Becky Colley, UX Designer

Features

Besides practising my design craft, I enjoy:

  • writing and contributing to articles about UX design
  • taking part in panels and podcasts, particularly those focussing on minorities in STEM
  • giving interviews to help young people learn about careers in tech

Want to involve me in something like this? Get in touch.

Speaking

October 2025

Hippo: Black History Month: Allyship in the Herd

February 2025

Evolution Jobs podcast: Balancing UX and Product – Conversations on Culture, Collaboration and Leadership

June 2023

Digital Gurus: Design innovations

March 2023

Figma: Chaos and collaboration

October 2020

General Assembly: Product Designer Q&A

Writing

June 2025

Hippo blog: Getting ready for the European Accessibility Act: Why it matters and what to do next

May 2025

Hippo blog: Embedding accessible design and creating inclusive digital services

October 2024

Medium: Lessons learned: a year in UX consultancy

May 2023

Medium: Being an introverted design leader

April 2023

Medium: Why I voluntarily took a pay cut, twice

December 2022

Catalyst.: Synthesising user research: how to do it

CharityComms: How the Manual of Me can help build stronger teams

November 2022

Catalyst.: What is UX and why does it matter?

September 2022

Bootcamp: How being a UX Designer helps with my GAD

Bootcamp: The hardest thing about being a UX Designer

Other stuff

August 2025

Creative Boom: Create a portfolio that really works, with these insights from industry experts [contribution]

July 2025

The Guardian: Readers’ tips for regaining your sense of adventure [contribution]

January 2025

Creative Bloq: How to use the new social networks effectively as a creative [contribution]

August 2024

Creative Boom: Is it time for creatives to leave X for good? [contribution]

January 2024

Creative Boom: How creatives will be doing things differently in 2024 [contribution]

April 2023

Creative Boom: How to sell yourself as a freelancer in 2023 [contribution]

March 2023

Catalyst.: Website critique [contribution]

July to September 2022

British Interactive Media Association: BIMA Awards judge (see full panel)

September 2020

Adobe: Introducing the 2020 UX Designers to Watch [award feature]

September 2020

University of the Arts London: Interview

Work and experience

I’ve worked in tech since 2015, including sectors like healthcare, non-profits, and the arts.

I usually specialise as a user experience designer, but am comfortable doing user research and service design too.

Learn about my work experience, read a case study, or hear what others say about working with me.