Digital trade

5 lessons we're learning to improve accessibility at DIT

Natalia Rowles, Product Engagement Manager, Anais Reding, Chief Digital Officer - Business Growth, Monica Beaton, Service Assessment and Assurance Manager, Gianni Bolemole, Interaction Designer and Chris Tucker, Interaction Designer, 18 August 2022 - Professions

We share how we're working towards making all our content, products and services accessible and promoting the importance of accessibility.

Adopting agile working across DIT to support the UK Trade Tariff

Costa Christou, Delivery Manager, 2 August 2022 - Professions

Developing agile services and products that support the UK Trade Tariff and can evolve with the UK's needs

Boosting data confidence with bootcamps

Agnes Coaker, Senior Data Analyst, 20 July 2022 - Products

How we developed a learning programme to help the Department for International Trade make better use of data

Building our User Research Capability in DIT

Jonathan Nicholls, Head of User Research, 4 July 2022 - Professions

DIT is reinvigorating its user research function. Read about some of the challenges we are addressing to increase our impact on DIT’s digital services.

Excel at engagement and events in the post-pandemic world

Natalia Rowles, Product Engagement Manager and Hannah Horn, Head of Engagement and Strategic Adoption, 28 June 2022 - People

DDaT’s Engagement and Strategic Adoption team share their tips for running an inclusive, hybrid event for a large organisation using DDaT Week as a case study.

Female leadership in DIT DDaT: breaking barriers and reflecting the public we serve

Jason Kitcat, DDaT Director, Anais Reding, Chief Digital Officer - Business Growth, Miranda Pottinger, Chief Product and Delivery Officer and Daisy Mackay, Senior DDaT Resourcing Lead, 14 June 2022 - People

We reflect on being shortlisted for the Best Public Sector Employer at the Women in Tech Awards 2022 and why leading diverse teams matters.

Data Workspace Challenge: how different directorates worked together to make better use of data

Freya Krol, Data Engineer, 1 June 2022 - People

Find out how DIT's data team ran a new challenge to drive data literacy across DIT

How continuous learning for our Product profession helped improve our business and stakeholder strategy

Tom Dolan, Head of Product, 10 May 2022 - People

DIT’s Product Managers are adopting the “opportunity solution trees” workshop technique. This is to provide better structure around ideas from their teams and stakeholders, aid collaboration, and improve their overall product strategy.