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Martin Jordan – former Head of Service Design, GDS

Martin Jordan worked as Head of Service Design at the Government Digital Service and UK Cabinet Office. He helped the government improve its services and increase service design capability. He was also the service owner for the GOV.UK Service Manual and Service Standard.

Now, Martin is working as Head of Design in the German government’s Digital Service. Follow Martin on Twitter.

International Design in Government events are going global

Three posters promoting each location of the International Design in Government Conference. They are almost identical, featuring the conference logo which is a sphere with the words 'International Design in Government" around the circumference, but the backgrounds are different colours - red, white and blue - and feature the logo or name of the organisation running the event

...Francisco, USA, on 29 May International Design in Government Summer Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, hosted by the Scottish Government, from 25 to 26 June International Design in Government Autumn Conference...

What we learned from running the first International Design in Government Conference

Chris Govias on stage in front of a room full of people

...need to prove their value There are interaction and service designers, user researchers and content designers in many governments around the world now. But compared to other long-established professions like...