Laura Kerrison
Ngāti Rangitihi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Laura is passionate about human-centred design and understanding people’s needs and behaviour in order to create the best possible experiences that are enjoyable and easy for the user, and meet both the business goals and technical requirements.
Laura’s roles include facilitating discovery workshops, user research, persona development, prototyping and user testing, user experience and interaction design and frontend development on Symfony and other PHP frameworks. Recently Laura has worked in a product management role running an agile design and development process for Techweek NZ, and on other projects such as Oranga Tamariki Practice Centre and New Zealand Drug Foundation.
Laura has a Bachelor in Design from Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and a Diploma in Journalism. She is a youth mentor for Brothers in Arms and runs events on Digital Accessibility and inclusive design. She also runs an event series MUV Talks, and is an organising member of the community events Startup Weekend and Creative Mornings.
Posts by laura
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How we track our time at Springtimesoft
Sep 8, 2021
Time tracking. The old behemoth. The bane of service providers everywhere. Whether you bill for time or not, as a service provider it is essential that you can effectively and efficiently track how you spend your time and how long activities take you and your team. -
Reflecting on 2020
Jan 10, 2021
Over the course of 2020 we heard, as you likely did too, the same phrases repeated (and probably said them a few times too). When can 2020 be over. These are unprecedented times. -
User testing from home
May 13, 2020
Moderated user testing is something most traditionally done in person. The ability to read body language, recognise appropriate timing for follow up questions or probe a little further into something the user paused over, are all much easier when you’re sitting in the same room. -
Springtimesoft in Kawakawa Bay 2019
Dec 16, 2019
2019 has been a big year here at Springtimesoft, and so for the first week of December we all got together in Kawakawa Bay to reflect, celebrate and recharge. -
NetHui 2019: Safety, inclusion and wellbeing on the open Internet
Oct 11, 2019
Last week Ben and Laura attended NetHui 2019 — a gathering of people from industry, policy makers and community to discuss all things internet, with a specific focus on ‘Safety, inclusion and wellbeing on the open Internet’. Essentially, over two days we heard about and discussed some of the biggest challenges we face as not only providers of technology services, but simply as users of the internet. -
Working from Barcelona
Apr 6, 2018
At Springtimesoft we’re a remote working team – spread across New Zealand through Auckland, Wellington, Gisborne and beyond – but in Winter 2017 I decided to take things a little further. With a firmly entrenched love of travel, a desire to discover more of the world, and finding myself in the peak time of the remote worker, it felt almost inexcusable not to give it a go. I booked an Airbnb on the outskirts of Barcelona, a coworking space near the beach, a solid mobile data plan, and off I went. Little did I consider the 12 hour time difference and my fairly abysmal command of the Spanish language, but we’ll get to that. -
Exciting things afoot in Nelson
Sep 18, 2017
Last weekend, we sponsored Startup Weekend Nelson - an awesome 54 hours that we are proud to have been a part of. So, what was it, what did we do there and how did it go? All very good questions… -
Supporting MUV Talks 2017
Jul 14, 2017
MUV Talks was co-founded in New Zealand by Pauli Sosa and myself with the aim to create an environment where passionate people can gather together to learn, be inspired and celebrate the stories of others. Each event consists of a set of seven talks for seven minutes with different experiences and points of view and is interspersed with activities and networking. -
Techweek '17 - a few of our favourite things
May 15, 2017
And just like that, after over 280 events in 24 locations around New Zealand in the past 9 days, Techweek ‘17 has come to a close. These events were dedicated to bringing together local technology and business talent to tackle global issues, and ranged from deep dives into blockchain, aerospace and agritech to discussions of diversity and capability building. -
10 Startups in the Making
May 8, 2017
Last weekend we went along to Startup Weekend Auckland’s pitch night, to check out what ideas are on the minds of Auckland’s budding entrepreneurs. -
Kiwicon 2016 Wrap Up
Dec 15, 2016
This November, the Springtimesoft team headed to Kiwicon in Wellington, taking on the earthquake, heavy rain, flooding and road closures to soak up some information with more than 2000 other attendees. -
The intersection of design and development
Sep 2, 2016
What does it mean designing in a development lead company? To me - the same thing it means designing in any other, with just a few different turns in the road to get to the end goal.