UX Companion is an editorial reference for UX practitioners. A glossary of the concepts, laws, methods and disciplines that show up in real work — plus an audit and methodology library, interactive scoring tools, and long-form writing on current UX practice. Written and maintained by one person, not generated at scale.
The product is closest in shape to a technical dictionary — the kind you keep open in a browser tab while you work. Look up a concept, get a practitioner-level definition with an example, follow the related concepts into the wider material if you want the deeper reference.
Three things live at UX Companion. First, a glossary of UX concepts — principles, laws, methods, disciplines — each explained in the shape a practitioner needs (what it is, why it matters, when to use it, what it looks like in practice, what people get wrong). Second, an operational library covering UX audits, portfolio and interview material, accessibility work, and AI-in-UX practice. Third, a small suite of free interactive tools — audit checklists, scoring templates, contrast checkers — the kind you actually use during real project work rather than reading about.
Every page on the site is written by Jamie Pow, a London-based experience design leader who has spent the last decade running design teams and shipping products at retail, marketplace and financial services scale. Nothing on the site is AI-generated or ghostwritten. The editorial voice is deliberately practitioner-first — assumes the reader is doing the work rather than learning about it — and where opinion appears, it's marked as opinion.
The author page covers credentials and current role in more detail.
Everything on the site follows the same editorial standard. Definitions and articles are drafted from first-hand experience, cross-checked against primary sources (WCAG specifications, Nielsen Norman Group publications, IDEO, Google's HEART framework, and other named references), and revised until they earn their place in a practitioner's reference.
The full editorial approach — sourcing, review, corrections policy, update cadence, disclosure of any commercial relationships — is documented on the editorial standards page.
UX Companion is funded by a small number of relevant advertising and affiliate placements — never at the cost of the reference. If a page contains a commercial recommendation, it's labelled explicitly, contextually appropriate, and included only when the product genuinely helps with the task being described on that page. The disclosure page lists every affiliate relationship in detail. If you'd rather block ads entirely, that's fine — the content remains free.
The recurring questions from readers become new FAQ pages. If you've spotted a factual error, a stale reference, or an ambiguity in a definition, email hello@uxcompanion.co.uk or use the contact page. Corrections are made within a working week and dated on the page.
Not a course. Not a certification. Not a consulting brochure. There are no gated downloads, no email capture walls, no upsell to paid tiers. The site exists to be a reference — a place practitioners can come back to, share with junior team members, and consult during real project work.