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Building a UX team
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3. I’ve been at the Beeb 8 years. Next year I get to touch the Blue Peter dog. It’s pronounced ‘mew-riss-on’ As opposed to ‘terrorist’ or ‘in charge’ This is one of many poor haircuts I’ve had. I was trying to grow it out. My passport smile tries to convey that I am serious but friendly. I end up looking smug.
4. About my team Dec 2009 London Salford Glasgow Aug 2010 Dec 2010 Aug 2011 Now
15. Another quick exercise What does it look like now? Your ideal team Skillset: IA, content mapping, DSP Seniority: Senior Comments: Hates my living guts Skillset: Visual Design, Branding Seniority: Midweight Comments: Has potential as mentor Skillset: Flash prototyping Seniority: Midweight Comments: Not interested in new skills Skillset: Interaction designer Seniority: Junior Comments: On short term contract Skillset: Visual Design, Branding, Typography Seniority: Senior Skillset: Interaction Designers Seniority: Midweight Skillset: User research and strategy Seniority: Midweight
16. What do you do? The current team Skillset: IA, content mapping, DSP Seniority: Senior Comments: Hates my living guts Skillset: Visual Design, Branding Seniority: Midweight Comments: Has potential as mentor Skillset: Flash prototyping Seniority: Midweight Comments: Not interested in new skills Skillset: Interaction designer Seniority: Junior Comments: On short term contract Boot him out. Dance a jig when he’s gone. Gently explain she needs to develop and then reluctantly show her the door. Generous salary increase, defacto team lead Permanent midweight contract
19. Skillset: Visual Design, Branding Seniority: Midweight Comments: Has potential as mentor Generous salary increase, defacto team lead The sudden increase in responsibility causes Geoff to freak out, stop working, and alienate everyone in the office.
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21. Skillset: Interaction designer Seniority: Junior Comments: On short term contract Permanent midweight contract Yay! This goes well. Sally goes from strength to strength and is really pleased with the permie job.
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23. Skillset: Flash prototyping Seniority: Midweight Comments: Not interested in new skills Gently explain she needs to develop and then reluctantly show her the door. Jenny leaves the company and immediately gets a junior job at a User Research Agency, where she discovers a flair for user research. Her prototyping skills put her in a great position to develop research material
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25. Skillset: IA, content mapping, DSP Seniority: Senior Comments: Hates my living guts Two weeks after he leaves, your boss says, “What’s Dynamic Semantic Publishing?” You have to find him on Linked In and eat humble pie Boot him out. Dance a jig when he’s gone.
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