2014-03-12

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== Purpose ==



==Purpose==

 

 

The Wikimedia Foundation User Experience Design group is responsible for the look and feel of projects, from a functional level to a final pixel level released design. The UX group works closely with existing Wikimedians as well as new users to socialize our designs and plans, and works with the Product Management group to establish product roadmaps.

 

The Wikimedia Foundation User Experience Design group is responsible for the look and feel of projects, from a functional level to a final pixel level released design. The UX group works closely with existing Wikimedians as well as new users to socialize our designs and plans, and works with the Product Management group to establish product roadmaps.

 

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== Team ==

 

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The User experience team has over 40 years of combined [[w:user experience design|user experience design]] and research, engineering, [[w:information architecture|information architecture]], [[w:Human–computer interaction|HCI]], [[w:Graphic designer|visual design]], and [[w:User experience design#Usability|usability]] experience.

 

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<small></small>

 

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<gallery heights="60px" mode="packed">

 

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File:Zimmerman, Jared June 2013.jpg|[[User:Jaredzimmerman_(WMF)|Jared Zimmerman, Director of User Experience]]

 

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File:Brandon Harris 009 - Berlin 2011.jpg|[[User:Jorm (WMF)|Brandon Harris, Senior Designer]]

 

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File:Vibha Bamba.jpg|[[wmf:User:VBamba_(WMF)|Vibha Bamba, Senior User Experience Designer]]

 

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File:Pau Giner.jpg|[[User:Pginer|Pau Giner, User Experience Designer]]

 

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File:Syed, Moiz Jan 2014.jpg|[[User:MSyed_(WMF)|Moiz Syed, User Experience Designer]]

 

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File:Galloway, May June 2013.jpg|[[wmf:User:MGalloway_(WMF)|May Galloway, Visual Experience Designer]]

 

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File:Hammerstein, Kaity Sept 2013.jpg|[[User:KHammerstein (WMF)|Kaity Hammerstein, Associate User Experience Designer]]

 

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</gallery>

 

 

 

==Process==

 

==Process==

 

'''How to work with us as team members'''

 

'''How to work with us as team members'''

 

 



Each feature area at the Wikimedia Foundation has an associated [[Design/Team/Process|Primary & Secondary Designer]], as new feature areas are created they will assigned Design points of contact. If your feature area is not in the Product or Engineering Groups, please contact [[foundation:User:JZimmerman (WMF)|Jared Zimmerman]].

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Each feature area at the Wikimedia Foundation has an associated [[Design/Team/Process|Primary & Secondary Designer]], as new feature areas are created they will assigned Design points of contact. If your feature area is not in the Product or Engineering Groups, please contact [[foundation:User:JZimmerman (WMF)|Jared Zimmerman]].

 

 

 

'''How to work with us in general'''

 

'''How to work with us in general'''

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* Help with [[Micro Design Improvements]]

 

* Help with [[Micro Design Improvements]]

 

* A [[m:IRC/Channels#wikimedia-design|#wikimedia-design IRC channel]] exists and may be in active use by design folks or not.

 

* A [[m:IRC/Channels#wikimedia-design|#wikimedia-design IRC channel]] exists and may be in active use by design folks or not.

 

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'''Internal Process'''

 

'''Internal Process'''

 

* [[Design/Design Review|Design Critique]]

 

* [[Design/Design Review|Design Critique]]

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*[[Careers/Designer|Designer]]

 

*[[Careers/Designer|Designer]]

 

*[[Careers/Senior Designer|Senior Designer]]

 

*[[Careers/Senior Designer|Senior Designer]]



 



==Team==

 



The User experience team has over 40 years of combined [[w:user experience design|user experience design]] and research, engineering, [[w:information architecture|information architecture]], [[w:Human–computer interaction|HCI]], [[w:Graphic designer|visual design]], and [[w:User experience design#Usability|usability]] experience.

