The sixth in our series of FREE quarterly events for digital creators, producers, managers and administrators, will continue to inspire Leicester’s digital design community.

Start the new year with a fantastic evening of presentations from renowned speakers and local digital leaders, covering topics ranging from user experience design and digital product development to tech startup strategy and innovation funding.

We are excited to announce that our January event features Mansha Manohar from BBC and Jessica Lovegood from Barclays.

Who’s it for?

Create aims to brings together the digital design community in Leicester and Leicestershire. The events are open to all with an interest in improving the digital design environment in our city.

Create Leicester is free to attend and will include:

- Two headline speakers

- Networking opportunities

- Food & drinks

- After party

Register now via Eventbrite and grab yourself a FREE drinks token on the night!

Headline Speakers

Jessica Lovegood, AVP UX Designer from Barclays.

Growing a business by ignoring money and focusing on user experience

This talk is about growing a business through good user experience. When you hear this, you may think that I just mean “good design means more customers”, but this talk goes deeper than that. I will talk about applying UX throughout a business and how this kind of user focused thinking, can allow your business to grow more organically, with less penny pinching, less cost and in less time.

Mansha Manohar, Senior UX Design Researcher from BBC.

Making it count: UX for all

Working in the User Experience & Design (UX&D) team at the BBC means designing for everyone -- a great challenge and a huge responsibility! I will be sharing some lessons I have learnt along the way conducting research on BBC products -- such as News, Weather and World Service -- in the UK and beyond.

Schedule

6:30pm - Doors open

7:20pm - Welcome message

7:30pm - Jessica Lovegood

8:00pm - Break

8:30pm - Mansha Manohar

9:00pm - After party

10:00pm - Close

Create Leicester is supported by Xibis, Cite, Effect Digital, Herdl, Un.titled, LCB Depot & Bulb Studios

This event is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Leicester City Council