Ian Nash

“A good few years ago I had the pleasure to have Ian in my design team at Yell. In those early new media days of desktop website design where UX roles were undefined we all mucked in doing a multitude of roles from designing, coding and user research. Ian brought great value to the team coming from a previous role producing interactive CD-ROM's (remember them) and was able to apply basic interaction design to our range of websites. Ian's work was always executed to a high standard, with great attention to detail. It was clear Ian was going to go on to do great stuff and he really found his niche in mobile design and has continued to innovate and be a key player in producing great work across the teleco industry. I hope Ian and I get the opportunity to work together at some point again.”

“Ian Nash was a key team member in the Vodafone Group User Experience team. As a UX Principal Ian defined and drove commercially critical programs of user experience and product design work in mobile and across other digital touchpoints. Ian has world class expertise in user experience design, he is a thoughtful, proactive and universally respected by his product, technology and user experience peers. Stakeholder from across the Vodafone group actively sought out Ian’s perspective allowing him to influence the design direction or product strategy way beyond his immediate projects. When Ian wanted to leave Vodafone to be closer to his family I helped him to do this not because it would make my life easier but because he had an opportunity to progress his career in a different direction amplifying all the attributes he has that enable him to lead design teams to deliver great work. Although I miss Ian’s experience and enthusiasm I am confident that we will collaborate again. ”

“I trust Ian, i trust him to design well and i trust him to handle his product managers and his brand manager to deliver to them without compromising design. Ian has another quality i love, he is proactive and thoughtful and what he does and therefore he thinks head to what we should be doing next. I think back to when he was at 3 with me and i was always impressed by his calm approach, exactly what was needed - always finding the way forward and never panicking or allowing any chaos around him to unsettle him. Ian always designs his was forward.”

“Ian is an inspirational leader of UX design, i've seen him sprinkle inspiration on a project and cultivate it's growing UX value. This exceptional quality he possesses, sets him apart from the vast majority of grind-it-out box and arrow smiths. Think of Ian as a highly experienced harbour pilot, who'll take your expensive prized ship through the dangerous shallows, and safely into port. His experience and quiet confidence calms nervy stakeholders and junior designers alike. Only years of quality experience allows someone to steer the value whilst maintaining calm aboard.”