11 influential women changing UX and technology for the better
A list inspired by International Women’s Day + Women’s History Month 2020.
This year we decided to do something a bit different to celebrate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month 2020, inspired by 11 amazing women making a mark in UX, user research and accessibility.
During the first eight days of March, we shared the achievements of these women — some of them professionals we’ve worked with and some experts we’ve had the honour to hear from at conferences across the UK — , closing the list on International Women’s Day.
Candi Williams, Efi Chatzopoulou & Amy Mcguinness
These three women are the life force behind Ladies That UX Bristol, a worldwide community of women working in the user experience industry and putting together local events to share knowledge and their professional experiences.
- Candi Williams is a content design manager at Nationwide. She is also a published author behind titles such as Iconic Women of Colour.
On Twitter: @candiwrites - Efi Chatzopoulou is a UX consultant, with a focus on user research and strategic design. She writes regularly about design and user experience and collaborates with platforms like UX Collective (click here to read one of her articles on designing for behaviour change).
On Twitter: @missefi_c - Amy Mcguinness is a service designer at OVO Energy design, previously part of the cxpartners crew where she was Director of Practice.
On Twitter: @McSparrow
✍️ Here is a blog we wrote for Ladies That UX Bristol back in 2015:
Molly Watt
Not only is Molly a usability and accessibility consultant, currently working as part of the Sigma team, she is also an ambassador and advocate of the Molly Watt Trust and ReSound. Molly is also a seasoned speaker, having talked at events like TEDxNHS in 2018.
On Twitter: @MollyWattTalks
Kate Towsey & Emma Boulton
Two essential members of the industry at the core of the ResearchOps movement.
- Kate Towsey is a Research Ops Manager at Atlassian, curator at Rosenfeld Media, and instigator of Research Ops Community and #WhatisResearchOps.
On Twitter: @katetowsey - User researcher Emma Boulton, currently at Babylon. Part of a core global group of the community focused on understanding and defining Research Ops.
On Twitter: @emmaboulton
✍️ Here is a blog about our five key takeaways from User Research London 2019, where Emma delivered an insightful talk about Research Ops:
Chui Chui Tan
Chui Chui Tan is an experience and culturalisation consultant, as well as founder of Beyo Global. Also an editor for Smashing Magazine and author of A Pocket Guide to International User Research.
On Twitter: @ChuiSquared
Emma Howell
Emma Howell is the Research Director at cxpartners, as well as an equality and accessibility advocate. Emma will speak at this year’s UX Scotland about the inspiring work her team recently did for the charity Women’s Aid.
On Twitter: @oohmawolfie
✍️ Here is a blog that Emma wrote for the PFR blog:
Ajara Pfannenschmidt
We celebrated ajara i. pfannenschmidt on the sixth day of our Twitter celebration. Ajara is a digital craftswoman, speaker and UX consultant working to make technology and the digital world more diverse. She is also a well-known speaker and a lecture at Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg.
On Twitter: @nagare_ip
Hilary Stephenson
Industry leader Hilary A Stephenson is Sigma’s Managing Director, organiser of Camp Digital, and a well-known advocate for online and offline diversity and accessibility.
On Twitter: @Hilaryonline
Audree Fletcher
Last, but not least is Audree Fletcher, a service design and transformation consultant, currently a member of GROUP OF HUMANS® and author of A day is not enough, a book about women influencing design for good (which includes a mention to PFR’s very own Business Development Director Jessica Lewes!).
On Twitter: @avfletcher
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