Our People

Stuart Church

Stuart is a user experience consultant and the director of Pure Usability. He combines an academic background in behavioural research with more than 8 years experience as a user experience consultant. Stuart is a member of the Usability Professionals' Association and the Information Architecture Institute. In 2005, he helped to set up and organise the Cambridge Usability Group before relocating to Bristol, where he is now an active member of the Bristol Usability Group. In addition to his consultancy work, Stuart teaches user-centred design on the Diploma in Web Design and Development course at Birkbeck, University of London.

You can find out more about Stuart and his thoughts on user experience (and other things!) on his blog, Sensorydrive, and his tumblelog, Sensorytumble.

You can get in touch with Stuart at stuartc@pureusability.co.uk or call him direct on +44 (0)117 915 0186.

Ben Bywater

Ben is a user experience consultant at Pure Usability. He has over 3 years experience in User Centred Design (UCD), building on a background in Psychology (he has an MSc in Human Computer Interaction) and Marketing. He is experienced with a range of research and design methodologies, including consumer ethnography, user surveys, depth interviews, personas, scenarios, prototyping, product testing, card sorting, collaborative workshops and blueprinting.

Before joining Pure in February 2008 Ben worked at Flow Interactive in London, providing UCD services for dozens of private and pubic sector clients. Prior to that he worked in the Communications Group of the Countryside Agency where he managed relationships with organisations like Timberland and the National Lottery.

You can get in touch with Ben at ben.bywater@pureusability.co.uk or by calling +44 (0)117 915 0181.