Vodafone 360 People across multiple devices
Vodafone Group Services / Mobile

Vodafone 360 People

Mobile address book and communication product across seven platforms. Drove design innovation and maintained UX standards for Vodafone's flagship people-centric service.

Role User Experience Manager
Timeline 2008-2012
Location Düsseldorf, DE
Team Vodafone Group Services
Platforms iPhone, Android, Symbian/Qt, RIM, S60, S40, J2ME

Vodafone needed a unified communication service that worked across a fragmented mobile landscape. With seven different platforms from feature phones to smartphones, the challenge was creating consistent, high-quality experiences despite vastly different technical constraints and interaction patterns.

Responsible for delivering high quality user experience for Vodafone 360 People service—a mobile address book and communication product that unified contacts, messaging, and social activity across all platforms.

Drove design innovation with concepts and solutions across the range of products and services. Employed component and pattern libraries with both wireframes and visual standards for fast, efficient specifications and prototypes. Utilized on-device prototyping feeding directly into development. Joined development team when needed to implement layouts and styles on Android.

Vodafone 360 People across HTC Android, iPhone, and other devices
Cross-platform UI — HTC Desire, Android, iPhone, and HTC Magic

Cross-Platform Design Systems

Maintained UX standards, processes and Vodafone UX guidelines in collaboration with other UX teams. Collaborated on design patterns, standards, architectures, and detailed interaction design specifications for Vodafone products and services. The work established frameworks that scaled from J2ME feature phones to early smartphones.

iOS
iPhone
Native iPhone application following Apple HIG with Vodafone service integration
Android
Smartphones
Direct implementation support for layouts and styles alongside development team
Qt
Symbian/MeeGo
Nokia's Qt framework for cross-device Symbian and MeeGo support
RIM
BlackBerry
Enterprise-focused design for BlackBerry's unique navigation model
S60/S40
Nokia Feature Phones
Constrained design for Nokia's Series 60 and Series 40 platforms
J2ME
Feature Phones
Lowest common denominator support for Java-based feature phones

Strategic design and concept development. Information architecture across varied platform constraints. Interaction design adapting to different input methods—touchscreen, trackball, D-pad. Mobile web prototyping for rapid validation. Android design implementation working directly with engineering.