Kind Words from Colleagues
Sarah was the first person we founders brought to TeeBeeDee, and she proved an invaluable contributor. Other recommendations have spoken to her specific achievements; I would additionally point out her dedication and work ethic (sounds old-fashioned, but as the CEO I find it notable). Sarah was the go-to person on almost everything in our first two years — the center of knowledge and ingenuity. Any online company would be lucky to have her on the team, as we have been.
Sarah did an amazing job as curator of the Compostmodern conference: her timely and well-paced programme generated lively conversations and positive energy both during the event and afterwards.
Sarah was incredibly responsive to evolving needs, methods at resources at this challenging start up/pre-IPO, extremely able to ellicit, synthesize and validate requirements then translate them into great software
uniquely suited to work creatively in hi-tech by collaborating with all disciplines, clients and stakeholders, phenomenally productive through drive, humour and curiosity.
Sarah is a strong executive who as a key member of our senior management team helped set and execute a clear vision for FORA.tv. Her skills, experience, and leadership were critical to our enormous gains in traffic, revenues and user experience. She possesses a rare combination of big picture creativity and detail-oriented follow through. Further, she’s a terrific manager, liked and admired by all.
Sarah was a wonderful collaborator on a complex iPad app that we at PopTech worked on with her and her colleagues at Hot Studio. I recommend her wholeheartedly – you won’t be disappointed!
Sarah excels at carrying product strategy into living, breathing apps. I’ve worked with here on a range of products and clients, from html 5 publishing platforms to iOS social networking apps. Sarah takes a people-centric, yet business friendly, approach to design. She serves up responsive and context-appropriate design solutions and works closely with developers and engineers to make them a reality. On top of that, Sarah is great at facilitating strategic conversations with project stakeholders to align teams around the deeper strategy behind projects. She’s been a great partner and collaborator.
Core Capabilities
Design Research
Field interviews
Trend, competitor/complimentors mapping
Prototype testing for usability, concept resonance
Generating original insights about met & unmet needs to guide new product/service concepts
Co-Design
Working with community & stakeholder groups
Convening cross-sector stakeholders
Listening and supporting co-creation and collaboration
Product Strategy
Opportunity Identification
Product definition & roadmap
Implementation plans
Launching products/services in the market & iterating
Service Design
Building customer journey maps and service blueprints
Conceiving of online/offline customer journeys through all touchpoints of a service
Workshop Facilitation
Bringing all levels of leadership together and into alignment
Creating an environment of trust & openness
Driving toward shared vision, agreements and clear forward actions
Interaction Design
Framing insights and design principles
Development of product & service concepts
Information architecture, content strategy & page-level wireframe design
Storytelling and messaging