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Earlier work

Before service design, a detour through games and museum installations.

I spent my graduate years at UTD's Arts and Technology program making educational games. My capstone, Texas Animal Adventure, is still installed at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in the native animal hall. It's the work I'm most asked about at dinner parties.

After grad school I spent two years in product UX at a mid-sized SaaS company, which is where I learned to write research-to-decision docs and to argue politely with product managers. Neither of those skills shows up on any portfolio, but both of them are the whole job.

Leighton standing next to the Texas Animal Adventure kiosk in the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, giving a thumbs up in front of the game's title screen.
Texas Animal Adventure in the Perot Science Museum.

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