Introduction to Service Design: Improve User Experience

A course by Gabriela Salinas , Service Designer

Service Designer. Monterrey, Mexico.
Joined June 2021

Put your customers at the center of your business by designing a seamless service from start to finish with their needs in mind

99% positive reviews (77)
2,449 students
Audio: Spanish
Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch

Put your customers at the center of your business by designing a seamless service from start to finish with their needs in mind

If you want your customers to feel special and keep coming back for more, join service designer Gabriela Salinas as she helps you develop the perfect strategy to ensure an excellent user experience. She firmly believes people-centered businesses not only make the best first impressions as brands but actually change their customers' lives.

In this course, learn a simple method to design your own top-quality service, considering the overall user experience as well as the main customer touchpoints, both physical and digital.

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What will you learn in this online course?

13 lessons & 18 downloads

The methodology
5 minutes, 17 seconds
How to design a service
3 minutes, 18 seconds
Key concepts of service design
2 minutes, 52 seconds
Evaluate the service
5 minutes, 10 seconds
Understand stakeholders
6 minutes, 27 seconds
  • 99% positive reviews (77)
  • 2,449 students
  • 13 lessons (1h 15m)
  • 18 additional resources (7 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Audio: Spanish
  • Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
  • Level: Beginner
  • Unlimited access forever

What is this course's project?

Develop a user experience strategy for any business you want to improve by making use of the various tools that service design methods offer.

Projects by course students

Who is this online course for?

This course is designed for entrepreneurs and all those who want to specialize in service design, UX design, and customer research.

Requirements and materials

To take this course, you need presentation software such as PowerPoint, Keynote, or Google Slides to present your project in PDF format.

You'll also need a camera or a smartphone as well as sticky notes and markers.


Reviews

2,449 Students
77 Reviews
99% Positive ratings

Gabriela Salinas

A course by Gabriela Salinas

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Service Designer

Gabriela Salinas is a service designer with more than 10 years of experience leading teams and spearheading strategic projects in areas as varied as the finance, insurance, beauty, beverage, education, and social innovation industries. She co-founded Service Design México, an institution specialized in service design training, overseeing the organization as the director for four years. She also co-founded Frontstage Conference, the first service design conference in Mexico.

Previously, she worked as a design director at the brokerage firm GBM and a service designer at BBVA and Idea Couture. She is currently a collaborator at the Service Design Network, having served as a member of the organizing committee for the 2020 and 2021 Service Design Global Conference and a co-founder of the SDN MTY Chapter. She also forms part of the technical council for the graduate program in strategic design at IBERO.


Content

  • U1

    Introduction

    • Presentation
    • Influences
  • U2

    Why design services?

    • The methodology
    • How to design a service
    • Key concepts of service design
    • Differences with other methodologies
  • U3

    Analysis of the current state of the service

    • Evaluate the service
    • Understand stakeholders
    • Understand users
    • Diagram the experience
  • U4

    Better service design

    • Devise service improvements
    • Create the blueprint of your idea
    • Prototype service improvements
  • FP

    Final project

    • Introduction to Service Design

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Introduction to Service Design: Improve User Experience. Design, Marketing, and Business course by Gabriela Salinas

Introduction to Service Design: Improve User Experience

A course by Gabriela Salinas
Service Designer. Monterrey, Mexico.
Joined June 2021
  • 99% positive reviews (77)
  • 2,449 students