Graham Beale

Current

• HCI Specialist at Symantec

Past

• Senior Interaction Designer at Yahoo!
• Senior User Experience Designer at BBC Future Media & Technology
• Interactive Designer at BBC Radio & Music Interactive

• Project Manager, BBC Radio Player at BBC Radio & Music Interactive
• Behavioural Scientist at BBC Research & Development
• Senior Designer at Montpellier Creative
• Interactive Designer at Price Water-House Cooper
• Web Designer at Daily Telegraph
• Web Designer at NBCi
• Placement Designer at Skidmore Turnbull Design
• Placement Designer at Bi-Design

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Education

• University College Falmouth

Recommended

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Connections

215 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Blog
• My Curriculum Vitae

Graham Beale’s Summary

I have been employed within the field of user experience design for over 9 years. I am a competent user experience consultant with expertise in a range of design development disciplines.

With an established track record, I am a dependable design lead on high-profile demanding projects; able to demonstrate extraordinary determination in order to establish a compelling user-focused proposition.

Engaging and organised, I recognise the importance of close collaboration. I am quick to understand the strengths of others and how they can contribute to a successful outcome.

I encourage a transparent approach to problem solving. To facilitate this, I utilise user research and creative design activities to develop a shared vision. I can successfully articulate or influence design concepts to stakeholders at all levels.

Graham Beale’s Specialties:

• Comprehensive knowledge and advocacy of user centred design techniques.
• Proven capability of working within global teams.
• An established expertise in the area of user research
• An appreciation of search optimisation issues (Theme building and human readable URLs)
• Proficient in the majority of design applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, OmniGraffle, InDesign & Flash)
• A working knowledge of front-end development (Semantic markup, XHTML, CSS and JavaScript)

Graham Beale’s Experience

• HCI Specialist

  Symantec

  (Public Company; SYMC; Computer Software industry)

  April 2009 — Present (4 months)

• Senior Interaction Designer

  Yahoo!

  (Public Company; YHOO; Internet industry)

  October 2007 — April 2009 (1 year 7 months)

• Senior User Experience Designer

  BBC Future Media & Technology

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  September 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 2 months)

  http://news.bbc.co.uk

• Interactive Designer

  BBC Radio & Music Interactive

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  May 2002 — September 2006 (4 years 5 months)

• Project Manager, BBC Radio Player

  BBC Radio & Music Interactive

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  March 2005 — December 2005 (10 months)

• Behavioural Scientist

  BBC Research & Development

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  May 2004 — September 2004 (5 months)

• Senior Designer

  Montpellier Creative

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Graphic Design industry)

  March 2002 — May 2002 (3 months)

• Interactive Designer

  Price Water-House Cooper

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2002 — April 2002 (1 month)

• Web Designer

  Daily Telegraph

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)

  June 1999 — November 2001 (2 years 6 months)

• Web Designer

  NBCi

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  June 2000 — June 2000 (1 month)

• Placement Designer

  Skidmore Turnbull Design

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Graphic Design industry)

  June 1998 — July 1998 (2 months)

• Placement Designer

  Bi-Design

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Graphic Design industry)

  March 1998 — April 1998 (2 months)

Graham Beale’s Education

• University College Falmouth

  1996 — 1999

Additional Information

Graham Beale’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Curriculum Vitae

Graham Beale’s Interests:

travel, music, film, wordpress, blogging, user experience, branding, fitness, gym, DIY, home improvement, gadgets

Graham Beale’s Groups:

•    Interaction Design Association
•    Yahoo Employees and Alumni Group
•    User Experience
•    BBC alumni

Graham Beale’s Honors:

Gloucestershire Constabulary Award for Bravery - 1994
Yahoo! Hack Day winner - 2007

Graham Beale’s Contact Settings

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