ESO- PLACEMENT TALK

By MT McCann

(Ladies that ux)-good to join to meet fellow female UX designers

Started in Austin texas- 500 employees

What does their software do?

Helps those who work in healthcare- EG if someone calls 999 the ambulance comes. Data is then logged in software that ESO develop and log hospital duration and what medicines/ services were used and then use this data to see how emergency services can improve.

ESO software improves fire services EG day to day running, helping them run more efficiently, log staff activities and any emergency calls and what they need to improve or what they need to stalk their vehicles with etc to ultimately improve the safety of these services.

Data collecting and analysis software to help communities emergency services to provide the best healthcare.

What do the design team do?

The design team prioritise making their software large as well as easy to read and use. It is very concise, clear information so emergency personnel can quickly read/enter data even if they’re wearing gloves etc. very simple clear layout as it is used in high pressure situations- idea is to not overwhelm the staff anymore than needed. Their goal is to make the emergency services job as easy as they possibly can.

The software allows the team to log 

• What did they do?
• What happened?
• Where was it?
• What was used to help the situation?
• Any injuries?

Located in Texas, Colorado, England, Belfast, Canada, Washington.

Belfast HQ

• Royal Avenue, Belfast city centre
• Working to expand their Belfast team
• Comfy, fun environment= cafe, design spaces, sofas, meeting pods/booths
• *research project aristotle*

Type of intern needed

• Passion for healthcare
• Full of curiosity
• Cares about people
• Natural problem solver
• Desire to build accessible interfaces
• Empathy for our users and desire to learn as much as possible about their needs in various scenarios.
• Loves teamwork and bringing people together
• Can work independently
• Great communication skills
• High emotional intelligence positive attitude and common sense
• Loves a challenge

Basics needed

• Naturally creative
• Know your way round their tools EG sigma, Miro, Dovetail
• sketch>wireframe>prototype>test>iterate
• User research methods
• Usability
• Product mindset

UI DESIGN	UX DESIGN	PRODUCT
Fonts, layouts, patterns, colours	Usability	Adoption
Interaction design	Personas	Conversion
Prototyping	Workflows	Retention
Style guides (buttons, drop-downs, text fields)	Information architecture	Share-ability and growth
Responsiveness	Content and copywriting	UI DESIGN*
Animations	UI DESIGN*	UX DESIGN*