A manufacturer of emergency medical service (EMS) equipment needed to respond to new market demands due to the increasing size/weight of the patient population their end users work with every day.
Lead design researcher and strategist on a four person multidisciplinary team.
My role involved guiding the team through build-to-learn activities and defining user validated product opportunities.
Kick-start the clients new product design by generating and testing a breadth of concepts to validate new product opportunities and prioritize user needs.
Aligned the client and team on project scope and problem statements through analysis of robust existing client data and knowledge
Co-designed, facilitated, and participated in ideation workshops and concept development
Guided the client and team through concept prioritization by planning and leading down-selection and alignment activities
Deepened and focused client knowledge of core users by planning and conducting two hour concept driven focus groups with medics and completing analysis/synthesis
Delivered learnings and actionable insights for five concepts, and design guidelines for future concepting
Defined three opportunity areas for new product development across a spectrum of small to significant design challenges
Co-created a presentation and prepared the client team to present it to their executive gatekeepers with the intent of selling the process