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Honest weekly conversations about UX design career, challenges, portfolios, mental health, and all things UX. Ioana and Anfisa together have 20 years of experience in the UX field and trying to share their main lessons to help anyone transitioning to design overcome the fears.
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Avsnitt
#123 Year-End Reflections
24 december 2024 |
43 min
Anfisa and Ioana share their reflections on the year.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
In this episode:
• What achievements are we most proud of from this year?
• What were the defining high and low moments we experienced?
• What key themes or words resonate with our intentions for the coming year?
Check out these links:
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
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Links:
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#122 The State of Design Jobs in 2024-2025 w/Lena Kul
17 december 2024 |
49 min
Ioana and Lena explore the design market for 2024-2025, highlighting key trends, in-demand skills, and insights to help you navigate and thrive in this dynamic industry.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
In this episode:
0:59 Episode starts
1:54 Wix Sponsorship
4:46 How did Lena get into recruitment, and what’s her background?
9:17 What’s the current state of the design industry?
17:06 Are specialized roles still relevant?
19:23 In light of economic downturns and layoffs, why are job openings showing signs of recovery?
26:20 What does this mean for aspiring designers? Is pursuing a UX career still viable for newcomers?
32:34 What skill sets are hiring managers prioritizing in 2025? Are technical skills being overshadowed by AI?
39:46 What advice can you share about storytelling and pitching, and where can people find freelance opportunities?
45:41 How can listeners connect with you?
About the guest:
Lena Kul is a Recruitment & Job Search Advisor, recently she founded /kuːl/ - Boutique Recruitment & Job Search Advising agency.
With years of experience scaling Product Design and UXR teams in demanding, designer-driven hyper-growth environments, she has successfully hired dozens of talented individuals from FAANG companies and other renowned organizations, including Spotify, Zendesk, Shopify, and Booking. com
She is offering a range of tailored advising services designed to support companies in their growth, and career development of job seekers in Product Design and UX Research. She also has a course Master Your Product Design and UX Research Job Search
Check out Lena's website and articles.
Lena's course "Product Design Career Accelerator: Navigate Your Next Career Step"
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#121 How to prevent burnout? w/Meg Rye & Laurence Galland
10 december 2024 |
45 min
Ioana engages in a thoughtful discussion about burnout with guests Meg Rye and Laurence Galland.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
In this episode:
0:46 intro
02:05 Wix sponsorship message
04:11 - Guests' background and interest in burnout
07:36 - Observations on designer experiences and industry challenges
15:57 - Symptoms and manifestations of burnout
20:17 - Steps to take upon realizing burnout + prevention tips
28:23 - Advice for those facing burnout threats
38:54 - Key takeaways
Our guests:
Meg Rye (she/her) - founder of Good Maven, recruiter and coach.
Meg’s been at the center of the global design community for 20+ years, working with professionals to build ambitious and fulfilling careers.
Most recently, Meg was the first international design recruiter at Meta. She led the team’s growth from 4 to 700 designers across 13 countries, while building a strong community and culture made up of product designers, content designers, user experience researchers, and artists.
She’s built teams, hiring processes, and programs for enterprise, agency, start-up, and cultural institutions, including WhatsApp, Instagram, Meta Reality Labs, Publicis Sapient, Havas, eBay, Comcast, Siemens, Verizon, The Wharton School, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Laurence Galland has worked with a huge range of teams and individuals and has vast experience across career management, leadership skills development, change management, self-development, business set up/scale up and work/life balance.
Before becoming a coach, she spent 10 years in consumer goods and tourism organisations as a senior HR professional. She holds a Professional Coach Certification (PCC) from the International Coaching Federation (ICF), an Individual Team Coach Accreditation (ITCA) from the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) and Masters degrees in international business and business administration.
Check out these links:
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Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
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#120 Favorite product design books
5 december 2024 |
39 min
Anfisa and Ioana talk about their favorite UX design books.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
In this episode:
• What were some of the most influential books that shaped our careers?
• What are some of the must-read books that we would recommend to stay up-to-date with the latest trends in the industry?
