Philip Middlemass
Head of Role (Digital Capability) & Head of Recruitment Marketing @DWP Digital
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WORK HISTORY
Head of Role (Digital Capability) & Head of Recruitment Marketing @DWP Digital
Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
EDUCATION
Teesside University
Media Technology & Production, Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
SKILLS
ABOUT PHILIP MIDDLEMASS
A digital leader working in UK Government as Head of Product Design, developing the strategic direction for Product Professions (Product Management, Business Analysis and Accessibility) for DWP Digital (and formerly BPDTS) to deliver public services, advocating for user centred design and user needs based on research and rich analytical data across DWP and wider UK government, aligned to the Gov.uk Service Standards for delivering digital services in the UK.Developing digital capability aligned to the GOV.UK Digital, Data and Technology Profession Capability Framework (DDaT) through targeted recruitment and the learning & development to up-skill existing staff.Working across multiple job families including Business Analysts, Content Designers, User Researchers, Product Owners and Interaction Designers, developing mature communities of practice that create a support structure of knowledge sharing and growth from within.Working hand in hand with DWP Digital across a huge range of digital transformation projects and public facing services utilised by over 22 million UK citizens and internal staff.I\'m also a former Creative Director for a digital agency working with large FinTech and leisure & tourism clients.I have considerable experience leading, directing and delivering UX design, creative design and front-end development services to nationally and internationally recognised brands such as; British Airways, Sage, IKEA, Tourism Australia, Cadbury and Malmaison.I love working with clients and their customers, hosting design workshops, gathering requirements, performing customer research and undertaking usability studies. I believe customer involvement throughout the design process is key to the success of any digital project by understanding their motives and behaviours through research.My passion for design and digital goes beyond the 9-5 job. It’s a life long mission to harness the power of design and innovation to drive positive change for others.Specialties: Digital recruitment, Product Design, Service Design, User Experience Design, UX Workshops, Digital Branding, Design Systems, Usability Testing, User Research, Collaborative design, Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Cloud Apps design, HTML5, JavaScript, CSS3, Node.js
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