#23 - Personal Brand, Networking, and Being Proactive | Mitchell Clements

Mitch Clements is a Mentor, Speaker, and UX Manager @ SimpleNexus.

Mitch shares his career journey, switching from an Android engineer to UX. He shares what a personal brand means for an employee, and how you can influence change in a company. Also, we talk about networking by helping design communities, actionable job search advice, and much more. Enjoy 👍

Episode Links:

• Mitch’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchell-clements/
• ADPList Mentorship Platform: https://adplist.org
• Product Hive Mentorship Platform: https://www.producthive.org
• Front Design Conference: https://www.frontutah.com/
• Book “Articulating Design Decisions”: https://amzn.to/3JcuADt

Podcast Info:

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• Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3RukfVO
• RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/c09a45dc/podcast/rss

Outline:

• (0:00) - Preview
• (1:15) - Introduction
• (2:28) - Mitch’s career story
• (7:10) - Transitioning to a UX manager
• (10:28) - Building a personal brand as an employee
• (13:06) - Contributing to different design communities
• (18:14) - ADPList and Product Hive comparison
• (22:13) - Launching a mobile app for portfolio
• (25:48) - Benefits of being a part of a company
• (28:44) - Economy impact on the team
• (31:23) - Change management is hard
• (33:53) - Find stakeholder advocates to influence change
• (37:43) - Anyone can initiate change
• (43:47) - AI impact on the design profession
• (52:10) - AI and critical thinking
• (55:01) - Resume and portfolio advice
• (59:07) - Networking for job searching
• (1:04:39) - Experiment with your job search process
• (1:07:15) - What would you do if money wasn't a question?

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