Design book classics we mentioned:
- The design of everyday things (by Don Norman)
- Don't make me think (by Steve Krug)
- Visual Explanations (by Edward Tufte)
- Steal Like an Artist / Keep Going / Show Your Work! (by Austin Kleon books)
- Articulating Design Decisions (by Tom Greever)
- About Face (by Alan Cooper)
- Hooked (by Nir Eyal)
- The Culture Map (by Erin Meyer)
- Just Enough Research (by Erika Hall)
Recent must-read books we mentioned:
- Ruined by Design (by Mike Monteiro)
- The Politics of Design (by Ruben Pater)
- Mismatch (by Kat Holmes)
- Storyworthy (by Matthew Dicks)
- Design Is Storytelling (by Ellen Lupton)
- The Art of Noticing (by Rob Walker)
- The Design Thinking Playbook (by Michael Lewrick)
- Emotional Design (by Don Norman)
Check out these links:
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
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#119 Emerging and future design roles
21 november 2024 |
34 min
Anfisa and Ioana dive into how design roles might evolve in the future.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
In this episode:
• What trends are currently shaping the design landscape?
• How do you envision the future of career growth within the design field?
• What do you anticipate for researchers and content designers, who also play integral roles in design organizations?
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Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
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#118 Mastering Whiteboarding and Take-Home Assignments in UX Design
12 november 2024 |
42 min
Anfi and Ioana explore whiteboarding exercises and take-home assignments, discuss their experiences and share tips for successfully completing them.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
In this episode:
•What are whiteboarding exercises and take-home assignments?
•What are some common examples of whiteboarding challenges and take-home assignments?
•When should you accept or decline assignments?
•What tips can help you successfully complete whiteboarding challenges and take-home assignments?
Check out these links:
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
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#117 Designing for AI at Miro
5 november 2024 |
42 min
Anfi and Ioana dive into the journey of an AI designer, exploring the transition from concept to production, the unique challenges of designing AI features, and the insights gained from user research that shape the process.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Episode Timestamps:
0:51 – Episode Intro
1:55 – Wix Sponsorship
3:26 – Regular Catch-up
5:43 – Can you share your journey joining the new team as an AI Designer at Miro?
19:27 – How many of those initial concepts made it into production? What are the differences between a typical design process and an AI-driven one?
26:35 – What was your process for developing an AI feature?
34:05 – How does user research play into the development of AI-driven features?
38:37 – What was a learning from research that changed your perspective
Check out these links:
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Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
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#116 Making design decisions w/Tommy Geoco
29 oktober 2024 |
60 min
Anfi and Tommy delve into the value of specialization vs. generalization, managing tool overload, and strategies for intentional, high-quality design decisions within large companies.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Episode Links:
Tommy's UX Decisions online course
UXtools survey and past reports
Episode Timestamps:
0:31 — Episode start
1:51 — Wix Studio partnership
3:31 — Tommy shares his journey as a designer
12:26 — Tommy discusses his unique strengths as a creator and designer
15:07 — Tommy shares his market insights and emphasizes the importance of experimenting with tools
22:47 — Which approach holds more value in today’s market: being a specialist or a generalist?
26:56 — How can designers navigate complex layers of approval and buy-ins when shipping products in large companies?
32:31 — Tool Overload in the Market: Is there potential for an all-in-one tool to emerge as the market leader?
36:42 — Course Announcement: Insights into design thinking, just-in-time learning, and more
39:30 — Craft vs. Intentionality: Balancing exceptional UX as a "north star" with intentional, well-justified design decisions
46:34 — Shifting Company Culture: How to move from quick fixes to a focus on high-quality design
52:19 — Key tips and takeaways for better decision-making in design
56:56 — Tommy’s approach to refining and iterating on his designs
Check out these links:
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
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#113 Making a difference as a designer w/Rachel Wu
23 oktober 2024 |
50 min
Anfi and Rachel delve into the creative journey of a designer, with Rachel sharing her experience of how she approached a pitch, exploring non-linear approaches to design thinking, the value of diverse backgrounds, and the art of storytelling in design.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Episode Timestamps:
0:35 - Episode Intro
1:45 - Collaboration with Wix Studio
3:07 - Can you share your story as a designer? What led you to work with me at Mews on guest experiences?
4:58 - What inspired Rachel to become a product designer?
8:39 - Why did Anfi decide to discuss this episode’s topic with Rachel?
