
Claire Benjamin
I approach design research and strategy with a listening, learning mindset and a strong team-player ethos, in part shaped by my time as a national-caliber team athlete. With experience grounded in human-centered design, engineering, and product development research, I bring design thinking expertise, technical understanding and critical analysis, and love for hands-on work and experimentation to any project I undertake.
I weave research throughout all stages of designing a product or experience, from open exploration of ideas and ideation to concept validation and post-launch evaluation.
skills and tools
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Research and testing strategy
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Design workshop facilitation - Miro for remote sessions
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User interviews and insights
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Journey-mapping
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Story-gathering
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Concept and project definition
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Digital drawing and visual communication - Sketch, InDesign
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Prototyping - InVision, CAD (Solidworks), 3D printing
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Usability testing - moderated, unmoderated, in-person, remote (UserTesting)
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A/B testing - Optimizely
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Project management
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Design of experiments
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Data analysis - Google Analytics
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Informal and academic writing