I interview Design leaders and tech professionals to share their career stories and actionable advice on how to start and grow a career in UX/Product Design and become a better designer, project partner, and human being.
#35 - UX Researcher’s Life, Communication Skills, and Teamwork | Monica Chan
Monica is a UX Researcher @ Amazon.
Monica talks about her career journey in research. We touch on the challenges she faced doing remote studies during COVID and what it really takes to be a researcher. She shares her favourite research methods, tips for those new to research, and advice for designers on working well with researchers.
We also dive into how to convince people that research is crucial for their projects and talk about whether AI could ever take over a researcher's job.
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Episode Links:
Monica’s website: https://monicamchan.wixsite.com/portfolio (https://monicamchan.wixsite.com/portfolio)
Monica’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamchan/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamchan/)
Monica on ADPList: https://adplist.org/mentors/monica-chan (https://adplist.org/mentors/monica-chan)
Monica’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/monicamxchan (https://twitter.com/monicamxchan)
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7 Aug 2023
#34 - Career Switching, Writing a Book, and Creating Board Games | Anthony Conta
Anthony is an award-winning Product Designer @ Amazon, author, educator, inventor, and mentor.
Anthony talks about his career journey and experience in creating board games. We discuss UX bootcamps, thoughts on AI's role in UX, job search strategies, and portfolio and resume tips. To wrap it up Anthony shares his experience writing his first book “The Art and Science of UX Design”.
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Episode Links:
Anthony’s website: https://www.anthonyconta.com/ (https://www.anthonyconta.com/)
Anthony’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonyconta/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonyconta/)
Anthony’s Medium: https://medium.com/@anthony.conta (https://medium.com/@anthony.conta)
Anthony’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/anthony_conta (https://twitter.com/anthony_conta)
Anthony’s book: peachpit.com/uxdesignsbs (http://peachpit.com/uxdesignsbs)
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24 Jul 2023
#33 - What AI Means For The Future of Design | Kirk Clyne & Suzanne Reeves
Kirk and Suzanne are creative leaders and co-founders of Design Unicorn, an agency on a mission to empower designers and agencies to harness the transformative potential of AI.
They share their career stories and their new venture - Design Unicorn - where they share the latest AI developments specifically in relation to the Design world. Obviously, we discuss AI and its impact on the future of the Design profession, and whether AI could understand psychology and be creative. Also, we discuss the risks of companies over-optimizing for conversion rates and ROI, how you can use ChatGPT to prepare for job interviews, and much more.
Enjoy 🤙
Episode Links:
Kirk’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirk-clyne/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirk-clyne/)
Suzanne’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzanne-michele-reeves/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzanne-michele-reeves/)
Design Unicorn: https://www.designunicorn.ai/ (https://www.designunicorn.ai/)
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Outline:
(0:00) - Preview
(0:56) - Introduction
(3:31) - Suzanne’s career story
(12:30) - Kirk’s career story
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