13:03 - Observing, noticing, and interpreting signals: The concept of hearing those whispers. What does that mean for you? Describe this process.
16:55 - Mapping insights into the bigger picture: Rachel’s approach to research, exploring solution spaces, and analogous industries. How they look at similar problems in other areas before returning to the same space for competitor research.
18:58 - Taking a non-linear approach instead of following the standard process: Abstract thinking and reverse engineering.
21:04 - Coming to design from a different background: Is it a drawback? Should designers follow standard paths? Anfi shares her experience at her university design program and the diversity of student backgrounds.
24:15 - Why did you choose high fidelity for the pitch? What was your thought process?
29:03 - Storytelling: How do you approach telling stories in a cohesive yet engaging way that keeps listeners interested until the end? (Song analogy)
32:40 - Extra thoughts: Presenting your voice to others and then hearing it back—how this helps identify areas to adjust, cut, or elaborate on. Why verbalizing thoughts is key to the feedback process.
42:52 - Why are you so good with words?
47:08 - Closing thoughts on imposter syndrome as a designer.
Check out these links:
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
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#112 What to look for in a UX Role?
16 oktober 2024 |
36 min
Anfi and Ioana explore the key factors that have shaped their career decisions and offer insights on making thoughtful choices for your professional journey.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Episode Timestamps:
0:58 - Episode Kickoff 1:04 - Special announcement about our new partnership with Wix 3:01 - Life Updates 8:43 - Reflecting on the mechanisms behind career decisions and key learnings so far 25:40 - How to assess team dynamics, company culture, and project fit during interviews?
Mentioned in this episode:
Platforms that provide insights into company cultures, organizational structures, and workplace experiences. These platforms aim to offer transparency to job seekers and employees by providing information like company reviews, salary data, and employee experiences.
• The Org
Check out these links:
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
❓Next topic ideas:
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Links:
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#113 Collaborating with developers
1 oktober 2024 |
33 min
Anfi and Ioana share their experiences collaborating with engineers, what makes a great developer, and offer tips for improving teamwork.
Timestamps:
0:41 Episode’s intro and updates from Anfi and Ioana
05:00 How has your collaboration with engineers evolved over the last 10 years? 11:52 What qualities make a good engineer from a designer’s perspective? 22:54 Tips for effective collaboration: How can regular syncing help improve teamwork? What are the strategies for staying on the same page with devs if you work remotely?
Check out these links:
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
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#112 Design market predictions
17 september 2024 |
41 min
This episode was recorded during the Hatch conference in Berlin.
In this episode:
• What key trends shaped the design industry in 2023 and 2024? How do they influence the design market in 2025 and beyond?
• What can designers do today to stay competitive in the evolving design industry?
Check out these links:
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
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#111 Becoming a mature UX designer
20 augusti 2024 |
35 min
In this episode:
• What does it mean to be a mature designer?
• What key traits should you focus on developing as you advance in your design career?
• Is maturity in design the same as seniority, or is it something else?
• Hosts share practical tips, insights, and personal stories about navigating workplace conflicts and growing into a more mature designer.
Check out these links:
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
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#110 Storytelling in UX portfolios
6 augusti 2024 |
34 min
In this episode:
• Why is storytelling important?
• Why is everybody talking about storytelling? What does it mean to have a story in your portfolio?
• How should a good case study be structured?
• What are some tips and tricks for effectively using storytelling in your portfolio?
Mentioned in this episode:
Hatch Conference in Berlin, September 4-6
Ioana's Instagram live on how the life of an AI product designer looks like.
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Storyworthy book
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Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
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#109 How AI is Shaping Design /w Pablo Stanley
31 juli 2024 |
50 min
Today, we are joined by Pablo Stanley, who is a designer based in Mexico. He is the co-founder and CEO at Musho & Lummi — AI design tools aimed at unlocking people's creativity. Previously, he co-founded Carbon Health and Blush, and held roles as a staff designer at Lyft and lead designer at InVision.
Episode's timestamps:
01:05 Episode introduction
05:42 How did you become interested in the intersection of AI and design? What are the use cases of AI in your workflows and design processes?
17:11 What challenges do you face when using AI systems to design products?
30:31 How can designers start experimenting with AI and incorporate it into their workflows?
