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Apologies for the strange noises when Anfisa talks. That’s baby Greg participating in the talk.
In this episode:
How to articulate strong opinion and stand your ground in collaboration?
When as a designer you try to get your point across, should you go for a soft strategy or should you be more pushy?
How to become an effective communicator?
Why building relationships with your teammates is important?
Why designers should be facilitators for good decisions?
Resources:
"Articulating Design Decisions" book
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Enroll on Ioana's AI course "AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career" on Interaction Design Foundation with 25% discount.
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In this episode:
• What to do if you consider quitting design industry and feel less motivated as a designer? How do you know it is time for something new?
• What to do if you feel burned out from your design role?
• What are alternative career paths for designers?
Resources:
Episode with Hang Xu on "How to negotiate salaries in UX design"
Reddit thread mentioned in the episode
Matej Latin's article "Why designers quit"
Check out these courses:
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Enroll on Ioana's AI course "AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career" on Interaction Design Foundation with 25% discount.
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This Episode's sponsor:
Mobbin is the world's largest mobile & web design reference library where you can find practical design inspiration from real apps that solve real design problems. Don't forget to mention Honest UX Talks, if you register at Mobbin.
In this episode:
• How to showcase your value as UX designer when you are just starting out?
• How to approach interviews with potential companies as an intern? What questions to ask during the the interviewing process with potential companies?
• What are the strategies or ways how to identify opportunities for yourself as an intern in the company? What are the steps you should take as an intern to make the best our of your internship?
• How to overcome impostor syndrome and build your confidence as a designer?
Resources:
"The first 90 days" book
Check out these courses:
Join Anfi’s Job Search community:
Enroll on Ioana's AI course "AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career" on Interaction Design Foundation with 25% discount.
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This Episode's sponsor:
Mobbin is the world's largest mobile & web design reference library where you can find practical design inspiration from real apps that solve real design problems. Don't forget to mention Honest UX Talks, if you register at Mobbin.
In this episode:
• Why accessibility is sometimes overlooked when designing?
• What companies are mature in terms of accessibility?
• How to build the business case for accessibility?
• What is the future of AI and its effect on accessibility?
This episode's guest:
Anna Cook
Anna's Auditing Design Systems for Accessibility course
People in the accessibility field to follow:
Stef Walter, Christina Mallon (She/her), Alexis Lucio (They/Them), Soren Hamby (They/Them), Shell Little (She/Her) Jennifer Zhang (She/Her), Crystal Preston Watson (She/Her), Yue Ou, Deepika Raj, Eric Bailey, Doug Kim, Matt May
Resources:
Microsoft joins Be My Eyes app
Be my Eyes
Building an accessibility program course
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Enroll on Ioana's AI course "AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career" on Interaction Design Foundation with 25% discount.
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This Episode's sponsor:
Mobbin is the world's largest mobile & web design reference library where you can find practical design inspiration from real apps that solve real design problems.
In this episode:
• Why is it always valuable to negotiate? How being a better negotiator makes you a better designer?
• In what ways salary negotiation determines your career trajectory?
• How to understand company’s negotiation philosophy and leverage it? At which point during the hiring process does negotiation happen?
• Can junior designers negotiate their salary?
• How to know what’s the right salary for your position? What is the best medium for the negotiation? How to compare job offers?
• Are people afraid to negotiate because they are afraid of their offer being rescinded? Does it really happen?
This episode's guest:
Hang Xu's Linkedin
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In this episode:
• How to handle relationships and team work in ambiguous environment?
• How documentation and workshops can help to deal with ambiguity?
• What learning a foreign language and working in ambiguous environments have in common?
• Why is it so important to identify key stakeholders in your project?
• How to stay sane in ambiguous environments?
Check out these courses:
Anfi's Job Hunting Community
Enroll on Anfisa's "Job hunting strategy course | early sign up"
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In this episode:
• What was parental leave like?
• What are the biggest fears before going to parental leave? Which of them turned out to be real?
• What does an effective support system look like?
• What to do during the parental leave to continue to stay relevant so when you get back you can still perform. How can you ease that anxiety of coming back?
Check out these courses:
Anfi's Job Hunting Community
Enroll on Anfisa's "Job hunting strategy course | early sign up"
Enroll on Ioana's AI course "AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career" on Interaction Design Foundation with 25% discount.
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Jakob Nielsen is joining us for a special discussion about AI!
Questions we are going to delve into in this episode:
• How do you see the state of AI in design right now? Are there any new themes or is history repeating itself? • Will AI eventually replace designers?• Are there any specific parts of design process or design roles that are threatened by AI the most?• What would you advise designers to stay relevant and competitive in design field in the upcoming years?• What we should worry about when it comes to AI? What we should be excited about?• What tool should designers start with, if they never been exposed to AI?
