Graham Beale

Current

User Experience Team Lead at Symantec

Past

HCI Specialist at Symantec
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

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Industry

Internet

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

User Experience Team Lead

Symantec

(Public Company; SYMC; Computer Software industry)

October 2009 — Present (2 months)
HCI Specialist

Symantec

(Public Company; SYMC; Computer Software industry)

April 2009 — October 2009 (7 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)

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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)