Design your UX career
Design is a part of everything we do and there's never been a time where design skills were more in demand. There are countless User Experience Design careers out there, across a number of industries. But how do you know which one is right for you?
We will talk about various career paths, top skills needed to succeed, good places to meet other UX Designers, and the ups and downs of this career. Our instructor will give you insight into design roles, help you understand what is needed to get there, and, just maybe, inspire you to make a change.
Takeaways
How recruiters think
Practical resume and portfolio advice
How to stand out from the crowd
What it means to be a User Experience professional
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🐰About our speakers
Jennifer Cerda is a busy mom, wife and succulent plant lover and she has dedicated her career to all different kinds of user experience design. She believes that every experience we utilize in our day-to-day, whether it's with actual products, services or just completing an errand should be a good experience from end to end. She approaches everything she does with a whole picture outlook and she likes to consider it "designing for life experiences". Even if your design and testing was a small part of the full journey, every step before and after are just as important.
Jennifer's career started in graphic design and then moved to designing and coding web designs. After a few years freelancing she shifted her career to user research and UX/UI designing at various companies. In her current role as a Senior UX Designer at The Home Depot she conducts user research studies, creates journey maps, wireframe designs and prototype full hi-fidelity complex configurable experiences to hand off to developers in stories with the product manager. She is a big supporter of collaborative designing and bringing developers, product managers, stakeholders and more to lean UX design studios and design sprints when possible.
Jennifer is UX certified by NN/g, Design Sprint Master Class Certified and she has a BFA in Advertising and Graphic Design from Sam Houston State University.
Over the last few years she has been focusing on design sprint facilitation and mentoring other designers on UX best practices, communication skills and ways to practice emotional intelligence.
Connect with Jennifer on LinkedIn!
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Adeleye Lufadeju helps lead a global team of UX Designers working on multiple products at AspenTech from Oil and Gas, Pharma, and Logistics. We work within the space of Data-driven industry solutions and AI enhanced applications with Data Scientist, Engineers and Front-end designers that serve multiple clients and provide millions to billions of dollars in value.
Connect with Adeleye on LinkedIn!
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Pamela Dehesa is a designer with a master's degree in Education and another in User Experience Design. She has dedicated her career to user research and user design for digital environments. In addition, she was a university professor for about ten years in strategic design, user experience design, and other related topics. She has worked in areas as diverse as pharmaceuticals, oil and gas industry, and currently in technology.
Connect with Pamela on LinkedIn!
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Yared Akalou: Agile. Design Thinking (and Doing). Entrepreneurial Mindset. These attributes drive Yared’s work and continual self-development. Yared is a seasoned entrepreneur and leader with a background deeply rooted in user experience design. Yared has led teams that have launched successful products and services in energy, consumer products, and healthcare technology. Yared has a Master of Human-Centered Product Design from Chicago’s Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology. He regularly advises talent on career and future of work trends, most recently mentoring startup founders at The Ion Houston.
Connect with Yared on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram!
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Sarah F. Holt is a passionate, dedicated, and results-driven CX Leader located in Newberg Oregon, the heart of Oregon’s wine country. Sarah joined Act-On in 2021, where she took responsibility for the end-to-end Customer Experience strategy. In this role, she concentrates on innovative ways to utilize technology, automation, people, and processes to provide a greater experience to Act-On Customers.
Before joining Act-On, she spent 11 years at Tripwire in various roles, including User Experience Designer, where she attended courses at General Assembly to expand her knowledge in UXD.
While in UX at Tripwire, Sarah worked on self-service improvements for the customer portal and started envisioning, advocating, and creating Customer Experience and Customer Success. She led both teams as the Head of Customer Experience. Sarah is committed to Women in Tech, DE&I, Community, Culture, Mentoring & Coaching. Sarah is a bit of a Foodie & Mixologist who likes to Cook, Travel, and Adventure.
Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn!
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