SUPPORT TICKET · #0003

Need a designer who actually gets users.

Need a designer who actually gets users.

Need a designer who actually gets users.

Opened today by you · Assigned to Leon Queck · Channel: this website

Opened today by you · Assigned to Leon Queck · Channel: this website

#0003

Need a designer who actually gets users.

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Ticket #0003 created · Today, 09:14

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You

Requester

09:14

Hi — I need a designer who actually gets users. Not just someone who makes things look nice.

Hi — I need a designer who actually gets users. Not just someone who makes things look nice.

Can you help?

Can you help?

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Assigned to Leon Queck · Status: Open → In progress

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Leon Queck

Agent

09:16

Hi, Leon here. Quick background, so you know who you’re talking to:

Hi, Leon here. Quick background, so you know who you’re talking to:

Three years of graphic design training — a state-recognised German vocational qualification. Then three years in customer support. Now UX.

Three years of graphic design training — a state-recognised German vocational qualification. Then three years in customer support. Now UX.

It looks like a detour. It wasn’t. Each step left behind exactly what the next one needed.

It looks like a detour. It wasn’t. Each step left behind exactly what the next one needed.

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Leon Queck

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09:17

Three years of tickets exactly like this one. People describing where a product failed them — where they got confused, what they couldn’t find, what made them give up.

Three years of tickets exactly like this one. People describing where a product failed them — where they got confused, what they couldn’t find, what made them give up.

Usually annoyed. Always specific.

Usually annoyed. Always specific.

It left me with a precise ear for what a broken flow sounds like from the user’s end. Best research I never had to recruit for.

It left me with a precise ear for what a broken flow sounds like from the user’s end. Best research I never had to recruit for.

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Leon Queck

Agent

09:19

In case you’re wondering why UX: design was always the goal — I just lacked something to build toward. Graphic design had thinned out.

In case you’re wondering why UX: design was always the goal — I just lacked something to build toward. Graphic design had thinned out.

UX is work that makes things genuinely easier for the person on the other end. After three years on the other end, that felt obvious. It’s also something I can keep doing for a long time.

UX is work that makes things genuinely easier for the person on the other end. After three years on the other end, that felt obvious. It’s also something I can keep doing for a long time.

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You

Requester

09:21

Honest question: how experienced are you?

Honest question: how experienced are you?

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Leon Queck

Agent

09:22

Honest answer: early.

Honest answer: early.

I have a full-time job, and everything after it goes into this — a UX certificate, one case study, and this site.

I have a full-time job, and everything after it goes into this — a UX certificate, one case study, and this site.

I’d rather say it than have you work it out. It costs nothing with people who can already tell, and it buys some credibility with everyone else.

I’d rather say it than have you work it out. It costs nothing with people who can already tell, and it buys some credibility with everyone else.

UX-certificate.pdf

PureGym-case-study ↗

this-site.url

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You

Requester

09:24

Also… why is there a clay head on your homepage?

Also… why is there a clay head on your homepage?

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Leon Queck

Agent

09:25

Because work doesn’t have to look anonymous to be taken seriously. Personality is a design decision — same as type, spacing, or where the button goes.

Because work doesn’t have to look anonymous to be taken seriously. Personality is a design decision — same as type, spacing, or where the button goes.

Hence the head.

Hence the head.

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Leon Queck

Auto-reply

09:26

Leon is away from his keyboard right now.

Leon is away from his keyboard right now.

[ one specific non-design detail — placeholder, replace with the real thing ]

Status: In progress → Resolved · 09:27

RESOLUTION

Two ways to close this ticket.

Two ways to close this ticket.

Two ways to close this ticket.

Satisfaction survey: skipped. You’re welcome.

ASSIGNEE

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Leon Queck

UX/UI designer · Switzerland

real photo coming

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You

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Normal

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Question

Channel

This website

Response time

6 years in the making

6 years in the making

#ux

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#career

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