UX Design UX Design

Designer with experience creating award winning digital products in the media industry. Expertise in IxD, IA and getting stakeholders onboard with ambitious visions.

Research & Testing Research & Testing

Extensive experience designing and building prototypes through a variety of tools then testing them in one to one sessions with users.

Creative Facilitation Creative Facilitation

From small groups of stakeholders to entire teams, expertise designing and running creative facilitation workshops to come up with lots of ideas and hone in on the good ones.

Blogs & Talks

The User Experience of Creative Sprints

The User Experience of Creative Sprints

Here’s how the role of UX has shifted from wireframing in isolation to spearheading whole teams to think about great user experience – and why that’s a good thing.

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Designing in the dark: creating the Guardian App for Apple Watch

Designing in the dark: creating the Guardian App for Apple Watch

How do you design a great experience for a product that does not exist?

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Device wall of awesome

Device wall of awesome

How we found a way to justify playing with Lego at work.

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Helene Sears

About

As Senior Designer for Amazon Video I’m responsible for the UX direction of the app on TV platforms. Previously I was Senior UX Architect for the Guardian and lead Editorial Designer with BBC News. My expertise is in interaction design, information architecture, creative facilitation and getting stakeholders onboard with ambitious visions. Other skills include visual design, team management and UX research, all used to create high-profile digital experiences.