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How to Create Consistent Fintech Experiences With a Brand Ambassador Team

Want to improve your customers’ experience across all channels? Building a UX framework and cross-branch ambassador program can help. Here’s how to get started.

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Three Reasons to Add Desk Research to Your Next Project

Secondary research, like desk research, is a powerful tool for practitioners to add to their research toolkits. Here’s why you should consider adding it to your next project.

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Delight Your Customers With Age Inclusive Design

Data shows that global populations are tipping the demographic scale toward adults over 65. With age-inclusive design, product adoption and reach could spread like wildfire.

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How to Harness the “Designer’s Curse” for Your Next Design Review

As a UX designer, you most likely have a method for gathering design inspiration. Here's a step-by-step process for conducting a design review that leverages your inspiration-seeking habits and helps you consider strategy early in the design process.

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Blink Thought Leaders You'll See This Year at ConveyUX

Join these Blink practitioners at ConveyUX for three days of engaging speaker sessions, hands-on workshops, and several opportunities to network with other UX pros.

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9 Tips for Attending a Professional Conference From Home

Make the most of your virtual ConveyUX experience with these at-home conference tips from Blink UX.

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Blink's 2022 DEI Progress Report

A look at how our DEI efforts came to life in the last year.

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A Happy New Year Letter From Our CEO

Blink UX CEO Karen Clark Cole reflects on the past year and shares what to expect from Blink in 2023.

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Hiring at Blink UX

Our guide on what to expect during the Blink hiring process and how to stand out when you apply.

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How We're Finding UX Design Inspiration in the Film Industry

As part of our employee "Lunch and Learn" series, we spoke with Hocus Pocus production designer Bill Sandell. Here are some highlights from our conversation and a few ideas for how you can find UX design inspiration in the film industry.

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How Automation is Improving the Healthcare Customer Experience

Our tips for using automation to create efficient, personalized experiences that meet patient needs.

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The Benefits of Being a Design Driven Organization + How To Become One

Organizations that embrace evidence-driven design increase profits, retain customers, and align on business goals quicker than their engineering-led counterparts. This article will discuss what it means to be a design-led organization and how you can apply design in any industry.

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How to Improve CX and EX With a Total Experience Strategy

A TX business strategy can help companies increase employee experience and customer experience quickly and efficiently.

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Workplace Culture: Understanding the Positivity Ratio

Do you feel silly, amused, or fun-loving? That’s a positive emotion. Do you feel guilty, repentant, or blameworthy? That’s a negative emotion. Both positive and negative emotions change the way that our brain operates. Negative emotions narrow our perspective to focus on threats. Positive emotions broaden our field of vision.

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How Improving Website Accessibility Will Positively Impact SEO

Accessible content leads to a more inclusive website, and by following web accessibility best practices, you can also improve search engine optimization (SEO).

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Numbers, Naturally

How to use our text-to-speech reader to create natural-sounding numbers for automated voice messaging systems.

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How Nudges in Design Can Effect Behavior Change

As UX strategists, we use nudges and other lessons from behavioral economics to help people make better decisions — typically without their noticing.

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Making the Most of a Internship Experience Through Collaboration

During my UX design internship, I learned that collaborating with my project team, the project client, and fellow Blinkers was the key to a successful project and internship experience.

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Designing for Mobility Impairments

I met with Blake, one of Blink’s assistive device specialists, to discuss the challenges of his mobility impairment and his tips for creating inclusive app and web designs.

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Diversity, equity, and inclusion at Blink

These are our first steps toward cultivating a more equitable workplace for our employees, clients, and community.

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Why Good UX is Essential for Banks

As the desire for easy-to-use digital banking services continues to rise, banks and fintech companies have an opportunity to create better user experiences for their online customers.

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2021 Pro Bono Project Update

We checked in with our pro bono project teams earlier this month to get an update on the projects in flight. Meet this year’s pro bono clients and learn more about their innovative solutions for some of society’s most pressing issues.

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The Hidden Benefit of Rage Clicks: How To Boost Your Site Performance

Learn how rage clicks can help you detect user frustration and make data-driven decisions to improve your site.

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Workplace culture: How an evidence-based, data-driven approach produces thriving resu...

A positive company culture requires the same careful curation, management, and rigor as any other aspect of a business. At Blink, we consciously design our culture to ensure that employees have the structure and guidance they need to fully develop their skills and abilities for a happy and rewarding career.