market. UX Benchmarking is a great way to show our progress as our products develop and we get better at what we do.…

  • Happy New Year!

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    Wishing you all the best for the coming year! I hope that you will find creativity and positivity wherever you might be or go!

  • Design Leadership

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    I’ve been reading around the subject of design leadership to apply to my current role. As I lead a design team I want to produce and see created the highest quality design work. For this to happen I aim to inspire my team members as much as possible. Clear direction, team motivation and communication are…

  • Design Teams

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    I’ve been working on expanding my design team to further support our product owners and development teams. Increased design capacity can help to support a wide range of visualisation and creative outputs that will benefit the whole company. Getting the right fit is really improtant and ensuring that a new designer feels comfortable and welcome…

  • UI Review and Design Systems

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    I’m leading on a UI review of one of our premium products looking at common UI components. This is to unify our front end to further improve the professional look and feel for this product and to ensure that our screens reflect our brand. I’m also looking at UI consistency so that common elements render…

  • Design Concepts

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    I’m currently working ahead of production on design concepts for our projects that are in the discovery phase. Based on stakeholder requirements these concepts help to flesh out the digital solution that will eventually be built by our development teams. The concepts will typically cover the key screens that will enable users to perform certain…

  • Mobile Competition

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    I’ve been looking at the competition for our app in the healthcare sector here in the UK. It’s a good process to review what’s available to our clients and the NHS trusts that we supply. There is a limit to what you can see without access to these systems but you can see reviews, ratings…