Design in Government: Ministry of Justice Digital
As part of our ongoing Design in Government profile series, we hear from 3 designers of the Ministry of Justice Digital team about how they work, what they do, and what it means to them.
Community
How to create a portfolio to apply for a design role in government
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Charlotte Downs – Designer, GDS and Martin Jordan – Head of Service Design, CDDO, Posted on:
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Community, Design, Equity
What should a portfolio look like when applying for a design role in government? Whatever your experience level, in this post you’ll find advice on how to shape a good portfolio, what is expected of you and why having and updating a portfolio is important.
How designers across government are working remotely
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Kara Kane - Senior Service Designer, GDS and Martin Jordan – Head of Service Design, CDDO, Posted on:
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Community, Design
Designers in government have adapted to the new circumstances, altered their ways of working and adopted new tools. For this blog post, we reached out to various service designers from different government organisations to hear how they are working under the changed environment.
What we are doing to increase equity in the GDS design team
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Clara Greo - Service Designer and Design Training Lead, CDDO and Harry Vos – Senior product manager, GDS, Posted on:
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Community, Equity
The GDS design team is not equitable enough. This means some people face more barriers than others in the workplace because of their characteristics or the groups they are a part of. We want to do better. In this blog post, we are sharing what we are doing to increase equity in the team.
What a demographics survey told us about the diversity of our design team
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Clara Greo - Service Designer and Design Training Lead, CDDO and Stephen McCarthy, Posted on:
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Community, Equity
The GDS design team aims to reflect the diversity of the society it serves. We conducted a demographics survey to see how well the design team represents the population of London before taking the next steps of improving the equity of the team.
User-centred design in local government: where it’s at
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Kara Kane - Senior Service Designer, GDS and Martin Jordan – Head of Service Design, CDDO, Posted on:
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Community, Design
Many local councils all across the UK are increasing their design, user research, and content design capability. Designers and design-minded people are improving the public services provided by Local Authorities. We are running a Local #govdesign Day to bring these people together and showcase their work.
New Design Principles posters
We first published the Government Design Principles in 2012. They have influenced the work of design-minded people all across government. Now, we have made new posters to illustrate the principles.
International Design in Government community autumn update
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Kara Kane - Senior Service Designer, GDS and Martin Jordan – Head of Service Design, CDDO, Posted on:
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Community, International
Over the summer, the growing International Design in Government community gathered at a few events. In autumn, there will be 2 more events in Europe. In this post, we share what members of community can expect next.
Become a service designer in government: step by step
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Sanjay Poyzer – Service Designer, GDS, Posted on:
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Community, Service Design
Service design is a rapidly growing and much needed field in government. In this post, Sanjay Poyzer describes how he became a service designer and shares some steps you could take to become a service designer in government.
International Design in Government events this summer
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Kara Kane - Senior Service Designer, GDS and Martin Jordan – Head of Service Design, CDDO, Posted on:
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Community, Design, International
After running the first ever International Design in Government Conference in London last summer, we asked our community who would like to bring it to their country. In this post, we share where designers in government will get to gather next.