CLEARLEFT - Key Persons
Alex is laser-focused on stripping away the noise and giving users what they need. For her, design is all about distilling everything down to the core goal.
Alex studied design at University of Reading, where there wasn't much of a digital focus but enough for her to get a taste for responsive design. During her studies she landed an internship here at Clearleft, and that's where Alex really got immersed in human-centred design. After graduation, Alex started as a UX designer in a digital agency, eventually leading a team there. After honing her skills for many years, she returned to Clearleft full time.
Alex's background in visual design, typography, and front-end development allows her to consider all the angles of design decisions. And her experience in client services means she understands business goals as well as user needs. This special combination of people skills and attention to detail drives everything Alex does at Clearleft.
Job Titles:
- Head of Business Relationships and Marketing
Andy is responsible for discovering and welcoming new clients at Clearleft. He loves finding people out there who have problems that Clearleft can solve. Andy knows the kind of people that would benefit from working with Clearleft and actively seeks them out.
Ben is part of Clearleft's design research team. He digs deep into the needs of users and customers through user interviews and user testing, gaining empathy and domain insight. He then shares this empathy and context with the wider team in order to empower their design decisions for the benefit of our clients and their customers.
At Clearleft, Carly has doubled down on UX strategy, getting stuck into analysis, research, and discovery. She is fascinated by how digital technologies will continue to evolve and impact society in ways we can't yet predict.
Job Titles:
- Head of Experience Design
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Chris is a highly experienced UX designer and strategist, applying his background in film production to better understand and articulate the challenges faced by organisations and their audiences.
With many years of industry experience, Chris is perfectly positioned to drive the future success of Clearleft. He loves inspiring people and building enduring relationships, whether that's within Clearleft or with clients and stakeholders.
Frances nurtures and champions the Clearleft name. She's constantly spinning social media plates and adapting and growing all of Clearleft's brands, not just the agency itself but our events and other initiatives too.
Frances studied graphic design. She was always more fascinated by the mechanical printing processes than the digital side of things. After graduating, she entered the world of events, designing everything from flyers to physical sets. That led her to the small world of window displays and dressing. From there she went on to film and television sets, project-managing their production. But Frances realised she didn't want to spend her life according to the unpredictable vagaries of film production. She took a course in UX design to start transitioning into digital. Then she progressed into social media and marketing.
Helen is a delivery nerd and a people-person, who brings colour, energy and focus to any project.
James is an experienced digital product designer specialising in web design, typography and layout. He's been designing and building websites since 2002.
Jeremy made his first website for a band he was playing with in Germany in 1997. He founded Clearleft with Andy Budd and Richard Rutter in 2005.
As our Head of Events Louise oversees Clearleft's events programme - ensuring that our conferences, workshops and retreats are memorable and rewarding for everyone involved.
Job Titles:
- Senior UX Researcher
- UX Consultant
Luke is part of Clearleft's design research team. He digs deep into the needs of users and customers through user interviews and user testing, gaining empathy and domain insight. He then shares this empathy and context with the wider team in order to empower their design decisions for the benefit of our clients and their customers.
Luke is a UX consultant with over 20 years experience across UX and user research. He combines qualitative and quantitative research techniques to get a rounded picture of user experience. This often means looking at website analytics data such as Google Analytics, alongside plenty of qualitative user research (i.e. talking to users).
In 2018 Luke wrote a book about how to use your analytics data to inform your UX decisions. The book, Researching UX: Analytics, aims to help demystify analytics data for those working in UX and user research.Luke has run a wide range of user research projects for a variety of different clients.
Over the past few years he has facilitated various forms of user research with people from various backgrounds - from teenagers to pensioners, dress-makers to body builders over the course of a few hundred user research sessions. As well as getting stuck into research Luke also runs training in UX and analytics. He has also spoken at conferences and events on a variety of UX related topics.
Always a keen advocate for UX, Luke is involved in organising various local UX events and programmes in Brighton - including UX Camp, UXup and the UX Brighton Mentorship programme.
Michelle believes a good user interface is about more than its appearance. Good visual design is informed by research and understanding of the user's context. But artistry matters too.
Job Titles:
- Programme Lead & Curator, Leading Design
- Strategic Programme Manager
Rebecca is a strategic programme manager specialising in developing and delivering large scale projects which support leadership, talent, community and innovation.
With over two decades of experience, Rhian has seen the value that great digital design can have. She loves helping clients and teams to do their best work.
Rhian studied philosophy at university, where she learned the value of asking questions. After that she started working in the charity sector, where she first encountered the transformative power of technology. From then on, Rhian made sure she was involved in the delivery of digital solutions, everything from planning and managing content to understanding audience needs. Her first project management experience was with the National Health Service (NHS). After that, Rhian worked at multiple agencies getting exposure to projects of all shapes and sizes.
Rhian values shared understanding and alignment above fixed processes. Having said that, she's also an Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM). For her, the best projects are the collaborative ones that embrace many different perspectives. The output matters but the learning journey is just as important.
Rhian works with
Job Titles:
- Cofounder
- Production Director
- Member of the IxDA
Richard started designing websites way back in 1995. Since founding Clearleft with Andy Budd and Jeremy Keith, he has worked with a multitude of clients, transforming their ideas into new and improved digital presences.
Richard is a member of the IxDA, London IA group and ATypI. He has spoken at numerous conferences on user experience design and typography, including An Event Apart, UIE's Web App Summit and UX London.
Sam loves making designs come to life with code. For him, coding is a creative discipline.
Tessa has turned her hand to finance, event management and HR, working for charities such as Culture 24, UK Jewish Film Festival, Southeast Dance and Brighton Pride. Tessa now enlivens our office with her family of plants, her art-house accessories and her ability to convince her colleagues that she was the Kent Junior Squash Champion. Three years in a row.
Tessa is our exceptionally well organised Operations Manager. She manages our office space, and she is responsible for our HR. She also co-ordinates all of our events here at 68 Middle Street. On top of this, she's responsible for keeping our lovely tenants happy, and keeping our entire building in great condition. Tessa is the person to talk to if you would like to book our space.