Us vs. Them. Why does it always seem to come down to "us" and "them?" The Creative Director who looks at IA deliverables and thinks "Clearly, I can do better." The IA or UX Designer who sees their totally usable designs shredded by the creatives once the wireframes get thrown over the fence. Clients and agencies who speak different languages and see our roles...
[read more] Us vs. Them. Why does it always seem to come down to "us" and "them?" The Creative Director who looks at IA deliverables and thinks "Clearly, I can do better." The IA or UX Designer who sees their totally usable designs shredded by the creatives once the wireframes get thrown over the fence. Clients and agencies who speak different languages and see our roles differently. Project after project, client after client, the frustration grows into resentment. It doesn't have to be that way. We're more alike than not, and although a lot of progress has been made over the last several years, more work needs to be done. This month, we're going to put an Interactive Creative Director, a Principal of User Experience and a client-side stakeholder on stage to have conversation about: How do we differ and how are we similar? How do we come together to deliver a holistic brand experience? How do we frame ourselves and our teams to our clients and stakeholders to get them the most value from using us, while we gain influence in their organizations? If you attended PhillyCHI's February event with Dave Cooksey, you heard some great stories and advice on how you can play well with others across a broad team. We're hoping this event follows up on that, and helps us all understand each other a little better and build tighter long-term teams who can deliver superior solutions time and time again. OUR PANEL Livia Labate is a User Experience Designer with over 13 years of industry experience. She currently works as Principal of User Experience Design with Comcast Interactive Media in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She spends most of her non-working time volunteering with organizations and projects that advance the practice of user experience design. Visit her at livlab.com/thinkia and follow her via twitter @livlab. A 14-year veteran of digital marketing, Chris Reif (@chrisreif) is the Digital Creative Director at Neiman Group in Philadelphia. In early 2007, he launched the agency's digital practice as well as their Philadelphia office. He now does his best to get out of the way of the talented folks on his team, and help them get beautiful and useful work out the door. ABOUT US PhillyCHI is the Philadelphia Region's User Experience Design Group, holding monthly meetings and socials to network and discuss current topics in Human Computer Interaction. Philamade is a group of creative professionals living/working in the 215/610 who celebrate, inspire and cultivate creative brilliance in the Philadelphia community. EVENT UPDATE! Since we're having this at The Field House, feel free to grab a beer. Lets give the conversation a little extra kick! Appetizers will be provided by our awesome sponsors, Onward Search. THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR - ONWARD SEARCH! If you have talent, or need talent, Onward Search will help you reach your goals. We connect the top interactive design, Internet marketing and mobile application development professionals with the best companies in the Greater Philadelphia Metro area. Our team specializes in sourcing and staffing professionals who can act as interim staff, project consultants, or subject-matter experts for your organization. Whether you need help with search engine optimization, developing your creative materials, or redesigning your website, we have the professionals to help you get the job done. Put us to work for you. GETTING THERE 1150 Filbert Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 (Our event is closest to the Filbert St entrance of The Field House) Cross Streets: N12th Street and Filbert St (right next to Reading Terminal Market Discount parking available at the Gallery II Garage Parking Pricing & Availability - Monday-Friday: enter after 2pm - $6 Saturday & Sunday: enter after 10am -$6
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