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22 Feb 2012

Speaker: Jonty

Today, Jonty Sharples, a UX Designer visted us and gave a great talk. He is now a Technical Director at Albion London.

A UX practitioner (né graphic designer) with over 12 years experience in branding, user experience design, and look & feel across all digital channels.
Source: http://3tych.com



Albion is a creative agency for clients who want to create game-changing businesses, brands and communications.
Source: http://www.albionlondon.com

Jonty told us that Albion's clients are mainliy start-ups. They do:

  • Advertising
  • Business strategy
  • Email marketing
  • Social media
  • Brand identity
  • Comms strategy
  • Naming
  • Viral marketing
  • Brand research
  • Digital strategy
  • Online marketing
  • Web build & hosting
  • Brand strategy
  • Direct marketing
  • Packaging design
  • Web design
Questions to ask yourself:

  • What do you love?
  • What do you do best?
  • What do you want to be doing in 18 months?
UX Unicorn

Mythical user interface design architect with an advanced adaptive skill range. Highly skilled in graphic design, prototyping wireframes, CSS3, HTML5, jQuery, multivariate testing, use case scenarios, marketing and branding.
Jonty was a great speaker, his advice was thorough and to the point. I think this was my favourite talk so far and I now follow him on Twitter.