36:43 What are the limitations of AI in design? Do you think AI will eventually replace designers?
47:37 Where can our listeners find you online?
Here are Pablo's details:
Youtube channel "Sketch Together"
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#108 Landing a junior job at META amidst tech crisis /w Nitya Kumar
24 juli 2024 |
46 min
Today, we are joined by Nitya, who successfully landed a job at META at the beginning of the tech crisis in 2022. Currently, she works on Instagram and Messenger. In addition to her role at META, she is a product design judge at Boston University and is a guest speaker at Columbia University.
In this episode:
• How to Secure Your First Job Through Proactive Outreach
Discover how Nitya successfully landed junior designer positions at Google and Meta. Learn about the hiring processes at these top tech companies.
• Leveraging Your Background in your UX Career
Explore how Nitya used her unique background, including comedy, to build compelling case studies and advance in her UX career.
• Gaining Industry Knowledge Without Experience
Find out strategies for acquiring industry knowledge even if you lack direct experience.
• The Value of a Mentor at the Start of Your Career
Understand how having a mentor can significantly boost your early career development.
Here are Nitya's details:
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#107 How can your side interests help in you UX career?
2 juli 2024 |
25 min
In this episode:
• How can you leverage your secondary skills in your UX journey?
• How can you utilize your background when transitioning into a UX career?
• How can you begin identifying which of your skills are relevant to design?
LinkedIn post mentioned in the beginning of the episode
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#106 Remote vs. Office Jobs: Pros and Cons
27 juni 2024 |
34 min
In this episode:
• Hosts' Experiences with Office vs. Remote Jobs:
• Why understanding cultural aspects is crucial for remote work?
Mentioned in this episode:
"Culture map" book
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#105 Discovering what you are good at as a UX designer
6 juni 2024 |
28 min
In this episode Anfisa and Ioana discuss how can you learn what you are good at as a UX designer.
Mentioned in this episode:
"Which of the million UX roles suits you best? A personality type analysis" article by Bas Wallet
Hatch Conference in Berlin
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#104 Collaborating with content designers (at MEWS)
29 maj 2024 |
66 min
In this episode, Anfisa is discussing collaboration with Michael at MEWS:
• How does collaboration between UX designers and content designers look like?
• What are the differences between journalism and UX writing?
• What brought Michael from a journalist into UX writing?
• Is it important for the UX writer to read a lot?
• What's the typical workflow of the UX writer?
• What UX designers can learn from content designers about accessibility?
• How do you prepare yourself to enter the UX writing industry?
Episode's guest:
Mishko Lahoda (notion.site)
Mishko Lahoda – Medium
Michael (Mishko) Lahoda | LinkedIn
@mishkoala Instagram
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#103 When to stop hustling
22 maj 2024 |
41 min
In this episode:
• Where does the pressure to hustle come from for designers? When can you say enough is enough?
• What hustling can bring you in a positive and in a negative way?
• Are junior designers more prone to hustle or feeling that they need to prove themselves? Are they having a harder time to stop compared to senior designers?
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#102 How to win against pushbacks in UX industry?
14 maj 2024 |
33 min
In this episode:
• What are the common reasons for which stakeholders pushback on the design vision?
• What are the tips and tricks for navigating pushbacks?
• What were the toughest moments in your career when you got push back from stakeholders despite giving your best set of arguments?
Mentioned in this episode:
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#101 Am I good enough?
1 maj 2024 |
45 min
In this episode:
• What to do if you feel you are not good enough as a designer in the beginning of your career?
• What are the factors influencing the feeling of being an impostor?
• Tips and advice form Anfi and Ioana on how they dealt with impostor syndrome.
• How does company culture Iinfluence your response to impostor syndrome?
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#100 Sustainable UX Design w/Jonas Thorsten
23 april 2024 |
46 min
April 22 is Earth day, which is great timing for this episode 🌎 🌿
In this episode:
What does sustainability mean in digital design?
• How can sustainability principles be applied to digital design? What is carbon-friendly design?
• Is there a difference between life-centered design and sustainable design?
• How can we introduce sustainability to our stakeholders and position it as a value?
• What are the current sustainability regulations? Who would be the quick early adopters in the industry? How can we expect this to become a narrative in smaller companies?
