Lightning Talk: Small Design Business Owner (Erik Johnson, PurposeUX)

This was part of a kick-off event "A Day in the Life of a [UX Role]," where we had current practitioners present lightning talks about their UX role. The event was held on March 9, 2016 (http://www.meetup.com/exploreUX-raleigh/events/228364314/). Erik spoke about being a small design business owner.

In the coming months, we'll be doing monthly presentations that dive deeper on a UX role. To learn more, check out http://www.meetup.com/exploreUX-raleigh This series is brought to you by exploreUX and Triangle UXPA.

Transcript

1. A Day in the Life of… …a small design business with Erik Johnson
2. Days existing Projects taken on Design first, people foremost 119 (founded 11/17/15) 8 www.purposeux.com # of employees 2
3. We do apps
4. (except actually across the street)
8. run workshops, audit websites, build prototypes, define products, do payroll, find clients, network network network, write proposals, follow up on leads, build brand on social media…
9. Referred by personal connection Referred by friend-of-a- friend How we get our projects All other channels etc., etc. www.purposeux.com
10. Trust m e, I’m good at this
11. Lifecycle of a small design studio We have no clients! WHAT DO WE DO???? We have too many clients! WHAT DO WE DO????
12. Learn new skills, take charge, Bask in the admiration of satisfied clients
13. 9 - 10 am way too early o’clock Daily schedule (morning) 10 - noon LUNCH
14. Daily schedule (afternoon)
15. Product definition workshop Whiteboarding whiteboarding whiteboarding Research and competitive analysis An end-to- end project Start End
16. An end-to- end project Low-fidelity screens showing interactions High-fidelity screens and visual polish Interactive prototype and user testing Start End
17. our process - trello
18. our process - inVision
19. our process - beer
21. James Gartrell james@purposeux.com @jamesgartrell Erik Johnson erik@purposeux.com @ejexpress www.purposeux.com Thank you!