Users First - a UX Design Podcast Alessio Ferracuti
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As an advocate for empowering young designers, I conducted from 2020 to 2022 interviews with top technology experts to provide guidance and advice for aspiring product designers, helping them build successful careers in the field
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What is visual storytelling?
Alan Pan, director of User Experience for over 10 years comes to talk about you can simplify communication by using powerful visuals.
Alan's website: https://alanpanux.com/index.html -
Developing Your Own Personal Brand Equity
Learn how to become more confident in presenting your best self.
With Brandie Janow, Digital strategist, we discuss useful tactics and methods to achieve a strategic mindset both on and offline that will result in a professional, creative disposition that helps establish you as both a subject matter expert and thought leader.
Getting started in UX? Read the following list of articles:(https://balsamiq.com/learn/resources/advice-for-UX/) -
Soft Skills for UX Designers
Joey Kilrain, FET UX professor and founder of his own digital experience design company DED, is teaching us about empathy, common sense, negotiation and diplomacy. Hear how you can use these soft skills in your toolkit to get from a good designer to an effective one. Learn more about this topic here: https://balsamiq.com/learn/articles/soft-skills-ux-designers/
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Things I wish I knew before I started in design & product
Eva Li, a former UX designer who turned into a Product Manager, and now runs her own startup www.immisearch.ca; describes how to manage stakeholders, the agile concept of working with developers, and how to navigate your career.
Learn more on how to improve your relationship with product managers: https://balsamiq.com/learn/articles/product-managers-relationships-designers/ -
Understanding costumer journey management
Jochem, Co-founder and CEO of https://www.theydo.io/, talks about how to bridge the gap between agile workflows and customer-centric workflows.
He shares how understanding the three stages of Journey Management (Mapping, Frameworks, Prioritization) helps to build solutions in line with opportunities.
Learn about service blueprints on Balsamiq Wire-framing academy: https://balsamiq.com/learn/articles/wireframing-service-blueprints/ -
The path to career success with Sarah Doody
Sarah Doody, a UX Researcher, Experience Designer, and Founder of Career Strategy Lab, gets in a conversation with Alessio on what hiring managers at top brands are looking for, and how you can design your own career.
YouTube videos of hiring managers
Playlist of interviews with UX hiring managers:
https://bit.ly/3JdyYPt
How to write an effective LinkedIn headline:
https://bit.ly/3NSgJmb
Articles
Should you choose a UX specialization or remain a generalist
https://bit.ly/3Jd8iy3
How to write a resume that showcases your skills and experience
https://bit.ly/3r4aqlw
More advice by Balsamiq Wireframing Academy on how to get started in UX:
https://balsamiq.com/learn/resources/advice-for-UX/.