Matt Jones🇬🇧
Principal Designer at Google
About Matt Jones
Principal Designer at Google
I'm a designer with a broad range of experience delivering both digital and physical products/services since 1995.
I was a principal and partner at BERG, a product invention company that researched, conceived, designed and built connected products. I've been a creative director and team-builder for award-winning services like BBC News Online, and Sapient's London studio.
At Nokia, I drove design research, working on areas as diverse as RFID/NFC applications of tangible/physical interfaces and the human universal experience of play. Then, transferring that work to the business-facing side of design - as Director of User-Experience Design for the Multimedia Division of Nokia Design, part of the team responsible for driving the Nokia Nseries user-experience.
I was one of the founders and lead designer of Dopplr.com, a service for frequent travellers which was sold to Nokia in 2009.
I regularly speak at conferences and events such as Reboot, UX London, Adaptive Path's MX event, Ars Electronica, O'Reilly's Etech and FooCamp.
I've taught/lectured at the RCA, AHO Oslo, CIID Copenhagen and Goldsmiths, London.
I have been writing on interaction design, comic books and planetary-scale, self-replicating robot dogs for over 20 years at http://www.petafloptimism.com
Expertise
Sessions with Matt Jones
- Mentorship Session (30 min): General mentorship
What mentees say
“I had a meeting with Matt before joining my grad school, he helped me understand how to plan my path ahead, what areas and skills to focus on - pros and cons of being a generalist or a specialist. How to keep up with the industry and make future connections. I would definitely recommend Matt to other students, and I plan on staying connected with him in the future!”
“Thanks Matt for the chat! It was super interesting to hear how a designer approaches working on AI, as well as how to navigate office politics. 110% would recommend!!!”
“Had a great conversation with Matt today! We talked about the pros and cons of working freelance vs a full time job. He gave me great career advice, some major takeaways is to focus on the output, and to treat how I’m presenting myself and my portfolio like a design problem. Thank you Matt for all your help, really appreciate it!”