Will Grant is a Senior Director Analyst on the Software Engineering Design and Development team, focusing on User Experience, User Research, Design Systems, Product Strategy, Interaction Design, Accessibility, Usability, Information Architecture, and DesignOps across web, mobile and desktop applications.
Will Grant is a User Experience (UX) professional based in the United Kingdom with over 20 years of experience, including as both a practitioner and strategic director.
Mr Grant has an extensive background in overseeing the design, accessibility, and usability of web and mobile products that have reached a global audience of over a billion users.
With a background equally footed in deep computer science and a love of simple, usable design, Mr Grant's career has spanned founding startups to consulting for small and medium enterprises, right up to global brands.
Mr Grant has devoted his career to designing usable, powerful products that solve problems for users and generate value for the organization - building features, products, design teams and design-led companies.
Canonical / Ubuntu, UX Manager, 3 years
Droplet (fintech startup), Co-founder, 5 years
WGX Experience Studio, UX Consultant, multiple clients including global brands, 11 years
Software Engineering Technologies
Artificial Intelligence
Software Engineering Practices
Software Engineering Leadership
BSc (Hons), Information Systems, Birmingham City University, UK
Multiple UX & Usability courses, Nielsen Norman Group
Speaking, Training & Workshops: TEDx, Google, Dyson, Mind the Product, University of Edinburgh Business School
UX best practices for usable design in mobile, web and desktop applications
Generative AI and User Experience
Design Systems in organizations
Hiring, development and people management of design teams
Trends and best practices in accessibility and digital inclusion