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Tammy Guy

Design and Usability Consultant
Tammy Guy

Tammy Guy is the founder of a visual design and usability consulting firm focused on strategic brand planning, creative direction and diffusion of user experience problems by applying design theory and usability best practices in a rapidly changing Web environment. Her firm provides consulting services (e-commerce solutions, mobile apps and tablet experience) to clients from various industries such as fashion retail, commodity retail, pharmaceutical, insurance, financial services, social networking and others. Services include product evaluation, strategy and planning, creative development and direction and usability consulting. With more then 16 years of experience, Tammy previously worked as the Creative Director at LivePerson, Inc. and was a Design Group Manager at the Hertz Corporation where she art-directed all aspects of graphical application development for all customer facing websites. In addition, Tammy has been a frequent guest speaker with the Nielsen Norman Group for the past few years, teaching visual design and usability workshops. She also teaches similar design and usability courses with General Assembly in New York City.

Contributions to UXM

13 pieces
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Class of 2016

When Online Behavior Becomes Second Nature

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Class of 2014

Usability Tip: Interfaces Need Rhythm

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Class of 2014

Usability Tip: Make it Easy to Get out of Panic Mode

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Class of 2014

Usability Tip: Don’t Rely on Color to Convey Your Message

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Class of 2014

Usability Tip: One Main Call-to-Action Item Per Task

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Class of 2014

Usability Tip: Intuitive Design Clears Confusion

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Class of 2014

Usability Tip: No Dead-Ends, Please

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Class of 2014

Usability Tip: Help Your Users Act

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Class of 2014

Usability Tip: Don’t Make Me Search for Search

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Class of 2013

Visual Balance and Weight Allocation for Usability

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Class of 2012

Visual Design and Usability Yellow Brick Road

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Class of 2011

Think Outside the Box, but Don't Forget the Box Exists

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Class of 2011

Internet Package Design