Colin Burns leads the User Experience & Design team that is responsible for the UX and Service Design of the BBC’s key online products and the delivery systems that underpin them. Throughout his career, his work has focused on the use of design thinking to provide organisations with design, innovation and transformation strategies. Prior to joining the BBC, Burns was Global Head of Interaction Design at IDEO, Managing Director of IDEO London, Group Director at Elmwood Brand Design, and worked as an independent creative consultant through his own agency, Martach. He is also honourary Professor of Design at Dundee University and Glasgow School of Art

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