About the UX Awards
The Vancouver User Experience Awards is an opportunity for growing startups, freelance practitioners, agencies, and user-centric enterprises to showcase their work and get recognized for the incredible experiences they create every day.
Thank you to everyone who submitted. We're thrilled to announce this year’s finalists!
Review the finalists, the criteria, and then cast your vote! Voting is open until 11:59pm PST, November 22, 2018.
Bring your team and join the fun. Get your tickets to the gala now!
People's Choice Award
The People’s Choice Award gives the community a chance to vote on the best experience among the finalists, across all categories. Our judges had their say, and we want you to have yours. So, review the finalists, the criteria, and then cast your vote!
Voting is open until 11:59 pm PST on Thursday, November 22, 2018.
Being recognized and awarded by the Vancouver User Experience community was a great validation of the work I love to do. It empowered me with confidence and widened my opportunity to work on emerging technologies, such as Mixed Reality.
Voice experience design – fad or the new frontier?
Selma Zafar, Best Buy Canada
Director, Experience Design
The job postings have started to appear – Wanted: VUX. VUX?
Voice experience design is an emerging trend and product companies are taking notice. Firms are experimenting and vying to lead the conversation. But is voice the new Google Glass?
Best Buy Canada has embarked on an ambitious strategy to evolve into a next-gen experience company and voice experience design is playing a crucial role in this evolution. We’re learning what works (and what doesn’t) for customers, and how voice enriches customer experiences. We’ve moved beyond the screen and the future of voice is exciting and inspiring. It’s time for UXers to expand their practice and their perspective, and start listening as well as viewing.
Selma Zafar leads the Experience Design team at Best Buy Canada. She’s defining what it means to create compelling and seamless digital experiences for Canadians consumers. Selma’s a senior practitioner with 18 years in the UX industry, working across e-commerce, retail, agencies, and mobile. Get ready to be inspired.
Meet the Team: JP Holecka
As POWERSHiFTER returns to the Awards for the third year, organizing committee member JP Holecka reflects on the evolution of the UX industry.
Ticket Sales
Join us for a fun evening on Thursday, November 29, 2018, to celebrate UX in Vancouver. Mingle, sip a complimentary beverage, take a walk on the red carpet, and enjoy some great food!
REVIEWS FROM 2018
- "The event was excellent, well organized, and accessible. I will absolutely be attending next year."
- "It was a blast! Program was on time and everything was well hosted."
- "The venue was great, the keynote was inspiring, and the atmosphere was fantastic. Long live the VanUX awards and community!"
STUDENT TICKETS
We're pleased to offer a limited number of discounted tickets for students. Tickets are available to purchase through Eventbrite. Please bring valid student ID to the door.
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If you would like to support the growing UX community, and take advantage of this great recruitment and marketing opportunity, download our brochure and get in touch with us.
2018 Sponsors
Finger Food
Showcase SponsorFinger Food is a world-class technology company that designs and develops immersive Mobile, MR/AR/VR, Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud and Entertainment products. We work with iOS, Android, Microsoft HoloLens, Tango, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Unity, and Unreal Engine.
We are delighted to be working with these amazing sponsors for 2018
Domain7
Demo DayDomain7 is a people-centric digital service studio serving the globe from Vancouver, BC. We co-design and build experiences to help create a more empathetic and connected world.
SAP
KeynoteSAP is the world’s largest provider of enterprise application software. SAP Jam, our Enterprise Collaboration platform, enables people to connect with data, business processes, information and experts to get work done. We believe companies run better when we design for intelligent, connected and real-time employee experiences.
RED Academy
UX for goodRED Academy is a design and tech school offering courses in web and application development, user experience and user interface design, and digital marketing. They aim to provide both the technical and soft skills needed in a rapidly growing digital economy
Microsoft
UX by StudentsAt Microsoft our mission and values are to help people and businesses throughout the world realize their full potential.
Steamclock
UX for ProductsSteamclock is a product design and development studio focused on making great mobile apps.
Trainerize
UX for Emerging ExperiencesTrainerize is fitness club software that is making fitness accessible by empowering fitness businesses worldwide to reach, engage, and motivate more people to change their lives for the better. With Trainerize, fitness clubs and professionals can spark member engagement through mobile fitness technology, build online communities, and tap into a new market of digital fitness enthusiasts.
Noravera
UX for MarketingNoravera is a digital video production company based in Vancouver, BC. We engage in meaningful storytelling with a business sensibility. We infuse strategy and cohesive narratives to drive imaginative and thoughtful stories by way of video.
TEKsystems Digital
People's ChoiceTEKsystems Digital and Creative Services provides skilled design, development, functional and technical resources to support your interactive, creative and digital initiatives. As the digital technology focused division of TEKsystems, a $3.6 billion global IT staffing, talent management and services leader, we thrive at the intersection of technology and marketing.
Clio
Food SponsorAs the world's leading cloud-based practice management solution, we're helping our customers grow their legal practices —with ease. Clio lets lawyers run their law firm from any device, anywhere.
Major Tom
Drink SponsorMajor Tom is the next iteration of the agency, purpose-built for the needs of today’s complex world. We exist to bring calm to chaos, and clarity to our partners' platforms, products, and campaigns.
Blueprint UX
Community SponsorBlueprint UX is a team of senior UX consultants offering services in user experience strategy, research, design, testing, and mentorship. We help our clients understand their customers, simplify complex business problems, and make digital products and services easier for everyone to use.
BDC
Community SponsorBDC is the only bank dedicated exclusively to entrepreneurs. They are committed to providing technology entrepreneurs with a smooth financing journey at any stage of their life cycle.
BrainStation
Community SponsorBrainStation is a global leader in digital skills training, empowering businesses and brands to succeed in the digital age. Established in 2012, BrainStation has worked with over 250 instructors from the most innovative companies, developing cutting-edge, real-world digital education that has empowered more than 50,000 professionals and some of the largest corporations in the world.
Rosenfeld Media
Community SponsorUnequalled user experience expertise, in print and in person. Rosenfeld Media provides deep user experience design expertise in the formats you need.
Spatial research+design
Community SponsorSpatial is a Research and Design Consultancy Specializing in Digital Innovation. We use best practices in human-centred design to help our clients explore product ideas, solve problems, and create exceptional digital experiences.
Radical Research Summit
Community SponsorThe Radical Research Summit is a one-day event that brings together over 200 researchers, UX practitioners, ethnographers, product managers and businesses. The day will focus on issues and topics that directly impact user research practice today.