UX Career PathTips to Designing Your Own

PathJohn Labriola

@john_labriola

#UXCareerPath

My PathCultural Communications StudiesCollege

Marketing/PR CompanyCommercial Web Sites

Small Design ShopCommercial Web Sites • Mobile Web Sites

Big Insurance CompanyCommercial Web Sites • Intranets • Web Apps

Really Big BankWeb Apps

ConsultingCommercial Web Sites • Intranets • Web Apps • E-Courses

Another Big Insurance CompanyIntranets • Web Apps

Non-Profit EducationIntranets • Web Apps • Mobile Web • Apps

Big Technology CompanyCommercial Web Sites • Mobile Web • E-Commerce • Apps

What is Your Path?

Oaktor Photography

Brian Mullender

Riccardo Cuppini

I am a UX Designerbecause __________

Core Disciplines of UX

Research Interaction Design

Content StrategyVisual Design Usability

Understanding the people, the problem, the context…

Designing the behaviors

Planning for the creation, delivery, and governance of content

Designing the visual aesthetics

Measuring the quality of the experience

Information ArchitectureOrganizing the information in a purposeful and meaningful way

via Nick Fink

Interaction Design Specialist• Wireframing

• Task flows

• Prototyping

• Interaction Principles

• Personas

• Scenarios

• Concept models

• Experience mapping

• Design Principles

T-Shaped Personality

Tbroad

deep

With a UX LensUser Experience DesignResearc

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Assess YourselfUser Experience DesignResearc

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Fill in the GapsUser Experience DesignResearc

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But Pick a VerticalUser Experience DesignResearc

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You Might Have to Tweak ItUser Experience DesignResearc

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Do main K no w led ge

Bu sin es s Str at eg y

Jared Spool’sSkills for UX Mastery

Storytelling

Wyn Griffiths

visualpun.ch

John Brosz

Sketching

Nathanael CoyneAndy Bright

Chris Blow

Critiquing

stephanie vacher

Drew

Drew

Presenting

Alfred Lui

Juhan Sonin

Green Map System

Facilitating

Tony Carr

Tony Carr

Queen's University

Areas You’ll Need to Know About

Psychology

Nathanael Coyne

Nathanael Coyne

Nathanael Coyne

Sociology

Tokyo Fashion

qmechanic

Adrian Sevitz

Technology

Domain Knowledge

SamsungTomorrow

jpellgen

Nathanael Coyne

Processes

Nathanael Coyne

SAP

Nordstrom Innovation Lab

How to Do It

Learn

Nathanael Coyne

Nathanael Coyne

Nathanael Coyne

Practice

woodleywonderworks

Kids’ Own

Warren Long

Feedback

Luiza Ferreira

Waag Society

Ben Walker

Teach

Kaba

Duncan Hsieh

Jonathon Colman

Creating a Plan

Set some goals

Getty

Ed Donahue

Ritu Raj

Make a plan

Phil Calçado

Chris Campbell

Nomadic Lass

Getting Help

Don’t Have a Mentor, Get One!

Network

Moody Man

IxDA Global

IxDA Global

"There's a difference between knowing the path, and walking the

path" — Morpheus

Resources

Career

• Get Started in UX: The Complete Guide to Launching a Career in User Experience Design by Matthew Magain & Luke Chambers

• UX Career Progression: Finding a Niche & Building a Personal Brand by Nick Fink

• It's a Great Time to Be A UX Designer Video by Jared M. Spool

Generalist UX

• A Project Guide to UX Design by Russ Unger & Carolyn Chandler

• Designing for the Digital Age by Kim Goodwin

Sketching

• On the Back of the Napkin by Dan Roam• Sketching the User Experience by Bill Buxton

Storytelling

• Storytelling for User Experience by Whitney Quesenbery & Kevin Brooks

Critiquing

• Aaron Irizarry & Adam Connor http://www.discussingdesign.com/

Presenting

• Show and Tell by Dan Roam• Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds

Facilitating

• Gamestorming by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, & James Macanufo

• Writings by Kevin Hoffman http://www.kevinmhoffman.com/

Psychology

• Designing with the Mind in Mind by Jeff Johnson• 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People by

Susan Weinschenk

Sociology

• Designing Social Interfaces by Christian Crumlish & Erin Malone

• Designing for the Social Web by Joshua Porter

Design Process

• Lean UX by Jeff Gothelf• Designing for Interaction by Dan Saffer

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