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Chris Sainsbury

Co-Founder

London, England, United Kingdom22 yrs 2 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Founder of UX Connections with a global reach.
  • 10 years of experience in user experience design.
  • Mentoring junior designers to enhance team capabilities.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a User Experience Design expert with a focus on B2C digital products.

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Skills

Core Skills

User Experience DesignUser ResearchManagement

Other Skills

ConsultancyDesignUX ResearchNew Business DevelopmentProfessional MentoringUser Interface DesignWireframesUser-centered DesignInformation ArchitectureInteraction DesignCSS

About

I founded UX Connections with a vision to provide specialised, flexible, on-site UX help to clients. By working directly with our client teams, we add value every day performing user research, consultancy and design for digital products. Our deliverables are second to none, and our consultants are talented, hardworking and bring a rigour and flair to their work that is the hallmark of UX Connections. My own background is 10 years working as a user experience designer and 3 years as a front-end developer, information architect and project manager. I have a wealth of experience I can draw on when mentoring my team and delivering for our clients. I’ve worked across key sectors including financial services, travel & tourism, media & entertainment, ecommerce, FMCG, and telecommunications to create engaging, innovative user experiences for big brands such as Virgin Atlantic, HTC, Barclaycard, Unilever and Visit London. I’ve worked in Europe, the Middle East & North America. Specialties: I have extensive experience across the spectrum of user experience design. My specialisms include creating beautiful wireframe documents to communicate ideas and interaction designs to my team; mentoring and team leadership of junior and mid-level UX designers; usability testing, including detailed recommendations; competitor analyses and heuristic evaluations; and user research, survey design & persona development to define our users and fight for their needs throughout the process.

Experience

22 yrs 2 mos
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Current Experience

Stink studios

UX Manager (Via UX Connections)

Dec 2021Present · 4 yrs 6 mos · London Area, United Kingdom · Hybrid

  • Managing Stink Studios' UX team provided by UX Connections, supporting on new business, pitches, and delivery for clients including Google, YouTube, Nike, Twitch, Loewe, Bayer, and Web 2.0 projects.
UX ResearchUser Experience DesignManagementNew Business DevelopmentProfessional Mentoring

Betmgm

Interim Head of UX (via UX Connections)

May 2020Aug 2020 · 3 mos · Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

  • Consulting assignment to grow the team from 2 to 7 headcount, introduce a research function and increase collaboration across the business.

Rapp

UX Manager (Via UX Connections)

Jan 2020Feb 2025 · 5 yrs 1 mo · London, United Kingdom

  • Working agency-side with Rapp, Proximity and Code Worldwide teams to manage a UX team and deliver UX for key clients in FMCG, telecoms, healthcare, and energy sectors.

Gvc group

UX Manager (Sports & Portal)

Sep 2017Apr 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • Working with product and UX teams in London, Vienna and Gibraltar to innovate and bring new products to market as well as maintaining and improving existing systems.

Imagination

UX Manager (Via UX Connections)

Mar 2016Present · 10 yrs 3 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • Building a UX team and consulting on the Shell, Jaguar Land Rover, Ford and Canon accounts.

News uk

UX Consultant

Oct 2015Apr 2016 · 6 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • Managing the integration of the UX for the onboarding and signup process of Sun Bets and Dream Team.

Concrete (concrete.cc)

UX Consultant

Sep 2015Oct 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo · London Area, United Kingdom

  • Overseeing a full UX process from in-depth customer research to new product development.

Ladbrokes

UX Consultant, Mobile Lead

Apr 2014Aug 2015 · 1 yr 4 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • Leading UX design for the Ladbrokes mobile sports betting and gaming experience.

New york university

Adjunct Professor, UX Certificate

Mar 2014Feb 2015 · 11 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

  • Curriculum design and teaching for the Center of Advanced Digital Applications, User Experience Certificate in New York. Part time, 3 times per year.

Asos.com

UX Consultant

Dec 2013Jan 2014 · 1 mo · London Area, United Kingdom

  • Conducting requirements gathering, user research and building an interactive prototype for an iOS app.

Shopa

UX Consultant

Aug 2013Nov 2013 · 3 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • Designed and launched the beta version of the Shopa front-end during this 10-week assignment.

Imagination

UX Consultant, Shell account

Mar 2013Nov 2013 · 8 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • Working on both digital and experiential UX design for the Shell account.

Ux connections

Founder & Managing Director

Feb 2013Present · 13 yrs 4 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • UX Connections is an independent research and design consultancy that provides user experience expertise to clients and agencies in London.
User Experience DesignUser ResearchConsultancyDesign

Fantasy interactive

UX Designer

Jun 2011Jul 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo · New York City Metropolitan Area

Emc consulting

User Experience Consultant

Sep 2009Nov 2010 · 1 yr 2 mos

Tullo marshall warren

Information Architect

May 2008Sep 2009 · 1 yr 4 mos

Visit london

Information Architect/Producer

Aug 2007May 2008 · 9 mos

Exponetic

Web developer & information architect

Jun 2004Jul 2007 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Brunel university

Teaching Assistant

Jan 2003Jan 2007 · 4 yrs

Education

Brunel University of London

BSc (Hons) — Multimedia Technology & Design

Jan 2001Jan 2003

Brunel University of London

HND — Computing (Multimedia Production)

Jan 1999Jan 2001

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