UserStudio

Christy's CV
Product design leader with deep expertise across a broad range of applications and industries across enterprise and consumer markets. Solving complex problems with proven research methods, design-led strategy, and a holistic view of user experience in an increasingly complex product ecosystem.    Evangelizing design and innovation to drive transformational impact with proven models that support team velocity and customer impact Building customer experience through deep customer understanding from user interviews and data analytics that delivers a meaningful and measurable user experience Driving agile working methods with rapid design prototypes and UX strategy to... Read more...
Select past Clients
Select Past Clients Huge Inc.ShutterstockThomson ReutersWebdamJetBluePfizerHD RadioCisco SystemsGenentechThe N (TV Network)Match.comConde NastTime Inc.This Old HouseThe Street.comPetcoHealth VenturesFrance TelecomOrangeGeneral ElectricScholasticBrides.com Read more...
Atlas Video
Moderated a workshop around an R&D project Atlas in Switzerland. Work included working with over 40 scientists around the globe to do rapid and real-time prototyping of new interfaces for the various business groups built on the Atlas infrastructure. Atlas, as a project, aimed to measure and leverage the strength of entity relationships to deliver more context and enable the rapid discovery of change within the network. We developed several interfaces to show the strength and connection to user needs in the Investment Banking community for comparable research in the... Read more...
Experimental search interfaces for banks
Research and design for tactile search initiative at Thomson Reuters. Read more...
Research Case studies
Very often research is just what is required to focus a team and create momentum over the long haul. Being on the end of an application that fails to penetrate the market is tough for companies and employees. We see this time and again: situations where the energy of teams are lost in the slightest misjudgment about the needs and attention of customers. Doing even a $10K study could avoid the loss of $600K or more in application development, and the unquantifiable loss of team morale. Understanding how mobile works in realityOne of our customers... Read more...
Mixed method research practice blends the best of qualitative and quantitative reserach
Mixed method research practice blends the best of qualitative and quantitative.    Read more...
New Market Opportunities in Publishing
New Market Opportunities in Publishing Read more...
Digital Asset Management (DAM) in the evolving publishing markets
Adding value to the Creative Workflow Previous Close Project We recently worked with a large stock photography company to identify specific industry verticals that would benefit from cloud-based digital asset management workflows.   The company's goal was to identify how to provide more value to customers by enhancing automation and cloud-based solutions as part of their current stock photography/creative workflow. Stock photography is an increasingly crowded market and companies are looking for ways to extend usage into the enterprise by providing more upstream value for creatives in marketing and design. Providing... Read more...