What is a User Experience Designer?

Career DayGrade 1

Carderock Springs ES

John Whalen, PhDBrilliant Experience

Hi,I’m Josie Whalen’s

Dad!

Josie...?

Josie?!!

Josie?!!

That’s better Josie...

I’m just another:

I’m just another:- Left Handed

I’m just another:- Left Handed- Canadian

I’m just another:- Left Handed- Canadian- User ExperienceDesigner

User What??!!!

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We observe peopleas they work or

play...

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We observe peopleas they work or

play...

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...and discover what people really

want to do...

Sometimes we are on site where people work...

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...and sometimes we’re in a usability

testing lab...

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...we use this to record where

people are looking

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We think of creative ways to

solve problems...

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We do that by organizing all our

thoughts...

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...using our creative tools...

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...and sketching our ideas to

make a “Prototype.”

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Major RedesignThis diagram illustrates our gradual learning as we

completed a discovery and

redesign process.

This product is now used to search for academic papers by

more than 85% of Tier I research

universities worldwide.

We do a lot of early

“Prototypes”...

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...as we make mistakes

we learn...

...and create better products and better games!

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...we figure out how a website or

app will be put together...

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

be like...

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Developer Designer

Usability

User Experience

Part Engineer...we bring together a team of experts...

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with code...

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

...so we go from this...

HIGHSCORESCORE

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Pause Supplies

Performance

...to this...

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Visual Designers

PsychologistsComputerScientists

Writers

People I’ve helped

Where my clients are

located

You better finish talking soon!

Thank you!

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