• How can sustainability evolve into a global movement, where everybody prioritises sustainability in their design process?
Resources:
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#99 Being too easy vs too hard to work with as a designer
16 april 2024 |
35 min
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?
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#98 Is it the time to quit UX and move on?
2 april 2024 |
33 min
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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:
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Reddit thread mentioned in the episode
Matej Latin's article "Why designers quit"
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#97 Being an intern and pursuing a full-time role
19 mars 2024 |
42 min
This Episode's sponsor:
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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:
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#96 Designing for accessibility w/ Anna Cook
13 mars 2024 |
40 min
This Episode's sponsor:
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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'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
Building an accessibility program course
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#95 How to negotiate salaries in UX design
5 mars 2024 |
53 min
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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?
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#94 Designing in Uncertainty
14 februari 2024 |
44 min
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?
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#93 Juggling a Design Role and Parenthood
30 januari 2024 |
43 min
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?
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#92 AI's Impact on the Design Industry w/Jakob Nielsen
16 januari 2024 |
45 min
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.
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#91 Growing as UX designers
10 januari 2024 |
40 min
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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#90 Reflections and predictions from 2023
21 december 2023 |
33 min
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?"
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#89 My startup founder-designer story
13 december 2023 |
37 min
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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#88 Choosing to work full time over freelancing
5 december 2023 |
32 min
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?
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#87 How we failed a podcast re-branding project
28 november 2023 |
28 min
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.
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#86 The Long-Awaited Return: UX and Life Check-in
23 november 2023 |
31 min
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.
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#85 The Impact of AI on UX Design industry
25 maj 2023 |
36 min
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In this episode:
How is AI changing the design industry?
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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?
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#84 UX job hunting strategies
17 maj 2023 |
36 min
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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?
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#83 Building a strong UX case study
10 maj 2023 |
44 min
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In this episode:
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Why is it important to understand in what medium you will be sharing your case study?
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#82 Standing out as a UX designer during job hunting
2 maj 2023 |
38 min
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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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#81 Navigating UX career as a non-native English speaker
26 april 2023 |
36 min
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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#80 Red flags in UX job postings (+big news drop)
20 april 2023 |
50 min
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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#79 Finding your niche in UX design
11 april 2023 |
38 min
Into UX jobs. Secure your dream job with the right strategy - Anfi's new 3 week course on how to find a perfect UX/Product design job for you (even in the middle of the tech crisis).
In this episode:
What is the current situation on the UX market? How can an aspiring designer understand where they fit in?
How can you find or rather define your niche? How to try out and test different niches?
How knowing what your natural talents are and what you are good at can help you in finding your niche?
What tools can help you to identify your niche?
Mentioned in this episode:
16 Personality test based on Carl Jung's and Isabel Briggs Myers' typological approach to personality
"Which of the million UX roles suits you best? A personality type analysis" article by Bas Wallet
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#78 Freelancing as a UX designer
5 april 2023 |
42 min
Into UX jobs. Secure your dream job with the right strategy - Anfi's new 3 week course on how to find a perfect UX/Product design job for you (even in the middle of the tech crisis).
In this episode:
How do you get started with freelancing? What are some of the essential aspects of freelancing you need to know about? What are some of the things that need to be there for you to be successful as a freelancer? What are the things designers should be careful about when they are considering freelancing?
Mentioned in this episode:
#62 UX Design Horror Stories episode
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#77 Asking for design feedback
30 mars 2023 |
50 min
In this episode:
How to frame the conversation to get more targeted feedback? How do you set up the rules for communicating or asking for feedback?
Why all size fits all presentations not work? Why is it important to prepare your presentation and tailor it to the audience?
How to be open for feedback and navigate the conversation? How to give constructive feedback?
Mentioned in this episode:
- FREE CV template (ATS-friendly) that Anfisa mentioned
- Course: Communication skills for Designers by Mariusz Posadowski
- Articulating Design Decisions by Tom Greever
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#76 Growth design w/Sera Tajima
22 mars 2023 |
41 min
In this episode:
What is grown design? How different is it from traditional design role?
How can you as a product designer apply it to your work?
What are the educational programs that teach you that? How can you learn it on your own?
What role research play in growth design? How different it is from the classic product design structure?
How does growth designer’s portfolio look like? How portfolio would differ from product to growth designer?
