As I will be hoping to apply for placement this year, I will take a look at the different leading companies in the UX/UI field. I would love to get the chance to go over seas to America or even somewhere in Europe for the experience of living outside of Belfast.

Limeup ( London, UK ) Founded 2019

Limeup is a Product Design Agency that empowers businesses with visionary Digital Design.

Core Services:

• UX Design
• Web Design
• App Design
• Product Design
• SaaS Service

Creative Navy ( London, UK ) Founded 2010

Say goodbye to guesswork, conjecture and whim in design.

As cognitive scientists and senior designers we practice evidence-based design: the UX/UI we create is empirical and reliable.

Customers: Jaguar, Philips, Discovery Channel, Bosch, University of Sidney

ESO ( Austin, Texas ) Founded early 2000’s

end of summer - 1 year

strong collaboration teams - ladies that ux Belfast

seattle & Iowa

emergency healthcare software data-

Eco system- integrated suite software for EMS services.

Collect, share, report and analyse data.

• big buttons
• reduce content
• shortcut decision making but expand choices
• simple as possible with clear information for quick decision making

Human centred design - Humanity centred design

Reducing complexity - Maximise clarity

Company uses mostly Figma, Storybook, Confluence

During careers day I visited the various stalls giving out information on applying for funding, working visas and summer camps. I spoke to as many people as I could to gather as much information as I could in order to understand the options available to me and how to pursue them.

Roles to research this week

• product trio methodd
• product manager
• design lead
• tech lead

I began typing out some sentences to include in my cv.

Passion enthusiasm, Healthcare making a difference, natural problem solver, strong empathy. Desire to learn as much as possible. Desire to build accessibility interfaces.

Prepare some questions for next week Friday 28th - USA placement

• Reasons why you'd love to join
• What motivates and excites you
• Recent examples of design

From researching potential job opportunities, a few different terms came up and things we mentioned that I was unsure of and plan to look into what they are

• component properties Figma
• 12 column grids instead css
• utility classes atomic structure
• how design is implemented digitally article
• Teresa Torres - Continuos Discovery Habits

Software to look at

• framer prototype
• after effects
• Figma prototyping
• micro interactions