a day in the life of a ux designer

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A day in the life of a UX Designer Joanne Richardson 26 th July 2010 SuperUX

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"What do you do?" is by far the most difficult question that any UX Designer can ever be asked. This presentation hopes to offer a bit more insight into what UX can involve and to share its benefits which can't normally be summed up easily.

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A day in the life of a UX Designer

Joanne Richardson

26th July 2010

SuperUX

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User Experience Designer at Orange Bus

Over 3 ½ years in UX and user research

Always been a passion since University

Worked on some pretty exciting projects!TV Licensing, Nexus, Sage

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A dedicated team Not distracted by how it will look or be built at the important planning phase.

Backed up by research Creates an informed design.

Saves money Changes at the start are cheap.

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I don’t know what I’ve done

wrong. Grr!

I give up, I can’t find

what I want!

15 steps! I don’t have

time for this.

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Inform the designApply best practiceProblem solve earlyFocus the project

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...and beyond!

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The more we know upfront, the better we can plan, design and reduce costly changes later on

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Listen to Stories

Personas (whole team understands the audience)

Analytics (look for patterns & problem areas)

Ethnography (observation in a persons own environment)

Client research(e.g. call centre stats, surveys)

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Stories and experience

Business needs & goals

Competitor Analysis

Content Audit

Requirements Gathering

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Prioritise Requirements What's achievable?

Experience StatementEthos of the project

Design PrinciplesUser & business needs combined

Gap AnalysisWhere are we now and where do we want to be?

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See the whole issue

Knowledge gathered informs the design

Strategy focuses it

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Structure of the website Labelling Plan for content early!

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Lots of Sketches

Wireframes

Documentation

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Documentation

Quality Assurance

Content Curation

Project Focus

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Usability Testing

Track Analytics

Always looking to improve

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You can’t do everything

UX can fit any budgetIts about picking the things that will give the greatest benefit

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