UCD freelancers directory

Directory updated: 14.10.2026

Hirers, welcome! Find user-centred design specialists for project work. Please buy us a coffee if you fill a role using this Directory. Categorised by primary discipline, skillsets may fit several roles.

Professionals with over 3 years' UCD experience, apply to be listed. If accepted pay annual subs, £20 by calendar year. For now until 31 December 2026, £10.

Planning and training

Directors, heads of, discipline leads

5 ace leaders

Strategists, coaches and trainers

7 incredible facilitators and strategists

Research

Business analysts

We need you! Apply to be listed – application form link is at top of this page.

User researchers

9 amazing user researchers

Design

Content design

25 fabulous content designers

Graphic design

We need you! Apply to be listed – application form link is at top of this page.

Product design

1 brilliant product designer

Service design

4 super service designers

We need more of you! Apply to be listed – application form link is at top of this page.

Technical writing

2 awesome technical authors

UI, UX and UCD design

9 outstanding usability designers

UX writers

1 amazing UX writer

Data architects

2 interstellar data architects

Developers

We need you! Apply to be listed – application form link is at top of this page.

Recommended training providers

The School of Good Services: service design

Effortmark: forms, surveys, plain language, editing

Content Design Ireland: expert accessible content design

Cake Consultancy Ltd: user centred design, content design, writing for web, content accessibility introduction

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