Sarah Parmenter is one of the funniest, nicest, and most impressive designer/entrepreneurs I know. She plunged into this toughly competitive profession at 19, an age when most of us weren’t capable of plunging into anything. Scant years later, she has built an internationally respected web and iOS design practice, with clients including Blackberry, News International, STV, and the National Breast Cancer Foundation of America. A jet-setting speaker, Sarah excels at teaching, and she is a riot with a few cocktails in her. She is also a professional singer and actress, and co-hosts a popular weekly design podcast. In 2011, at .net Magazine’s annual awards show, Sarah’s peers voted her ‘Designer of the Year’. She can probably levitate.
Jeffrey Zeldman
Co-Founder of The Web Standards Project | zeldman.com
This industry has held my heart for 19 years now, longer if you count the time I was dabbling in code at school. I have been so lucky that it’s taken me to corners of the earth I could have only dreamt of in my younger years. In that time, I’ve worked for some incredible companies, met amazing friends and attended industry conferences where finding my “people” truly changed my life trajectory.
Amongst all this, my work has been recognised by my peers. I’m so grateful to do something I love every day and teach the new generation of fresh talent to this industry as well.
Select Interviews & Podcasts
- Designer News AMA
- The Big Web Show with Jeffrey Zeldman – Episode 149 (audio)
- The Big Web Show with Jeffrey Zeldman – Episode 77 (audio)
- Ask Dr Web Live with Jeffrey Zeldman (video + transcript)
- Celebrating 20 years of Jeffrey Zeldman with Lynda.com (video)
- Designing Using Data – AEA 2014 talk (video)
- The Future of Beautiful iOS Design – Future Insights, London (video)
- Designing Using Data – Future Insights, London (video)
- Team Treehouse Interview (video)
- User Interface Design Course on Treehouse
- Celebrating Women in Technology – The British Library (video)
- The Net Awards 2011 Awards Ceremony (video)
- The Great Discontent – Sarah Parmenter
- Besquare – Sarah Parmenter Video Interview Part 1 (video)
- The Big Web Show with Dan Benjamin & Jeffrey Zeldman
- The Pipeline audio interview with Sarah Parmenter
- Smashing Magazine: Women in Web Design, Group Interview
- The Geek Talk: Interview with Sarah Parmenter
- Boagworld 200th Episode Special
- 40 of the most notable and prominent female designers
- Fuel Your Interface: Interview with Sarah Parmenter
- Sarah Parmenter designs a Woo Theme for Breast Cancer Awareness
- Please start from the beginning: Video interview with Sarah Parmenter
- 50 Best Female Web Designers around the world
- 10 women you need to know in Interface Design
- 25 Female Web Designers
- Co-host of Boagworld Podcast 176
- Co-host of Boagworld Podcast 159
- .net magazine, double page feature spread
- 10 top designers take the Steven Stephenson challenge
- .net Magazine – contributor to various features
- Web Design talk to Students on 19th March 08 about web design career prospects.
Speaking Engagements
I love educating and speaking to audiences both tech savvy and newbies to the industry. If you would like me to speak at your event, please email me at sarah(at)sazzy(dot)co(dot)uk for a list of talks. I’m happy to travel for events further afield than London. I mainly speak on design as well as UI/UX-based topics.
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An Event Apart: San Francsico
9th-11th December 2019 Westin St.Francis, Union Square -
An Event Apart: Washington DC
29th-31st July 2019 Pentagon City -
An Event Apart: Seattle
4th-6th March 2019 Westin, Seattle -
An Event Apart: Seattle
2nd-4th April 2018 Westin, Seattle -
Adobe Creative Jam: NYC
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An Event Apart: Washington
July 30th – August 1st Sheraton, Pentagon City -
Generate
20th September 2018 Royal Institution, Mayfair – London -
An Event Apart: Orlando
October 8th-10th Disney’s Contemporary Resort -
Adobe Max
October 15th-17th Los Angeles, CA -
An Event Apart: Chicago
August 28th-30th, 2017 Westin Chicago River North -
An Event Apart: Denver
December 11th-13th, 2017 Denver Marriott City Center -
An Event Apart: Seattle
April 3-5th, 2017 Bell Harbor Conference Centre -
An Event Apart: Washington
July 25th-27th, 2016 Hilton, Alexandria Marks Center -
An Event Apart: Orlando – Special Edition
October 3-5, 2016 Disney’s Contemporary Resort -
An Event Apart: San Francisco
October 31-November 2, 2016 Westin, St.Francis -
Reasons:London
February 19th, 2016 LSO St Luke’s -
An Event Apart – San Francisco
November 2-4th, 2015 he Palace Hotel. -
An Event Apart – Washington DC
August 10-12, 2015 Sheraton Premiere at Tyson’s Corner. -
An Event Apart – San Diego
June 8-10, 2015 San Diego, Marriott Marquis & Marina. -
An Event Apart – Boston
May 11-13, 2015 Boston, USA. -
An Event Apart – Atlanta
February 16-19th, 2015 Atlanta, USA. -
An Event Apart – Orlando
October 27-29 2014 Orlando, USA. -
An Event Apart – Austin
September 22-24 2014 Austin, USA. -
An Event Apart – Washington
July 20th-22nd 2014 Washington, USA. -
An Event Apart – Boston
April 28th–29th 2014 Boston, USA. -
An Event Apart – Atlanta
February 17th–19th 2014 Atlanta, USA. -
An Event Apart, San Diego.
San Diego, USA. May 20–22, 2013 -
International Women’s Day
Leigh-on-Sea, UK. March 8th 2013 -
Responsive Day Out
Brighton, UK. March 1st 2013 -
Altitude.
27th February 2013 Portsmouth, UK. -
New Adventures 2013
Nottingham, UK 23rd-25th January 2013 -
Refresh LX
Lisbon, Portugal 20th-21st September 2012 -
An Event Apart
Chicago, USA 27th-29th August 2012 -
An Event Apart
Washington DC 6th-8th August 2012 -
An Event Apart
Austin, USA 9th-11th July 2012 -
Front End Design Conference
Florida 8th-9th June 2012 -
Open Source Scotland
Scotland 12th-14th April 2012 -
Lecture at University of Ulster
Ulster, Belfast 21st March 2012 -
Front End Conference
Oslo, Norway 11th October 2011 -
Flash on the beach
Brighton, UK 12th September 2011 -
Update Conference
Brighton, UK 5th September 2011 -
An Event Apart
Minneapolis, USA 8th-9th August 2011 -
Interlink Conference
Vancouver, Canada 2nd-4th June 2011 -
Future of Web Design
London, UK 16th-18th May 2011