Working in UX Design

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Every month, tune in to our ‘Working In UX Design’ podcast series - where we interview a UX professional in the industry on their experience of working in UX Design. Our past interviewees include UX leads from Grab, AirAsia, Shopify, TripAdvisor and more!

  1. 28 AUG

    Episode 48: Vibe Code & Launch your first Mobile App with Sherizan Sheikh

    Sherizan Sheikh is a designer and AI builder. He leads design at botim (MENA’s fastest-growing app), builds solo projects like Nasma.ai, a spiritual AI habit tracker, Getglocal.ai, AI localisation tool and runs Detach.to for designers who love AI. When he’s not in Figma or Cursor, he’s rallying builders at JFBI, a vibecoding community in UAE. Hear us cover: Why vibe code is a massive opportunity for product professionals Deciding what to build Getting started with tools Launch and market to PMF Reiterating as a solo builder UX Career pathways

    1h 2m

  2. 30 JUL

    Episode 47: Iterate to Fit: Using Continuous Discovery to achieve PMF with Jocelyn Malan

    Jocelyn is a product and design leader with 14 years of experience in building strong teams and creating impact for consumers and businesses. She helps teams achieve strategic excellence across stages and particularly loves the 0-1 stage. She has been the CEO of a Series A breast cancer biotech (acquired in 2019), founded two organizations, including a design firm based in NYC, and has been part of the founding team of two other companies. Her expertise is her ability to translate customer insights into concepts and products. Some careers highlights include being a Senior Product and Design Director at a design care agency in the US, learning a team to design products from healthcare to eldercare, teaching classes at Stanford's design school (d.school), and getting her career started in finance, at the International Finance Corp., World Bank Group based in Nairobi, Kenya. Jocelyn believes that the how matters as much as the what when building products. She is based in Singapore with her family. Hear us cover: What’s an effective product discovery process? The Power of Iteration: Why “Fit” is a Moving Target Setting Up for Research Success in the Age of GenAI Best Practices for Iterative Product Discovery (including localisation) Case Studies: Success Stories of Agile Product Market Fit and AI-Accelerated Discovery

    1h 5m

  3. 25 JUN

    Episode 46: Hypergrow your Tech Career with Startups with Assyaraf Johari

    Assyaraf is currently a product design manager at Circles - a Telco SaaS company. With 10 years of experience in digital design, he is passionate about building great products as well as mentoring and growing design teams. Outside of work, Assyaraf enjoys the occasional travelling, discovering new music and supporting his favourite football team, Liverpool FC. Hear us cover: Lessons from transitioning from an individual contributor to a team manager Why choose a career and culture that demands excellence? Scaling design teams in the ASEAN region Reasons for working in a startup vs elsewhere

    1h 1m

  4. 30 MAY

    Episode 45: Designing and Launching Global Products with Jill Quek

    Jill Quek is a design lead at Automattic. She currently manages a team of product designers, who work remotely from all over the world. Together, they build e-commerce software at scale for more than 3 million stores on WordPress. Hear us cover: Making remote work productive as a leader Managing up and design team visibility while working remote Growing and evolving your career as an IC and Manager Preparing a portfolio and profile for an international company like Automattic

    1h 10m

  5. 26 MAR

    Episode 44: From Meta To Masters: Why Good Designers Stay Curious and Courageous with Sabina Fernandez

    Sabina Fernandez is a UX Content Design Lead whose designs have unlocked millions-worth of spending with diverse-owned suppliers. How? Empathy. She puts herself in the shoes of others to make things better. After launching user experience (UX) content design in Meta's APAC headquarters, she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where she continued to design with words and information, making Enterprise software intuitive and user-friendly at Meta. Before that, she crafted content for Yahoo, Audi, and Conde Nast Traveller. Hear us cover: - Bridging the talent gap in content and product design - Why does it pay to be curious and courageous at work? - How is AI changing the work in content and product design? - Language and localisation competencies in global projects

    1 hr

  6. 28 FEB

    Episode 43: Blockchain and Web3 Usability Design with Winnie Chong

    Winnie Chong has spent 17 years bridging creativity and commerce in design, advertising, and interactive media across the APAC region. She’s worked with some of the biggest names, from VMLY&R, a global digital ad agency, to SPH, where she played a key role in transforming Singapore’s largest media company from traditional publishing to the digital economy. Today, she leads User Experience at Bank of New York and is based in Singapore. Winnie’s passion is understanding what people truly want, whether it’s clients, customers or users, and making sure the experiences she designs are not only functional but also loved. She believes great design starts with listening—even when it means unlearning what you thought you knew. It’s about sparking curiosity, igniting imagination, and bringing a little wonder into people’s lives. Hear us cover: Barriers to adopting new technologies Investor and evangelism mindset for designers The potential of blockchain and its associated projects Why curiosity has a high correlation to one's career trajectory?

    1h 10m

  7. 30 JAN

    Episode 42: Behind the Numbers: Future proofing your Career, Pay and Progression with Jonathan Yap

    Jonathan Yap is a design leader and community advocate exploring the evolving identity of design in Southeast Asia. Through Design Pay Asia, he dives beyond surface-level salary data to uncover deeper insights about career growth, education pathways, and the changing value of design in the region. With 15 years of experience across WeWork and Visa, and currently leading design standards at a Singapore bank, Jonathan brings a unique perspective on how design roles are transforming alongside technological advancement. His work combines quantitative insights with nuanced understanding of cultural and educational shifts in the design industry. As someone deeply invested in nurturing future design talent, he regularly speaks about the intersection of design education, industry needs, and regional identity in Southeast Asia's growing tech ecosystem. Hear us cover: Preview of Design Pay 2025 Report Salaries between men and women Where are the UX hotspots in South-East Asia? How design education is shifting and what that means for future talents The perception vs reality of design value in our region Continuous learning as a product and design talent

    1h 10m

  8. 31/12/2024

    Episode 41: The Art of Design Transition Scaling Innovations with Legacy with Thum Yin Teng

    With over a decade in design, Yin has done everything from print and branding to working with startups, leading event creatives, and managing an indie band’s branding. After 5 years in consulting, where she worked across different industries and regions, she now lead the design and product teams at Naluri, pulling all that experience together to create impactful digital products.   Hear us cover: Building a regional product with global ambitions from Malaysia Evolving Naluri's Brand and Design Language Designing around legacy systems Insights building and designing for HealthTech Consulting at McKinsey vs working In-house

    58 min
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Every month, tune in to our ‘Working In UX Design’ podcast series - where we interview a UX professional in the industry on their experience of working in UX Design. Our past interviewees include UX leads from Grab, AirAsia, Shopify, TripAdvisor and more!

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  • Creator
    CuriousCore
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    48
  • Rating
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