THE FUTURE OF RADIO IS ROOTED IN IT’S PAST
A modern radio experience needs all new tools with familiar user experiences that have existed for decades.
iHeartRadio is a company that has one foot in the past and the other on the gas pedal of a music industry that is reinventing itself every 18 months. It was truly an amazing and challenging experience working there. Below is the journey I lead during my time there.
For context: I was the Director of Enterprise User Experience Design & Research. I lead a team of 5 UX designers and 2 UX researchers.
START WITH THE FUNDAMENTALS
We built a design language system that addressed content and UI.
The bedrock of a high performing UX design practice is its Design Language System. Mauris fermentum tristique mollis. Morbi lacinia nisl a eros tincidunt tristique. Nulla vitae suscipit mi. Nullam non mauris sed nisi porta tincidunt. Phasellus ac malesuada ipsum, ut posuere nisl.
GETTING TO KNOW THE USER
The work of a Radio Station is a tightly woven flow of micro interactions, multi-media content types, and on-the-fly decision making.
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RECREATING THE USER INTERFACE OF PHYSICAL HARDWARE CONTROLS
A modern radio experience needs all new tools with familiar user experiences that have existed for decades.
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A SINGLE INTERFACE THAT HAS TO PERFORM
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LOREM IPSUM SET DELORUM FACTO INS VERITAS
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