Users First - a UX Design Podcast

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Users First - a UX Design Podcast

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

  1. What is visual storytelling?

    05/25/2022

    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

    38 min
  2. Developing Your Own Personal Brand Equity

    05/18/2022

    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/)

    34 min
  3. Soft Skills for UX Designers

    05/04/2022

    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/

    1h 4m
  4. Things I wish I knew before I started in design & product

    04/20/2022

    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/

    34 min
  5. Understanding costumer journey management

    04/14/2022

    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/

    29 min
  6. The path to career success with Sarah Doody

    04/05/2022

    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/.

    40 min
  7. How to make agile personas in a fast paced world

    03/28/2022

    How to make agile personas in a fast paced world

    An insightful conversation on how to make flexible to the market, actionable, and targeted personas to bring product innovation. "Ask questions and push your status quo" - Brandon Comstock, Director of Experience Strategy and Service Design at Mad Pow - To learn more about Madpow Health Design Conference, visit HXDConf.com. and Use code UsersFirstPodcast for $100 off.

    37 min
  8. From Marketing lead at Facebook to UX Researcher

    03/21/2022

    From Marketing lead at Facebook to UX Researcher

    Vidhya Ravi, UX researcher with over 14 years of experience in strategy, research and marketing, shares with us how to reposition your background, rebrand yourself, and overcome major difficulties when transitioning to UXR. To learn more about Madpow Health Design Conference, visit HXDConf.com. and Use code UsersFirstPodcast for $100 off.

    36 min
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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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