Category: UX Design
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October Offer!
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in Creative, Design, Digital, Photography, Portraiture, UI Design, UX, UX Design, Web design, WordPressTake advantage of my October offer for a free WordPress website review focusing on your website’s user experience and your online brand. Also a discounted rate on a personal branding photo shoot for new images for your business. I offer a design audit of your WordPress website to review your online presence to give you…
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Design System Governance
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I’m working on the governance process and model for a new design system. This project sets out how the system will be used by the in-house product teams. The design, developement and test teams work in an agile environment so this is a key consideration when I’m planning the system’s work flow. There are many…
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Why a Design System?
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in Design, Design Ops, Design Systems, Design Team, Digital, Product design, UI, UI Design, UX, UX DesignWhy does your company need a design system? Thats a very good question which can be answered by this statement: “A design system helps to implement a strong brand by employing a consistent look and feel” A design system is an investment which is usually developed from live style guides that have been produced by…
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UX Cross Functional Collaboration
I’ve been looking at cross functional collaboration and training after reading posts on UX forums. It’s interesting stuff and also the views that go with this subject. I think it’s important and something that I’ve done for all of my design career. Briefly, some benefits that can result from a well trained UX designer in…
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A Creative Future
I’m pleased to reflect on my recent career and the diverse nature of creativity and projects that I’m currently working on. My Lead UI/UX Designer role is winding up as I prepare for part-time study in photography. I want to continue working in the UX field as I really enjoy the creative aspect of my…
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Internal Design Agency
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…
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UX Benchmarking
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.…
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Design Concepts
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…
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User Feedback
Working on recent products has highlighted to me again the importance of testing usability with actual end users. This step can sometimes be overlooked when product teams are deep in stakeholder requirements and writing user stories. Getting prototypes infront of actual users in the early discovery phase of a project can save a lot of…
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User Testing Prototypes
I’m currently building two Figma prototypes for a new NHS rostering solution that has a unique approach for the sector. The prototypes demonstrate the user journeys for two user groups of the new system. I’m working in close collaboration with our POs to refine the final prototypes ahead of user testing to validate our ideas…