We think that design has enormous potential to positively influence public policy. If data can be presented in ways that make sense to people like politicians and government officials, we could have laws and regulations that work better for more people.
Just recently Eniola Ayedun wrote a great article for us that showed where design can be leveraged to make better policy in places like the UK or Nigeria, with plenty of stellar examples.
And this week, our good friend Jon Nash, is launching a new product called Forest that uses beautiful design and data intelligence to help policy makers to make more informed decisions for their constituents. Jon and his co-founder Jethro have been developing Forest from our co-working space in London and his screen is often filled with beautiful maps with brilliant data visualization.
Jon gave us permission to share this sneak preview video of Forest that no one has seen before!
Work for NHS England?
Earlier today, we heard from Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, who is Head of User-centered Design in the Digital Screening group at NHS England. She’s trying to find a senior user researcher with at least 5-10 years of experience doing naturalistic observation and in-person usability studies.
I know this is a little strange, but to apply please comment on her LinkedIn post here.
Recently on our job board
We added about 150+ new jobs to the job board in the last week. These are the best:
Product design
Design Operations Lead at Foundation Medicine in Boston, USA
Founding Product Designer at Stride in Manchester, UK
UX design
User Experience Architect III at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, USA
Service design
Malawi Farmer Behavior & Extension Design Lead at One Acre Fund in Zomba, Malawi
Senior Service Designer at Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (MCERT) in Wellington, New Zealand
Program Planning and Service Design Lead at WAPHA in Perth, Australia
Graphic design
Graphic & Digital Designer at Irish Cancer Society in Dublin, Ireland
Creative Designer at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, USA
Graphic Designer 2 at Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, USA
Graphic Designer & Video Editor at One Nation UK in Batley, UK
Motion design
Video Editor and Motion Designer, Temporary at ProPublica in New York City, USA
User research
User Researcher and Reporting Lead at NHS England in the UK
UX Researcher at Cambridge University Press & Assessment in Cambridge, UK
Senior Research Fellow (UX Specialist) at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore
Senior User Researcher (Contractor) at NHS England Digital in London, UK
User Researcher for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) at Open Contracting Partnership in India
Copywriting
Digital Content Designer at British Heart Foundation in London, UK
Product management
Head of Digital Health Products at Prostate Cancer UK in London, UK
Product Owner at UK Health Security Agency in London, UK
Senior Advisor, Digital Strategy at City of New York - Mayor's Office in New York City, USA
