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Independent UX consultancy

Complex products, made obvious.

21 years of research, design and strategy at the NHS, Barclays, ING and GOV.UK Verify. Engagements scoped and priced up front, and flexible when the work demands it.

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All clients (144)
Agency
  • Salmon
  • Tecmark
  • TMI Group
  • Miribase
  • thisisLDA
  • Hidden Creative
  • Positive Advertising
  • Just Search
  • Creative Spark
  • Michael Brennan Associates
  • WR Wilmers Respondek
  • Huddle Media
Automotive
  • Audi
  • The Race Group
  • JT Hughes
  • Dronsfield Mercedes Specialists
  • Euro Car Parts
  • Blue Diamond Restorations
  • WeBuyAnyCar
Banking & Finance
Booking & Hospitality
  • Afternoon Tea
  • Dine Time
  • Thwaites
  • Find My Pub
  • Crispins
Business & B2B
  • Faith Technology
  • British Fibre Networks
  • Total People
  • GradBay
  • Aura Technical
  • Miribase
Charity
  • Disability Rights UK
  • Parkinson’s
Commerce & E-Commerce
  • Argos
  • Situ Live
  • New Balance
  • Co-op Group
  • Illy
  • KitchenKraft
  • Involve (Martin Dawes)
  • Lillymans
  • Travel Bag
  • Holiday Gems
  • Moretons
  • Cushion Couture
  • Rumbunctious
  • Lucidora
  • Land of Rugs
Education
  • Bright Horizons
  • Burnley College
  • Coleg Cambria
  • Collab Group
  • Hugh Baird
  • Newcastle University
  • Newcastle College
  • One Education
  • Novus Cambria
  • The Manchester College
  • Southport College
  • iLearn Geography
  • Total People
Energy & Infrastructure
  • ABB
  • ABB Group
  • Alstom Gas
  • Grundfos
  • Certas
  • AIE
Engineering
  • Faith Technology
  • Grundfos
  • Aura Technical
Equestrian
  • Carr & Day & Martin
  • Day, Son & Hewitt
  • Horsemonkey
  • Equine Accident
Gaming & Entertainment
Government & Public Sector
  • GOV.UK
  • DEFRA
  • NHS
  • MyCity Health
  • MyCity Salford
  • Stop Smoking London
  • Digital Healthy Schools
  • HEE
  • Greater Manchester Council
  • Salford Council
  • Shoreditch Council
  • Lambeth Council
  • Hackney Council
Healthcare & Medical
  • Bupa Global
  • Bupa UK
  • ihi Bupa Denmark
  • Bupa Cromwell
  • ORCHA
  • NHS
  • MyCity Health
  • Digital Healthy Schools
  • HEE
  • Wellington Hospital
  • Hale Dental
  • NHS Drinking
Insurance & Legal
  • Carole Nash
  • Bespoke Claims
  • Paycare
  • Lifestyle Services Group
  • Twoi Prawnicy
  • Ideal Corporate Solutions
  • Ideal Debt Solutions
  • Injury Lawyers 4 U
Military
  • US Military (JIEDDO)
Pharmaceutical & Veterinary
  • VetPlus
  • Farm Sense
  • Agri Lloyd
  • VetsChoice
Printing & Media
  • Print Group
  • Oh Popsi
  • Flicpost
Property
  • PRT Property
  • Piccadilly Place
  • Property Repair Team
Recruitment
  • Sifted
  • GradBay
  • Total People
  • Trainer Bay
  • Toptal
Sales & Lead Generation
  • Cleaned & Steamed
  • Cascade Hot Tubs
  • WeBuyAnyCar
  • Marble & Granite
  • Tastecard
  • Mastermelt
Sports
  • Manchester City FC
  • Sale Sharks
  • AFC Fylde
  • Michael Owen
Startups & Digital Products
  • Swipe
  • Flicpost
  • Travel Timer
  • GradBay
  • Aura Technical
  • Situ Live
  • FYVO
  • Rumbunctious
  • Sifted
  • Cleaned & Steamed
Teaching & Learning
  • iLearn Geography
  • Goldstar Savings Bank
  • Pindex
Telecoms
Travel & Transport

Experience

Research, design and strategy. Mostly on products that had become harder than they needed to be.

Years

Not just time, pattern recognition. Enough to know what works and where things break.

Projects

Some needed small fixes. Others needed starting again. Knowing the difference is where the value is.

Clients

Different pressures, different expectations, same goal. Cut through the noise and get to what actually matters.

Industries

Patterns repeat, context changes. Experience is knowing what transfers and what doesn’t.

Countries

Different cultures, different ways of working. Clarity matters more when nothing else is shared.

Working. Together.

  • Fixed scope, fixed price.

    Engagements are defined up front and flexible when the work demands it.

  • Blissfully independent.

    No internal politics to protect, no permanent headcount, no recruitment cycle.

  • Bigger engagements exist.

    Embedded and fractional work is available when a fixed piece is not the right shape.

Consultancy

User Experience

The path they made, not the path you built.

I find where the journey and the design disagree, then set out what to change and in what order, so the next release fixes the right thing.

  • Clear priorities
  • Better user experiences
  • Confident decision making
  • A practical plan

User Research

You can’t argue with a worn step.

I go and ask, watch and record, then hand back what people did rather than what they said they would do, and the decisions that settles.

  • Better product decisions
  • Reduced delivery risk
  • Shared understanding
  • Research with purpose

Service Design

The track is fine. The points are the problem.

I map the route end to end, find the handovers that break, and show you which ones are costing you customers rather than merely annoying them.

  • Joined-up services
  • Better customer experiences
  • Organisational alignment
  • Clear improvement priorities

Information Architecture

Nothing here is found by luck.

I test how people actually look for things, then rebuild around that: labels, hierarchy and navigation that match how they already think.

  • Better findability
  • Simpler navigation
  • Better organised content
  • Greater confidence

Conversion Optimisation

They came all this way to be stopped.

I find the exact points where people stop, work out why, and hand back a ranked list of fixes with the size of the prize next to each one.

  • Higher conversion rates
  • Better customer journeys
  • Smarter optimisation
  • Greater return on investment

Accessibility

Nobody is average. Design like it.

I audit against WCAG, test with assistive technology, and hand back what to fix, in what order, and what it takes to keep it that way.

  • More inclusive experiences
  • Better usability
  • Clear priorities
  • Greater confidence

Product Strategy

Everything downstream is decided here.

I help you work out what is worth building, what to leave out, and how you will know it worked, before the first sprint, not after the tenth.

  • Better product decisions
  • Reduced product risk
  • Clear priorities
  • Greater confidence

Digital Transformation

Half a transformation is the system you had.

I start with how the work actually happens, not the org chart or the roadmap, then help you change the process and the service together.

  • Clear strategic direction
  • Simpler services
  • Better organisational alignment
  • More confident investment

Fractional UX Lead

You keep flying. I come to you.

I work inside your team, setting direction, raising the standard and building the capability, so what I leave behind keeps running without me.

  • Stronger product decisions
  • Better design quality
  • More confident teams
  • Flexible senior leadership

LET'S WORK TOGETHER

Ready to improve your product?

UX, research and product leadership for teams tackling complex digital services.

Previous feedback

I had a fantastic experience working with Andy. One of his most impressive achievements during our time at NHS HEE was masterminding a deeply complex information architecture for a new platform that brought together a large number of legacy websites.

Will Parkhouse

Senior Content Designer