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Damian Rees

UX Director, Product Research, 20yrs Experience

£600/day
London, GB
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Damian

Hello, I'm Damian, a senior UX consultant with over 20 years of experience in creating remarkable digital experiences. I offer a range of services tailored to your needs, including:

1/ User Research and UX Evaluation: With my expertise in user research, I can uncover valuable insights into how users interact with your product and provide strategic and tactical recommendations to improve their experience.

2/ Product Design: I can lead and guide your product design project from ideation to launch, ensuring that your product is user-friendly, intuitive, and meets your business goals.

3/ UX Mentorship: I also provide personalized coaching and training to individuals or teams who want to create world-class UX.

My past clients include some of the world's most recognized brands, such as the BBC, Financial Times, Burberry, and Visa. In addition, I have worked with numerous tech startups to deliver SaaS solutions that drive user acquisition, engagement, and customer retention.

Let's have a conversation to see if we are a good fit. If not, I have an extensive network of talented individuals and can make an introduction for you. Contact me today to take your user experience to the next level.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • Make Human
    Freelance UX Research & Design Consultant
    RESEARCH
    March 2023 - Today (3 years and 3 months)
    I'm now a full-time freelancer working on a variety of projects with clients:
    User Research and UX Evaluation: With my expertise in user research, I can uncover valuable insights into how users interact with your product and provide strategic and tactical recommendations to improve their experience.

    Product Design: I can lead and guide your product design project from ideation to launch, ensuring that your product is user-friendly, intuitive, and meets your business goals.

    UX Mentorship: I also provide personalized coaching and training to individuals or teams who want to create world-class UX.
    UX Writing User Experience Design User Research User Testing User Interface Design Product design Positioning strategy
  • Ipsos
    Global UX Director
    TECH
    April 2021 - April 2023 (2 years)
    My role focuses on growing, upskilling and inspiring our global team of 150+ UX researchers. I offer strategic UX expertise to our clients and I lead our global acquisition strategy.

    - Winning large-scale, global UX research projects with new and existing clients.
    - Ensuring our teams are global leaders in UX for the Metaverse, Cryptocurrencies, and web 3.0.
    - Designing innovative ways to enhance our ability to deliver top-quality, actionable insights to clients.
    - Inspiring, training, and coaching teams to deliver cutting edge UX research for some of the most advanced companies in the world.
    - Working with cross-functional teams to ensure human-centred design is embedded into Ipsos client work across the company.
    - Driving retention initiatives for our talented UX researchers.
    - Leading our global Inclusive Design initiative.
    market research ux research Marketing Product design User Experience Design User Research User Testing User Interface Design
  • Sweepr Technologies
    Customer Experience Director
    INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT)
    November 2020 - April 2021 (5 months)
    Leading Product Design and Customer Experience strategy. Working closely with CEO, CTO, & CPO to deliver innovative, highly technical personalised self-service journeys. Key responsibilities:
    - leading the product designers to innovative, evidence-based solutions
    - directing all qualitative product design research and quantitative user research
    - crafting highly compelling personalisation strategies that drive user engagement and reduce churn
    - delivering evidence-based continuous product improvements
    - providing subject matter expertise in human behavioural science, CX, UX, & Design
    ux research Internet of things Product design Product management customer experience

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Education

  • BSc (Hons) Applied Psychology & Computing, Applied Psychology, Human Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Interface Design
    Bournemouth University
    BSc (Hons) Applied Psychology & Computing, Applied Psychology, Human Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Interface Design

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