UX Consulting
Bringing Your Ideas to Life
As a principal-level user experience designer, here’s what I’m great at – translating business goals and requirements into solid design solutions in the form of a high-fidelity interactive prototype that can be shown to stakeholders, tested by users, and handed over to a development team. I specialize in complex, data-dense applications.
Prototypes are great for:
- Validating requirements and design ideas
- Ensuring that everybody on your team (marketing, business, design, technology, etc.) is on the same page
- Testing concepts out with users before you actually build anything
They can be created quickly and will save you a lot of time, money, and headaches later in the project.
Prototypes are really a step before an MVP (minimum viable product) – they require no front-end or back-end developer time. You can also include a lot of interesting/advanced/pie-in-the-sky features in a prototype to get user feedback on them before doing any development work.
Visit My Process for an in-depth look at my design process and examples of deliverables I’ve created over the years.
Making the Complex Simple
Here’s a quote from a usability test participant who was testing one of my designs:
“It couldn’t be more straightforward. Unless the system can read your mind.”
I take great pride in creating intuitive, “straightforward” designs. To achieve this, I will work very closely with you to understand what your business goals are and who your customers/users are (and what their goals are).
In addition to prototyping and testing a design solution I can also:
- Help you figure our your business requirements and user personas up front, and we can do some low-fidelity sketching/wireframing to help with that process.
- Conduct guerrilla usability testing (via Zoom) on your product to identify sticking points and areas of opportunity.
- Work with your visual designer to polish up the prototype and produce final graphic assets for development. I’m a pretty good visual designer in my own right but I wouldn’t recommend me for a flashy consumer site or logo design. My visual design style is very clean and practical and is best suited for task-based web applications.
- Work with your technical team (or help you find the right developers) to identify design constraints and ensure that what I’m designing can be built within your timeframe and budget. I’ll also consult with them to make sure the final specs I deliver to them are exactly what they need to build the product.
- Work with your copywriter (or recommend a content strategist) to help you write your content. I have a BA in English and 20+ years of experience writing for the web, so I’ll get you off to a good start during the prototyping phase.
Want to chat about your project?
I would love to help you with your project. I’m located about an hour from Denver and Boulder, CO, and I consult with clients all over the U.S. via phone, email, Zoom, and the occasional in-person trip. Contact me at lisamurnan@gmail.com.