Warren Hutchinson

Current

• Head of Multi-Channel Experience at LBi
• User Experience Director at LBi

Past

• Senior Experience Architect at Oyster
• New media consultant at PA Consulting
• Lead Interaction Designer at Yell

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Education

• Brunel University
• Brunel University

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Blog

Warren Hutchinson’s Summary

Core Skills:

- Multi-channel user experience
- Design management and creative practices / techniques
- User centered design
- Brand strategy
- Inclusive design & Accessibility
- Social networking and community propositions
- Search / location / mapping services
- Team collaboration / working /delivery methodologies
- Conducting and leveraging user research into the design process

Currently Head of Multi-Channel Experience at LBi London, conceiving and creating coherent, experience offerings and digital services for deployment to multiple channels. Digital and physical.

I make it my chief aim to foster a creative and innovative culture with a team geared towards high levels of motivation and subsequently dedication to the best and most original ideas.

I pride myself on design process and ideation techniques and I'm always seeking to develop and reinvent what I do and I actively encourage mistake making. I operate an open approach to leadership and always seek to find opportunities for myself and my team to learn from each other. I'm keen on knowledge sharing and progressive working. I do this because I believe in enjoying the role and working with my teams and clients.

My Clients:
Orange, HMV, London 2012, Multimap, ITN, Vodafone, BT, British Airways, Yell, NHS, Allen & Overy, BBC, Times Educational Supplement.

Warren Hutchinson’s Specialties:

Experience design, service design, brand strategy, user centered design, interaction design, emotional ergonomics, inclusive design, accessibility, web 2.0, social networks, community propositions, mapping, location based services, search, mobile, collaboration techniques, design management, user research.

Warren Hutchinson’s Experience

• Head of Multi-Channel Experience

  LBi

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Design industry)

  May 2008 — Present (6 months)

• User Experience Director

  LBi

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Design industry)

  June 2005 — Present (3 years 5 months)

  Formerly Framfab and Oyster.

• Senior Experience Architect

  Oyster

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Online Media industry)

  June 2004 — June 2005 (1 year 1 month)

• New media consultant

  PA Consulting

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  October 2003 — June 2004 (9 months)

  Worked as a new media specialist within the Information Systems practice of PA Consulting. Worked with the NHS, News International, NTL, BT and British Airways on a variety of user experience and design management issues.

• Lead Interaction Designer

  Yell

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Online Media industry)

  September 1998 — October 2003 (5 years 2 months)

  Lead Designer for Yell's New Media Division. Working on all aspects of brand and experience for Yell.com, Yell WAP and iDTV. Projects include search (obviously), proximity based searching, personalisation, ecommerce and account services. During my time I was Lead Designer during a major brand refresh for Yell across the business and led the user experience when re-building the directory search platform and underlying databases.

Warren Hutchinson’s Education

• Brunel University

  MA, Design Management & Branding Strategy, 2001 — 2005

  Activities and Societies:

  Studies in brand strategy and management, innovation practices, design forecasting and design management. Currently completing dissertation.

• Brunel University

  B.Sc, Product Design, September 1994 — July 1998

  Activities and Societies:

  Ergonomics, Product Styling, Design processes & techniques, Model making, Design for sunability, Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,

Additional Information

Warren Hutchinson’s Websites:

• My Blog

Warren Hutchinson’s Interests:

I'm a novice but avid bass player. I run lots, including 10k and half-marathons. I love taking photographs and I also count snowboarding as a sport I like to do as often as possible. I love cooking, provided I've planned for it and always seem to have 'home projects' on the go. I'm in the pursuit of that fine balance between work and life and would like to live back near the sea. Most of all, I like to spend time with my family.

Warren Hutchinson’s Groups:

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIG-CHI,

•    UX Professionals
•    Brand 3.0
•    User Experience
•    Design Research

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