 



 



<small><gallery heights=60px mode=packed>

 



File:Zimmerman, Jared June 2013.jpg|[[User:Jaredzimmerman_(WMF)|Jared Zimmerman, Director of User Experience]]

 



File:Brandon Harris 009 - Berlin 2011.jpg|[[User:Jorm (WMF)|Brandon Harris, Senior Designer]]

 



File:Vibha Bamba.jpg|[[wmf:User:VBamba_(WMF)|Vibha Bamba, Senior User Experience Designer]]

 



File:Pau Giner.jpg|[[User:Pginer|Pau Giner, User Experience Designer]]

 



File:Syed, Moiz Jan 2014.jpg|[[User:MSyed_(WMF)|Moiz Syed, User Experience Designer]]

 



File:Galloway, May June 2013.jpg|[[wmf:User:MGalloway_(WMF)|May Galloway, Visual Experience Designer]]

 



File:Hammerstein, Kaity Sept 2013.jpg|[[User:KHammerstein (WMF)|Kaity Hammerstein, Associate User Experience Designer]]

 



</gallery></small>

 

 

 

 

==Projects==

 

==Projects==



Active projects we're working on:

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Projects we're working on can be seen on our [https://trello.com/b/kpRalFpn/user-experience Trello board].



* [[Flow Portal|Flow]]

 



* [[Analytics/Limn/design|Limn Dashboard Creations]]

 



* Mobile Applications

 



* OAuth

 



* [[Search]]

 



* [[Translation UX|Onboarding & Account Creation for Translators]]

 



* [[Content_translation|Content Translation]]

 



* Visual Keyboards

 



* [[m:Research:Newcomer quality|Anonymous Editor Acquisition]]

 



* [[m:Research:Article creation|Article Creation]]

 



 

 

==Design Exploration==

 

==Design Exploration==

 

Every Friday the Design team takes time to think about longer lead projects, areas of personal interest, or design problems that aren't their primary area of focus to spend time brainstorming, sketching and collaborating on. Many of the projects created during '''Explore''' will hopefully turn into roadmap projects or [[About Beta Features|Beta Features]].

 

Every Friday the Design team takes time to think about longer lead projects, areas of personal interest, or design problems that aren't their primary area of focus to spend time brainstorming, sketching and collaborating on. Many of the projects created during '''Explore''' will hopefully turn into roadmap projects or [[About Beta Features|Beta Features]].

 

 



What we've created in [[Design/Team/Process|Explore time]]:

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For the projects we've researching in [[Design/Team/Process|Explore time]], check out '''Explore''' on our [https://trello.com/b/kpRalFpn/user-experience '''Trello board'''].



* Mobile Homepage

 



* Mobile Citation Interface

 



* [[Compact Personal Bar]]

 



* [[Winter|Fixed Site Header]]

 



* Mobile Profiles

 



* Mobile Edit History

 



* [[Data & Developer Hub]]

 



* [[BarebonesMediaWiki|Barebones MediaWiki]]

 



 

 

==Volunteering ==

 

==Volunteering ==



How to help as a Volunteer… (coming soon)

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We welcome help in any way, but we have limited time and have priorities based on our yearly roadmap to focus on. We want to make sure we foster an environment where community designers can contribute to to the projects as well as developers.

 

 

 

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A few ways to help out by volunteering your time:

 

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# Join the [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design '''Design mailing list''']

 

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# Review, fix, or create [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=design&keywords_type=allwords&list_id=209584&query_format=advanced&resolution=---&order=changeddate%20DESC%2Cvotes%20DESC%2Cpriority%2Cbug_status%20DESC%2Cassigned_to%2Cbug_id&query_based_on= '''Bugzilla design bugs''']

 

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# If you decide to take on or propose some design improvements, the best way to get feedback from the design team is to create a card for your work on a special trello board where the designs and the community can give feedback. [https://trello.com/b/FEsKnZII/community-design '''Check it out here''']'''. '''

 

==Design Resources==

 

==Design Resources==

 

 

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