Ian Fenn

Current

• Senior Information Architect at Virgin Media
• Founder/Director at Chopstix Media Limited

Past

• Senior Experience Architect at MRM Worldwide
• Senior User Experience Consultant at Profero
• Senior Information Architect at Enable Interactive

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Ian Fenn’s Summary

Extensive information architecture and usability experience at blue chip companies and media owners since 1996. A reputation for consistently exceeding project targets through intelligent and thoughtful interaction design. One of few UK-based usability analysts certified by Human Factors International.

Areas of expertise:

Recognising patterns and connections to create organised, straightforward systems.
Analytical problem solving supported by professional experience, available research, usability guidelines, and recognised best practice.
Delivering wireframes, UI specs, site maps, personas, prototypes, user flows and other necessary documentation.
Executing expert reviews, web accessibility audits, user research, usability testing, and card sorts.
Evangelising and presenting the benefits of a user-centric approach to design.
Online strategy and management of the full product life cycle.
Development of search engine-optimised, accessible user interfaces using standards-based XHTML and CSS.

Ian Fenn’s Specialties:

Accessibility, audio editing, blogging, community management, email marketing, information architecture, interface design, Movable Type (the blogging platform), podcast production, radio journalism and production, search engine optimisation, social networking design, UK Internet law, usability, user-focused design, web marketing, website optimisation, web standards, web writing, XHTML, CSS.

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Ian Fenn’s Websites:

• Curriculum Vitae

Ian Fenn’s Honors:

• Three internal ‘Recognition’ awards while consulting for BT (July 2004 – August 2007).
• ‘Ghostwatch Live’ - short-listed for the 2001 ‘e-rose’ at the Rose D’Or TV festival.
• ‘Chopstix’ - highly commended in the 1999 Yell UK Web Awards.

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