User Journeys with Ben Newbolt

Service & Journey Design

User Journeys

Capture the paths users take to accomplish specific goals — including their actions, thoughts, and emotions. Journey maps highlight friction, decision points, and opportunities for improvement, helping design teams create smoother, more supportive experiences.

When to Employ This Service

Use to map emotional and behavioural stages of the user’s experience over time — especially helpful in identifying friction or decision-making gaps.

Outcomes & Benefits

Journey maps connect experience gaps to user goals and product value. They help teams empathise, align, and prioritise effectively.

  • Visual clarity across fragmented journeys

  • Identification of key friction and decision points

  • Alignment of UX work with broader strategy

  • Focused investment in high-impact touchpoints

Approach

User journeys clarify how people move through systems and services over time. I work with teams to visualise pain points, needs, and context — both today and in ideal futures.

  • Discovery: Gather data from users, analytics, and teams

  • Mapping: Create visual narratives from first contact to outcome

  • Synthesis: Identify breakpoints, duplication, and missed opportunities

  • Communication: Enable prioritisation and alignment

User Journey Synthesis with Ben Newbolt

Typical Deliverables

Discover

  • Evidence-based user flow sketches

Define

  • Journey map visuals (current state)

Design

  • Annotated future-state journey maps

  • Gap analysis overlays