Dr Angela Orviz

Senior Service Designer

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Profile

Angela has a background in engineering and holds a Masters and PhD in Design Innovation from the Glasgow School of Art. She has 15 years of experience in design research and consultancy through AHRC-funded Knowledge Exchange projects—Moving Targets and Design in Action—working across private, public, and third sector clients.

Angela is passionate about making design accessible, using visual methods and storytelling to untangle complexity, and incorporating participatory practices to foster cross-boundary alignment in government transformation projects.

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Trauma informed organisational and digital transformation

Opencast’s senior service designer Dr Angela Orviz co-led a workshop at the 2025 SDinGov Conference. The session was co-led by Dr Priscilla Cheung-Nainby, from the University of Edinburgh, and was entitled From Awareness to Action: Co-creating a framework and guidelines for trauma-informed digital services.

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Blog post

Group of people sitting around a table during a workshop session, writing on sticky notes and using pens and markers spread across the tabletop.

Trauma informed organisational and digital transformation

Opencast’s senior service designer Dr Angela Orviz co-led a workshop at the 2025 SDinGov Conference. The session was co-led by Dr Priscilla Cheung-Nainby, from the University of Edinburgh, and was entitled From Awareness to Action: Co-creating a framework and guidelines for trauma-informed digital services.

UCD

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Learning & Development

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Government

Read more