What is a User Persona?

A persona is a profile that describes the lifestyle, behavior, needs, wants, goals and background of a member of your target audience.

Oscar de la Hera Gomez
Written by Oscar de la Hera Gomez
First published on 01/17/2024 at 13:32
Last Updated on 01/19/2024 at 14:45
<p>A flower that represents Strategy with the text “User Persona” beneath it.</p>

A persona is a profile that describes the lifestyle, behavior, needs, wants, goals and background of a member of your target audience.

SubscribeWhat is a Target Audience?

"Personas are a tool organizations can use to learn more about their users. They are used to learn as much as you can about end users in order to better the product or service you provide. If you are able to think as a user during the design and development of a product or service, this will help greatly in creating something that satiates the users’ needs."

Digital.gov: Personas 101

User Personas, or Personas, are an outcome of user research and/or desk research and is a tool that is often used by organizations to learn more about their users or customers.

What is User Research?What is Desk Research?

This is a useful design research tool as it serves as a constant reminder about who it is that you are creating a feature, product, service or experience for.

What is Design Research?

To see examples of personas or to learn how to create them consult the link below.

How to create a User Persona

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