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. 

1. An Event Apart: San Francsico

   9th-11th December 2019
   Westin St.Francis, Union Square

2. An Event Apart: Washington DC

   29th-31st July 2019
   Pentagon City

3. An Event Apart: Seattle

   4th-6th March 2019
   Westin, Seattle

4. An Event Apart: Seattle

   2nd-4th April 2018
   Westin, Seattle

5. Adobe Creative Jam: NYC

   Date tba.
   Venue tba.

6. An Event Apart: Washington

   July 30th – August 1st
   Sheraton, Pentagon City

7. Generate

   20th September 2018
   Royal Institution, Mayfair – London

8. An Event Apart: Orlando

   October 8th-10th
   Disney’s Contemporary Resort

9. Adobe Max

   October 15th-17th
   Los Angeles, CA

10. An Event Apart: Chicago

    August 28th-30th, 2017
    Westin Chicago River North

11. An Event Apart: Denver

    December 11th-13th, 2017
    Denver Marriott City Center

12. An Event Apart: Seattle

    April 3-5th, 2017
    Bell Harbor Conference Centre

14. An Event Apart: Washington

    July 25th-27th, 2016
    Hilton, Alexandria Marks Center

15. An Event Apart: Orlando – Special Edition

    October 3-5, 2016
    Disney’s Contemporary Resort

16. An Event Apart: San Francisco

    October 31-November 2, 2016
    Westin, St.Francis

17. Reasons:London

    February 19th, 2016
    LSO St Luke’s

18. An Event Apart – San Francisco

    November 2-4th, 2015
    he Palace Hotel.

19. An Event Apart – Washington DC

    August 10-12, 2015
    Sheraton Premiere at Tyson’s Corner.

20. An Event Apart – San Diego

    June 8-10, 2015
    San Diego, Marriott Marquis & Marina.

21. An Event Apart – Boston

    May 11-13, 2015
    Boston, USA.

22. An Event Apart – Atlanta

    February 16-19th, 2015
    Atlanta, USA.

23. An Event Apart – Orlando

    October 27-29 2014
    Orlando, USA.

24. An Event Apart – Austin

    September 22-24 2014
    Austin, USA.

25. An Event Apart – Washington

    July 20th-22nd 2014
    Washington, USA.

26. An Event Apart – Boston

    April 28th–29th 2014
    Boston, USA.

27. An Event Apart – Atlanta

    February 17th–19th 2014
    Atlanta, USA.

28. An Event Apart, San Diego.

    San Diego, USA.
    May 20–22, 2013

29. International Women’s Day

    Leigh-on-Sea, UK.
    March 8th 2013

30. Responsive Day Out

    Brighton, UK.
    March 1st 2013

31. Altitude.

    27th February 2013
    Portsmouth, UK.

32. New Adventures 2013

    Nottingham, UK
    23rd-25th January 2013

33. Refresh LX

    Lisbon, Portugal
    20th-21st September 2012

34. An Event Apart

    Chicago, USA
    27th-29th August 2012

35. An Event Apart

    Washington DC
    6th-8th August 2012

36. An Event Apart

    Austin, USA
    9th-11th July 2012

37. Front End Design Conference

    Florida
    8th-9th June 2012

38. Open Source Scotland

    Scotland
    12th-14th April 2012

39. Lecture at University of Ulster

    Ulster, Belfast
    21st March 2012

40. Front End Conference

    Oslo, Norway
    11th October 2011

41. Flash on the beach

    Brighton, UK
    12th September 2011

42. Update Conference

    Brighton, UK
    5th September 2011

43. An Event Apart

    Minneapolis, USA
    8th-9th August 2011

44. Interlink Conference

    Vancouver, Canada
    2nd-4th June 2011

45. Future of Web Design

    London, UK
    16th-18th May 2011

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