What is a user experience designer

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I’m just another:
- Left Handed
- Canadian

I’m just another:
- Left Handed
- Canadian
- User Experience
Designer

User Experience
Designer

Part Detective

User Experience
Designer

Part Detective

+ Part Creative

User Experience
Designer

Part Detective

+ Part Creative +
Part Engineer

Part Detective

We observe people
as they work or
play...

Part Detective

We observe people ...and discover
as they work or what people really
play... want to do...

Part Detective

Sometimes we are ...and sometimes
on site where we’re in a usability
people work... testing lab...

...we use this to
record where
people are looking

Part Detective

We think of
creative ways to
solve problems...

Part Creative

We do that by
organizing all our
thoughts...

Part Creative

...using our
creative tools...

Part Creative

...and sketching
our ideas to
make a
“Prototype.”

Part Creative

We do a lot of
early
“Prototypes”...
Major Redesign
This diagram illustrates our
gradual learning as we
completed a discovery and

...as we make
redesign process.

mistakes
This product is now used to
search for academic papers by
more than 85% of Tier I research

we learn...
universities worldwide.

...and create better
products and
better games!
Part Creative

...we figure out
how a website or
app will be put
together...

Part Engineer

...and make
“Wireframes” of
what the site will
be like...

Part Engineer

User Experience

Developer Designer

Usability

...we bring together Part Engineer

a team of experts...

...that can bring Part Engineer
our ideas to life
with code...

...and make it all Part Engineer

look exciting...

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...so we go from
this...

User Experience
Designer

Visual
Writers Designers

Psychologists
Computer
Scientists

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What is a user experience designer

1. What is a User Experience Designer? Career Day Grade 1 Carderock Springs ES John Whalen, PhD Brilliant Experience

2. Hi, I’m Josie Whalen’s Dad!

3. Josie...?

4. Josie?!!

5. Josie?!!

6. That’s better Josie...

7. I’m just another:

8. I’m just another: - Left Handed

9. I’m just another: - Left Handed - Canadian

10. I’m just another: - Left Handed - Canadian - User Experience Designer

11. User What??!!!

12. User Experience Designer

13. User Experience Designer Part Detective

14. User Experience Designer Part Detective + Part Creative

15. User Experience Designer Part Detective + Part Creative + Part Engineer

16. User Experience Designer Part Detective

17. Part Detective We observe people as they work or play...

18. Part Detective We observe people ...and discover as they work or what people really play... want to do...

19. Part Detective Sometimes we are ...and sometimes on site where we’re in a usability people work... testing lab...

20. ...we use this to record where people are looking Part Detective

21. User Experience Designer Part Creative

22. We think of creative ways to solve problems... Part Creative

23. We do that by organizing all our thoughts... Part Creative

24. ...using our creative tools... Part Creative

25. ...and sketching our ideas to make a “Prototype.” Part Creative

26. We do a lot of early “Prototypes”... Major Redesign This diagram illustrates our gradual learning as we completed a discovery and ...as we make redesign process. mistakes This product is now used to search for academic papers by more than 85% of Tier I research we learn... universities worldwide. ...and create better products and better games! Part Creative

27. User Experience Designer Part Engineer

28. ...we figure out how a website or app will be put together... Part Engineer

29. ...and make “Wireframes” of what the site will be like... Part Engineer

30. User Experience Developer Designer Usability ...we bring together Part Engineer a team of experts...

31. ...that can bring Part Engineer our ideas to life with code...

32. ...and make it all Part Engineer look exciting...

33. Pause Suppli Perfor HIGHSCORE 0 es mance SCORE 0 ...so we go from this...

34. ...to this...

35. User Experience Designer Part Detective + Part Creative + Part Engineer

36. User Experience Designer Visual Writers Designers Psychologists Computer Scientists

37. People I’ve helped

38. Where my clients are located

39. You better finish talking soon!

40. Thank you!

41. User Experience Designer Part Detective + Part Creative + Part Engineer

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