Head of communities and user experience,
Guardian News & Media
Meg Pickard is Head of Communities and User Experience for Guardian Unlimited, responsible for developing and managing existing and new social web strategy and experiences for The Guardian.
She originally trained as an anthropologist, conducting ethnographic research into cultural identity with communities first in Bolivia and subsequently online, and eventually succumbed to the Internet industry´s bright lights over a decade ago.
While at AOL Europe between 1998 and 2007, she conceived and developed editorial and commercial projects and innovations and became Consumer Experience Lead for Social Media products & initiatives. Meg is also one of the longest-running bloggers in the UK, as well as being a passionate photographer, writer and creative geek.