Keeley Robertson

How to run a careers event to increase the diversity of your team

Keeley Robertson and Clara Greo – former Lead Designer, GDS, 19 January 2022 - Equity, Tried & tested

We found that careers events for underrepresented groups is one of the most effective ways to increase the diversity of our team. Here’s how to run one in 14 steps.

What the user-centred design communities team achieved

Clara Greo – former Lead Designer, GDS, Kara Kane - Head of Profession for Design, GDS and Keeley Robertson, 19 May 2021 - Community, Design

...cross-government heads of design, we established cross-government design objectives for community members to add to their performance objectives, such as contributing to the GOV.UK Design System or becoming a design...

Reflections on the user-centred design communities team

Clara Greo – former Lead Designer, GDS, Kara Kane - Head of Profession for Design, GDS and Keeley Robertson, 1 April 2021 - Community, Design

From 2016 to 2020 the Government Digital Service (GDS) user-centred design (UCD) communities team worked to advocate for user-centred design in government, increase the UCD capability of the public sector...

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