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  • Design habits – Tip your hat to your design heroes

    TLDR: Inspired by design masters, this can aide your creative process: User first through to competition analysis, (innovation nit imitation), to
    familiarity and then focus on value then finally beautiful execution

    Contents

    As a junior designer, way back when, I visited our local design museum (I studied in London, UK, so my local design museum was fortunately the rather impressive Design Museum in Shad Thames) and fantasied over how great it would of been to be involved in, say, designing a Charles and Ray Eames leather recliner, or Dysons Cyclone Vacuum cleaner.

    Now I’m doing stuff I feel proud off, in the field of UX/UI, I thought it worthwhile to see if I could mirror the process these great designers took and document it from a UXers perspective. So, here we go. I started with the following criteria:

    • Give users choice.
    • Competition Analysis
    • Design with familiarity in mind
    • Prioritise features that add value – the “Magic Moment”
    • Beautiful execution
    • Todays’ Brave New World
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  • Mobile best practice for registration – Put the users needs before technology

    User Registration on Mobile

    Watch the videoWatch the animated version here

    I have recently been involved in both high-level concept generation through to territory specific text changes in the exiting world of User Registration. These are my top 5 tips to help you streamline your process or find some inspiration.

    1. Do not turn-off your client

    Very early on you begin to realise that you, as a UX designer answering to Business and shakeholders alike, should avoid providing a dry and labour-intensive solution to what is a tedious process. This will inevitable put off, or turn off, potential new customers from the start. So, as they walk through your virtual door, try to present a broken-down and achievable process where they can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Don’t forget : Break your offer into bite-sized chunks

    Regulations possibly dictate that your customers will need to supply certain information. If so, have them supply that information up-front. That way you, as a caring and customer-centric company can temporally capture that info and call them back should they drop-off. Then you can ask ‘Is everything allright? Can we help you further with your registration?”

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  • Hybrid Betting App for Android

    Brief: Refresh an Existing Android Hybrid Betting App for Unibet

    Presented as a prime example of evolution through to revolution, this time critical design refresh delivered a vastly improved user experience. User are able to bet on:

    • Live events
    • Navigate and explore betting odds using the phones functionality
    • Locate events nearby to place bets on.

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  • Top 10 tips on improving your mobile gambling offer

    Mobile gambling, if you’ve watched any live commercial sporting event, is big business. Mobile gambling is at the forefront, keep my Top 10 points in your UX Playbook when designing for this sector

    Hard Skills:

    Journey Mapping

    Research

    Visual Design

    Soft Skills:

    Empathy

    Collaboration

    Critical Thinking

    Full List →

    Recently, I have been both at the coal-face and negotiating with stakeholders to define what makes a great gambling offer. Here is my Top 10 tips on improving your mobile gambling offer.

    1.0 Make it beautiful

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    Implement design rules is also a top tip. For example, instituting a one-size fits all font size policy across your offer can not only eliminate lengthy design discussion each time a new element is introduced but also guarantee legibility on the small screen.

    2.0 Minimalist approach

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  • Marketing your App through the channels

    How to marketing a brand new digital product

    This is the challenging part of any marketing brief. You can target your Digital Tribes, whether they be Early Adopters or true Laggards, one sure-fire way is through traditional streams. Using traditional media is a concrete method of new product promotion and should not ignored. Remember: Print is NOT dead.

    Building scenarios

    Building scenarios

    An effective method fo marketing a product to place a customer into the shoes of a typical user.

    "I've got a secret but I can't tell anyone"

    This opening statement defines a need state for this privacy service. Then you explain the scenario and how the product can benefit that customer. If you can translate this into an attractive case-study, then you have a winner.

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  • Design and create a ‘best-in-class’ mobile web site

    Design and create a ‘best-in-class’ mobile web site

    TL;DR;

    From task efficiency to leveraging the company’s USP. This E2E Case Study includes stakeholder management, design principles, navigation and typography strategies, while stressing the human experience over internal politics.

    Contents

    To respect confidentiality agreements, the branding and specific naming have been modified. This product is currently live and serving 6k users

    To respect confidentiality agreements, the branding and specific naming have been modified. This product is currently live and serving 10K plus HNW users.

    Setting the scene

    usability

    Cognitive Load

    Design and create a 'best-in-class' mobile web site.

    🚀 Accomplish tasks quickly

    From goal-oriented users looking for information to designers minimising friction points.

    All leads to higher user retention and a positive user experience.

    💎 Leverage Company USP

    What makes this company’s product better than the competition?

    To align with the brand promise and to build trust, the design and features mirror the company’s core value proposition.

    👯‍♂️ Design for humans

    Design within human limits. Make information easy-to-process, respecting memory, attention, and perception.

    Design for those with diverse abilities and limited technical literacy. Design to evoke trust, delight, and confidence that leads to loyalty.

    Project foundations

    As an agency lead designer, I spearheaded the design of this mobile site for the UK’s leading healthcare company, by assembling an exceptional team. Bringing together external and internal creatives, I forged a collaborative venture, leveraging the collective expertise of all parties to achieve a shared vision.

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