I am a user experience designer that has worked in the digital industry since 1997, on large and small projects for agencies, in-house and freelance clients. My work focuses on the user, ensuring the final product is useable and visually stimulating. My background is in interaction design, solving problems in elegant and engaging ways. I love to be involved with a project from the beginning, engaging with clients and stakeholders to understand the requirements and problems that need to be solved. I also have lots of experience of coding and development, giving me insight into the requirements for building great experiences. This helps me to communicate clearly with creative and technical teams at every stage of the process, collaborating towards the goal of creating the best possible product.
Projects
- First Art – Inspirational cultural experiencesWe launched the new First Art website in 2020. Our brief was to design and build a website to promote First Art’s activities, showcasing the latest news and information about the programme. The website needed a CMS to allow regular updates. We worked with First Art to design and build a fully responsive custom WordPress theme that accommodated all of their content needs and that could be expanded to meet future requirements.
Work history
Lecturer, Interactive Media and Promotional MediaGoldsmiths, University of London
London, United KingdomPart Time
Lecturer in design and interactive media. My role includes course and lesson planning; practical workshops in coding, industry standard design software and user experience design; marking & assessment of final projects and essays for degree students.
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UX/UI designerSelf Employed
London, United KingdomFreelance
I am a user experience and interaction designer who has worked for twenty years in the digital industry, for agencies, in-house and with freelance clients. Having begun my career as a graphic designer, the bulk of my experience is in interaction design, and my work focuses on the user, ensuring the final product is useable and engaging. I love to be involved with a project from the beginning, engaging with clients and stakeholders to understand the requirements and problems that need to be solved.
Skills
- UX
- Interactive Design
- Design
- Marketing
- Art Direction
- Digital Agency
- Digital
- UI Design
- Artistic
- Creative
Education
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MA Interactive Digital MediaRavensbourne University
- London, United Kingdom
One year Masters course covering 3D printing and design, VR, AR, AI and physical computing, as well as interactive art and design. The culmination of this was the final group show in September, where I displayed We Are Here, four networked sound interfaces to pick up and play with, powered by Arduino. wearehere.richardgallon.co.uk
BA Joint Honours Fine Art and Graphic DesignCamberwell College of Arts (UAL)
- London, United Kingdom