UX Design, Accessibility,
& Digital Solutions
Stephen Foster
With over a decade of experience in creating user-centered solutions that drive business growth. Combining user research, accessibility best practices, coding, and creative design to develop engaging digital products that are inclusive for everyone and meet business goals.
Expertise and Skills
Proven UX Expertise:
Driving User Engagement
I have a wide range of experience and skills in digital solutions.
User-centered Design (UCD) at the Heart of my Thinking
User-centered design (UCD) is at the core of my design philosophy. Since my experience with the 2012 Olympic Paralympics, where I gained invaluable user insights, I’ve championed a user-first approach in all my design endeavours. This translates to employing design processes like design thinking to ensure empathy for all users and the creation of solutions that truly meet their needs.
Problem Solving
and Creative Thinking
Innovation thrives on challenges, and that’s where I come alive. I relish the ideation and design phase, where my dyslexic thinking unlocks fresh perspectives. Fuelled by a love for challenges, I’ve taken part in hackathons (winning them on both sides of the leadership coin!), I excel at tackling problems creatively. This translates to shaping innovative concepts from briefs, then iterating on them through prototyping and clear communication to final outcomes aligned to users needs.
Portfolio
Capabilities
Tools
- Sketch Book and Pencil
- Figma
- Miro/Mural
- Adobe Creative Cloud (Full)
- Axure / Sketch / XD
- Office360 / Google sheets
- Visual Studio Code
- Chrome/Edge Inspect
- Screen-readers (JAWS, NVDA)
- Jira / Confluence
- Git / BitBucket
- Microsoft Teams
- Adobe Analytics / GA
- AI (Gemini/GPT4)
Design
- Dyslexic Thinker
- User-Centric-Design
- UX Design
- UI Design
- Design Systems
- Digital Brand / Patterns
- Interactions
- Personas and Segments
- Task flows
- Architecture
- Sitemaps
- Innovation
- Accessibility-first
- Responsive-first
- User-first
Technical
- API’s and Integrations
- HTML / ARIA
- Advanced CSS3
- JavaScript (Vanilla/jQuery – prototyping)
- Adobe AEM deployment
- Architecture diagrams
- Process flows
- Digital formats (media)
- Digital optimisation
- WCAG W3C 2.1/2.2 – Accessibility
- Customer Duty (FCA)
UX research
Quantitative and Qualitative Research
- Bried and conduct interviews
- Surveys
- Focus groups / Workshops
- Usability testing (A/B)
- Sorting the data results to present finding and possible actions (Synthesis)
- Accessibility user testing
- Journey/Barrier Mapping
- Competitor research
Digital Assets
- Creative
- Web design
(web formats and optimisation) - Animation and motion
- Interactive elements
- 2D or 3D
- Video and Audio
- Motion
Leadership
- Presentations and visualisations
- Workshops
- Mentoring
- Management
- Communication
- Agile/Waterfall methods