Helen Orlando
UX | Product l Edupreneur | Advisor | Mentor 

Strategic leadership

Define and execute the design vision and strategy, aligning with business goals to deliver the best solutions for users and internal teams based on agile methodologies. 

Team leadership

Lead, mentor, develop and guide team through ways of working which foster growth and collaboration between UCD, product, business analysts, engineers and stakeholders. 

Design execution 

Oversee multiple design projects, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with overall product strategy and roadmap which meets high standard of usability and accessibility. 

“Our company was hired by AOL to develop a series of applications for interactive television over the last three years. As you might imagine within a company as large as AOL there are various agendas, groups, divisions and requirements across many differing timelines. Helen remains one of the brightest lights we’ve every had the privilege of working with. Not only was she able to quickly grasp new and bleeding edge technologies, she was also at ease directing complex UX (user experience), branding, marketing, business requirements, platform requirements and merging them into a highly successful and visionary presentation that satisfied all the various stake holders across AOL. Helen is in the top 2% of professionals we’ve encountered over the years — she is a highly intelligent, vivacious, charming and positive person on top of it all. My highest recommendations, bar none.”

Co-Founder and President

“Helen is a highly motivated and extremely capable UX Consultant. Throughout her time working on a cutting edge digital project for Barclays, she has demonstrated excellent leadership and communication skills to drive the evolution of a portfolio of digital services across platforms. She maintains a strong focus on clear user centred design principles supported by insight research but is open to input from other members of the project team. Her positive outlook, sense of humour and commitment to the cause make her a pleasure to work with."

Product

“As a visual designer, I have been lucky enough to work with Helen on a number of large-scale UX projects. Helen has a broad deep understanding of UX with the ability to turn around complex, highly detailed, thoroughly considered solutions on time and on budget. Helen’s attention to even the tiniest detail ensures projects run smoothly and efficiently from design to build to delivery. On a personal level, Helen is absolutely fantastic to work with. Her ability to work professionally under pressure and maintain high spirits at all times is an asset to any team and I look forward to our continued collaboration."

Creative lead