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Will Grant
Sr Director Analyst
Will Grant is a Senior Director Analyst on the Software Engineering Design and Development team, focusing on User Experience, User Research, Design Systems, Product Strategy, Interaction Design, Accessibility, Usability, Information Architecture, and DesignOps across web, mobile and desktop applications.
Previous experience
Will Grant is a product designer and user experience professional with over 20 years experience overseeing the design, information architecture and usability of web & mobile products that have reached over a billion users.
With a background equally footed in deep computer science and a love of simple, usable design, Mr Grant's career has spanned founding startups to consulting for small and medium enterprises, right up to global brands.
Mr Grant has devoted his career to designing usable, powerful products that solve problems for users and generate value for the organization - building features, products, design teams and design-led companies.
Professional background
Canonical / Ubuntu
UX Manager
WGX Experience Studio
UX Consultant, multiple clients including global brands
Droplet (fintech startup)
Co-founder
Areas of coverage
Software Engineering Technologies
Software Engineering Practices
Software Engineering Leadership
Education
BSc (Hons), Information Systems, Birmingham City University, UK
Multiple UX & Usability courses, Nielsen Norman Group
Speaking, Training & Workshops: TEDx, Google, Dyson, Mind the Product, University of Edinburgh Business School
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1UX best practices for usable design in mobile, web and desktop applications
2Design thinking, ideation, iterative design practices
3Design Systems in organizations
4Hiring, development and people management of design teams
5Trends and best practices in design tools and platforms