This week Jon and Dan are joined by Andy Budd from Clearleft - a well known UX Design agency based in Brighton. Clearleft are well known for their high quality of work as well as advancing the field by putting on a number of UX, Design and Development events around the country.
In this episode they cover:
Small vs large agencies
Quality vs quantity of client work
How do Clearleft judge their success metrics
Taking on the projects you want to work on
Growing the team from the founders and adding new skills
How adding content strategy skills to the team has helped Clearleft enhance their offering
What are the driving factors behind the events and conferences Clearleft put on, and what effect does that have on their business
Giving back to the design community - why we do these things
Show notes:
Clearleft’s website, including their work and blog. Keep an eye out for the new website & rebrand launching end 2016/early 2017.
Clearleft’s new event; Leading Design (24 - 26 October 2016). At the time of publishing, now in the past, but sign up for details next year.
Clearleft’s other conferences:
UX London (24-26 May 2017)
dConstruct (on a break this year)
Every Interaction’s website update, taking a content-first approach.
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Jon Darke - @darkejon
Every Interaction - @everyinteract / www.everyinteraction.com
Dan Gent - @gentusmaximus
Lighthouse London - @wearelighthouse / www.wearelighthouse.com
Andy Budd - @andybudd / www.andybudd.com
Clearleft - @clearleft / www.clearleft.com