Hello 馃憢 I鈥檓 a Design leader from Brighton on a 20-year journey in Product Design that began with a love of Graphic Design and Skateboarding. As a player/coach, I elevate the Product Design craft in organisations by blending hands-on design with well considered guidance and mentorship for teams to create standout digital products.

email: ed@edvinicombe.com

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Recent work

2022 路 EE (Part of the BT Group)

Introducing 'WiFi Controls' to the new EE app

In early 2022, I led a small team of four Designers (both Product and Content Design) in re-imagining a service that enables new broadband customers to set up their hardware (known as a 'Smart hub') and take charge of broadband connectivity in their homes. The 'WiFi controls' service would play a critical part in the launch of a brand-new EE app due to be released to the market in February 2023 that would combine both BT and EE consumer services into one place.

2021 路 BT Consumer (part of the BT Group)

Delivering value to our customers more efficiently at BT

Leveraging a six-week pilot to improve the way we conduct research, vary our choice of MVPs & deliver value to customers more efficiently.

2021 路 BT Consumer (part of the BT Group)

Redesigning an organisation to become more user-centric at BT

Redesigning an organisational structure to meet the ever growing demands of our customers across both BT and EE.

2020 路 Virgin Atlantic

Systemising design at Virgin Atlantic

Creating and governing a digital design system that will guarantee a world-class user experience across Virgin Atlantic's entire digital estate.

2019 路 Virgin Atlantic

Inspiring more customers to offset their carbon at Virgin Atlantic

Collaboratively designing solutions that will help encourage more Virgin Atlantic passengers to offset their carbon.

2018 路 A multinational investment bank (with Clearleft)

Centralising third party banking service data at a multinational investment bank

Building a centrally managed platform that provides transparency on all GMI (Global Market Infrastructure) activity and banking service relationships in foreign markets.

2018 路 British Gas (with Clearleft)

Re-imagining a digital loyalty experience at British Gas

Leading a digital product team at British Gas to craft a new and exciting experience for their loyalty program to generate greater engagement.

Experience

2023 - Present

Executive Director of Product Design at JP Morgan & Chase

Leading Design in reimagining the core employee web experience that serves our global workforce of over three hundred thousand staff.

2022 - 2023

Head of Design at BT Business

As Head of Design at BT Wholesale, I led the re-imagination of the BT Wholesale Hub, achieving 16.2% year-over-year sales growth. I managed a team of 20 Product and Content Designers and User Researchers, established a user research pool for more frequent testing and evaluation of our work, and cut team costs by 40% through streamlined operations and team re-structuring.

2020 - 2022

Head of Design at EE

As Head of Design at EE, I spearheaded the complete redesign of the WiFi controls service for the newly launched EE app in 2022. This flagship feature generated over 3% of the company's total revenue as incremental value, driven by home connectivity add-ons and the ability to 'boost' WiFi connections. The service was prominently featured in a national TV campaign, highlighting its importance in promoting the app.

2018 - 2020

Digital Product Design Manager at Virgin Atlantic

Built and led a small team of 4 product designers to craft meaningful digital experiences throughout the Virgin Atlantic digital estate (including web, app, on-board experiences and more).

I led and managed several digital projects that have contributed to a 15.3% (yoy) growth in overall revenue, 2.5% (yoy) growth in average revenue per passenger & 7.4% (yoy) growth in online sales (2018-2019).

2015 - 2018

Founder at uxclub.com

Helping beginners in the design industry learn about the practice of user experience design with an easy to follow, downloadable video training course.

2017 - 2018

Senior Product Designer at Clearleft

Collaborated with companies such as JPMorgan Chase, British Gas, and Nordea Bank to help them realise their digital potential and deliver valuable digital products.

2015 - 2017

Senior User Experience Designer at Pure360

Delivered numerous features & improvements to the Pure360 email marketing application as well as embedding a design system that dramatically cut production costs and increased team efficiency.

2014 - 2015

User Experience Designer at DigitasLBi

Contributed to multiple client projects including Renault, Nissan, Cathay Pacific and Mastercard.

2010 - 2014

Product Designer at Retailmenot inc. (VoucherCodes.co.uk)

I worked across the entire spectrum of design for VoucherCodes.co.uk including the design of the website鈥檚 first responsive template, features for both iOS & Android Apps and introduced user testing into the design cycle.

2008 - 2010

Web Designer at Freshegg

Fresh Egg was my first industry job as a graduate. This role encompassed both design and front end development whilst adhering to strict deadlines. It was a great atmosphere to work in and a great platform for me to progress on into my career.

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