#UserResearch: SNIB, Education Scotland, xDesign, Heineken & Sustainably
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Join us for Product Tank Edinburgh’s first event of 2020! We’ve teamed up with Edinburgh’s User Experience Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/Edinburgh-User-Experience-Meetup/) to bring you an exciting and insightful evening centred around the role of user research and testing in product development. We’ll hear from speakers including The Scottish National Investment Bank, Education Scotland, xDesign, The Heineken Company & Sustainably.
This event will feature 3 talks from 5 fantastic speakers:
Bobby King & Mike Jefferson: Bobby is Senior User Researcher at Scottish National Investment Bank, where he is planning a User Research programme for this new public-sector investment bank. Mike is a Freelance User Researcher, currently working with Education Scotland. They will talk about how they transitioned from being generalist UX Designers to specialist User Researchers, taking a look at some of the mistakes they have made along the way.
Alanna Innes & Duncan Forbes. Alanna is a Product Owner with xDesign, one of Scotland’s leading digital product development agencies, ensuring product success for innovative companies. Duncan is a Product Manager at Heineken, one of the world’s largest brewers & pub landlords. Heineken employs over 80,000 people and operates breweries, malteries, cider plants and other production facilities in more than 70 countries. Alanna & Duncan will talk about how Heineken employs User Research to ensure commercial & product success. They will describe their experience conducting user testing sessions to challenge assumptions and how an evidence based approach to product definition can complement Agile feature development.
Jenny Bjorkman: Jenny is UX Lead at Sustainably, where she is charged with creating amazing user experiences for one of the most exciting fintechs in the country. Her talk will cover how, even on a small start up budget, Sustainably still keep the user at the heart of everything by carrying out user testing.
PLEASE RSVP TO ATTEND THIS EVENT!
Agenda:
18.00 - Doors open; free pizza, beer, wine, soft drinks & networking
18.30 - Talks (with a short networking break between talks)
20.15 - Q&A
20.45 - Networking
21.00 - Close
This event is supported by our partners: Delivero Tech in Edinburgh, xDesign and Lloyds.
Deliveroo are transforming the way people think about food, and their newly-launched Edinburgh office is hiring! We're currently hiring in our Payments teams, who develop solutions that ensure the best possible experience for the tens of thousands of riders and restaurants who use the Deliveroo platform every day.
We're in one of the fastest growing industries in the world, solving a multitude of greenfield problems in a complex three-sided marketplace used by millions of people. There's significant opportunity for impact and learning.
If you're interested in working with a team who cares about creating high quality, scalable products, we'd love to hear from you at edinburghcareers@deliveroo.co.uk.
xDesign is one of Scotland’s leading digital product development agencies, specialising in planning, designing and building mobile and web products for clients globally. We’re helping companies to tackle some of their biggest challenges and opportunities through innovative digital solutions that empower users and transform processes. For more info, check us out at https://www.xdesign.com
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