Resources mentioned in this episode:
uxtigers.com - This website is the home for Jakob Nielsen's new articles about UX and usability, often about the intersection of UX and AI.
Jakob Nielsen's LinkedIn
Check out these courses:
Enroll on Ioana's AI course "AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career" on Interaction Design Foundation with 25% discount.
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In this episode:
Anfi and Ioana look back at their careers and reflect on the challenges they encountered professionally. They share tips and strategies they used in order to overcome those challenges.
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Enroll on Ioana's AI course "AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career" on Interaction Design Foundation with 25% discount.
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In this episode:
• What moments filled us with pride this year?"
• What are our professional aspirations for 2024?"
• What concerns or fears did we encounter in the past year?"
• What were some of the challenges we encountered in the UX design industry?"
• How will our podcast evolve?"
Check out these courses:
Enroll on Ioana's AI course "AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career" on Interaction Design Foundation with 25% discount.
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In this episode:
Anfi unfolds her captivating journey, delving into the challenges she faced as a designer and co-founder in a startup.
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In this episode:
• What drives our decision to commit to a full-time role in a product company instead of pursuing freelancing opportunities?
• Why we transitioned to full-time work and what kept us there?
• What are the pros and cons, as well as the trade-offs, of committing to full-time employment compared to freelance?
Mentioned in this episode:
Enroll on Ioana's AI course "AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career" on Interaction Design Foundation with 25% discount.
Enroll on Anfisa's "Job hunting strategy course | early sign up"
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In this episode:
Anfisa and Ioana delve into the missteps behind the failed rebranding of 'Honest UX Talks'.
Let us know where do you usually listen to the 'Honest UX talks' podcast in the question section.
Mentioned in this episode:
Enroll on Ioana's AI course "AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career" on Interaction Design Foundation with 25% discount.
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In this episode:
Anfisa and Ioana unveil their career milestones and life transformations.
Let us know where do you usually listen to the 'Honest UX talks' podcast in the question section.
Mentioned in this episode:
Enroll on Ioana's AI course "AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career" on Interaction Design Foundation with 25% discount.
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Episode's sponsor:
Dovetail is a one source of truth for all sorts of user research insights. Collect, analyse, synthesize and share user research easily and effectively.
In this episode:
How is AI changing the design industry?
What is the type of work AI can and cannot do?
What skills are not going to be replaced by AI in the foreseeable future? What kind of design work can be easily automated?
How to stay relevant in the design industry?
Upcoming Events:
'The future of AI and UX design: what it means for you' webinar hosted by Ioanna, is happening at 4 PM (CEST) on May 25.
Ioanna is going to have live session on her Instagram uxgoodies in collaboration with Interaction Design Foundation on May 30th. Ioana will be answering live-questions about the world of AI and how it is impacting us as UX designers.
'AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career' masterclass by Ioana with Interaction Design Foundation
Mentioned in this episode:
Ben's Bites daily newsletter about AI
People + AI Research (PAIR) is a multidisciplinary team at Google that explores the human side of AI
Elements of AI is a free online course on AI
Azure AI is a framework for developing comprehensive solutions for data and AI by Microsoft
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Episode's sponsor:
Dovetail is a one source of truth for all sorts of user research insights. Collect, analyse, synthesize and share user research easily and effectively.
In this episode:
What is a job hunting strategy and why you should have one ?
Why applying to hundreds of jobs is not a good idea?
What strategy we would recommend in 2023?
Mentioned in this episode:
The 6 Levels of UX Maturity
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Episode's sponsor:
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In this episode:
How to start building a case study?
What are the stages of building a case study?
Why is it important to understand in what medium you will be sharing your case study?
What are the top practical tips for building a case study?
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Episode's sponsor:
Dovetail is a one source of truth for all sorts of user research insights. Collect, analyse, synthesize and share user research easily and effectively.
In this episode:
How to stand out as a junior designer in a tough market? What can you bring to the table as a junior designer?
What junior designers lack in their portfolios?
What are the common mistakes junior designers make when applying for jobs? What are hiring managers looking for?
Why is it important to target where you are applying to even as a junior designer?
Why is it important to find your unique value proposition and how to articulate that?
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In this episode:
Is it important to master English if you are going into UX design career? Is English an important part of UX design career?
How to build UX vocabulary in a foreign language?
How were Anfi's and Ioanna's early days in UX?
How was the content making in UX design as a non-native English speaker?
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In this episode:
Hosts' personal experiences navigating job opportunities
How to understand whats behind the job description? How to evaluate job descriptions?
What are the green and red signs when searching for jobs and analysing and evaluating the options?
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