Antonia Awoyemi – Senior interaction designer, GDS

How GDS’s design recruitment process works

Kate Ivey-Williams – Head of Design, GDS, Tim Paul and Antonia Awoyemi – Senior interaction designer, GDS, 2 March 2022 - Community, Design

In this blog post, we give an overview of the design recruitment process and what to expect once you’ve applied for a job.

Starting as a designer in government when you’re working from home

Antonia Awoyemi – Senior interaction designer, GDS, Arindra Das – Designer, GDS, Ella Dorfman – Senior service designer, UK Home Office, Gazbia Sorour – Service designer, GDS and Nikin Nagewadia, Senior Interaction designer, GDS, 15 February 2021 - Community, Design

GDS’s design team grew since moving to remote working in March. For the new designers, it meant having a different start. In this blog post, 5 of them share their experiences, what it was like and what was challenging.

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