How GDS’s design recruitment process works
In this blog post, we give an overview of the design recruitment process and what to expect once you’ve applied for a job.
In this blog post, we give an overview of the design recruitment process and what to expect once you’ve applied for a job.
...around the world to support them on their digital transformation agendas, taking a peer to peer approach and learning valuable insights that also help GDS progress. The team, along with...
Many designers in government either began, or have had extensive careers, in the private sector before joining the Civil Service. In this blog post, they share some of the differences they observed.
In Cabinet Office, we are looking for designers to join us and work on services that matter and are genuinely user-centred.
...50 attendees “Service design in practice” was run 6 times with about 90 attendees “Cross-government peer critique day” was run approximately 10 times with about 100 attendees “User research ethics...
...Feedback sessions are designed to help people who work on service design, interaction design, graphic design, content design and tech writing work to get feedback from colleagues across government and...
...community Communities are fluid and always changing based on the members that come and go. Communities exist and flourish because of community members—people get involved in communities related to their...
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.
...meeting, it’s still of value. We’ve also ensured that we have a support structure in place for safeguarding measures. We want members to feel comfortable in their groups but to...
Designers are all inspired to support and encourage other people to achieve their career goals. The challenge can be in fitting this alongside your day job. Senior service designer Kay Dale gives 3 tips on how you can support them more effectively.