Jennifer, Thank you for your thoughtful feedback. This provides some very helpful insight to a potential issue I had not considered all that much.
I will definitely use your story to help me with our new strategy! Cheers! On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Jennifer Carey <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > Hey Matthew, > > Congrats on the step forward. We made a similar move about a year ago - but > not with a pure GD - we brought on a GD/VizDev (visual developer) with a > passion for usability, accessibility and standards. We are based in Lebanon > so finding him was a beyond a challenge and I have no practical advice in > that area for you (he just fell into our laps). > > However, my comments are about what happened after we hired him. We found > that our interaction designers (we call them analysts) were used to working > without him and we didn't successfully integrate him into our process until > very recently. This resulted in some strong disconnects between his ideas > and those of the analysts, mainly because he didn't always have the full > picture of the requirements driving solutions, and his contributions would > sometimes require throwing out core ideas the analysts had come up with. > > We needed to make some changes to our methodology as well as to our own > ideas about where he fit in the team. We also needed to create a clearer > distinction between visual and interactive design elements since our > analysts had been covering a lot of both before he joined. > > Today, we are involving him in the requirements collection/analysis and > solutions conceptualization process just like any of the analysts. This > ensures he has the same info the analysts do, and that his ideas are > totally > integrated from day one. > > Cheers, > Jennifer > > > Jennifer Carey > element^n > +961 4 533 040 ext. 3030 (office) > +961 4 533 040 ext. 2105 (direct) > +961 3 767 165 (mobile) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Matthew Taylor > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 9:37 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Visual Design Candidates > > Hello List, > > Have been tasked with ramping up the UX/UE roles at my company (I currently > occupy the IxD role). > > One of the areas I have identified that we do not currently have dedicated > staff for are Visual Designers. We have capable people, but no one that > specializes in web application interface mock ups/visual comps. (I'm sure a > lot of small web app. companies fall into this category). Anyone that has > been given the opportunity to sign on a dedicated designer/design team can > understand my excitement and anticipation! > > So my question is: Does anyone have any recommendations for a reputable > firm/firms that specializes in web application mock ups/visual comps? > Additionally, for those who have had to slate this role before, do you have > any take-aways or advice for me in the selection (or post hire) process? > > Any and all feedback is appreciated! > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Reply to this thread at ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36072 > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
