Chris How / Information Architect

Information Architect Chris How joined the User Experience team at Cogapp in June 2009 to extend our capacity to help clients with this service, both as a unique offering and as a core part of our larger projects.

Chris works on designing, developing and implementing user-centred navigational approaches and information architecture. He conducts detailed information architecture work such as content auditing and development of metadata frameworks, in support of this work he also runs user research and usability evaluations.

Chris came to Cogapp with over three years' experience as a User Experience Architect for First Choice Holidays. There, his role included carrying out key user experience strategies such as user research, creation of paper prototypes and wireframes, data analysis and heuristic assessment. Chris also brings his skills and experience as a web designer to the role, and is well versed in accessibility and website compliance to WCAG and W3C guidelines.

Chris is passionate about user experience and at First Choice presented to the heads of e-commerce across TUI Europe on the benefits of User Centered Design.

Chris has also won awards at the US International Film Festival for multimedia projects for British Gymnastics and Battersea Dogs’ Home and has produced promos for the Guardian and BBC Worldwide.

Chris is a member of the Information Architecture Institute and IA London.