Who growth designer usually collaborates with within the team?
Connect with Sera:
Sera's website 'The Craft'
Sera's newsletter
Sera's instagram
Sera's Youtube channel
Sera's Linkedin
Mentioned in this episode:
'Hacking growth' book by Sean Ellis
Reforge by Brian Balfour
growth.design - Product tips in a comic book format
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#75 Dealing with UX job rejections w/Tanner Christensen
15 mars 2023 |
41 min
In this episode:
How to approach job rejections and ask the company where mismatch happened? How to reflect back on the feedback from the rejection?
What are the reasons companies might not wanna reveal the feedback?
What is the advice for junior or aspiring designers on how to deal with rejections in the beginning of their career?
What are the strategies to prepare for the interview? What are the good questions you can prepare and ask during the interview?
Connect with Tanner:
Tanner's website
Tanner's Linkedin
'A Designer's Guide to Interviewing' book
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#74 Collaboration between designers and PMs
1 mars 2023 |
46 min
In this episode:
Where do responsibilities start and end for each of these roles? What is expected of each role?
What is the key responsibility of the designer and the product manager?
How to navigate different challenges? What are the things that might go bad in this collaboration between designers and product managers?
Mentioned in this episode:
"PM and UX Have Markedly Different Views of Their Job Responsibilities" article by Nielsen Norman
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#73 A day in the life of a UX designer
22 februari 2023 |
41 min
In this episode:
How does a typical day of a UX designer look like within a context of startup, freelance and corporate company?
What are the typical routines outside the work?
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#72 Design processes: expectations vs. reality
9 februari 2023 |
35 min
In this episode:
What design processes do companies use these days?
How do processes differ between start ups, big companies and freelancing projects?
Mentioned in the episode:
'How design (generally) works at tech companies' article
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#71 Should we be worried about tech layoffs?
1 februari 2023 |
46 min
In this episode:
How to handle a layoff? What should you do if you got laid off? What can you do to make it easier for you?
Should we be really scared about layoffs and job market freeze? Does it impact the amount of jobs on the market?
Mentioned in the episode:
Website about layoff statistics
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#70 Typical archetypes of designers
25 januari 2023 |
45 min
In this episode:
What are the typical types of designers?
Are some archetypes of designers more successful than others in their career?
Is there a relationship between the archetypes and the roles a designer lands in?
How can you understand your speciality and your strong sides?
What is The GROW model session?
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#69 Lessons learned in 2022
15 december 2022 |
43 min
In this episode:
Anfisa and Ioana share the key lessons and achievements of 2022.
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#68 Growing design maturity within the company
6 december 2022 |
44 min
In this episode:
- How can you assess the maturity of the company you are working in?
- How can a UX designer help to increase UX maturity of the company? What are the practices that can help with that?
- What is the criteria for design maturity in a company?
Mentioned in this episode:
The 6 Levels of UX Maturity article by Nielsen Norman Group
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#67 Collaborating with UX researchers
30 november 2022 |
47 min
Discussed in this episode:
- Why researchers and not designers are supposed to do the research?
- At which stage of a company's development UX researchers need to be hired?
- How can designers efficiently collaborate with researchers?
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Mentioned in this episode:
Atomic research framework introduced by Wework
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#66 Getting started in UX design in 2023
22 november 2022 |
49 min
Discussed in this episode:
- Is this the right moment in the current economic context to transition into UX design career?
- Is career in UX for me?
- What are the initial steps for transitioning into UX?
- How to choose the right course for you? Should I be a self-taught designer or do i need to take a course or a Bootcamp?
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Mentioned in this episode:
- 'Applying to hundreds of jobs w/Sarah Doody' episode
- 'UX&Product design tools' episode
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#65 UX Design Research Tools
15 november 2022 |
47 min
Discussed in this episode:
- What kind of research do UX designers typically run?
- What are the most useful research tools on the market right now?
- How to choose between multiple tools that serve the same need?
- How can we recruit users? How to find users to run research with?
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Mentioned in this episode:
'The 2021 UX Research Tools Map' Infographic
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#64 Why did we choose a career in UX design?
8 november 2022 |
40 min
Discussed in this episode:
Anfi's and Ioana's stories on how they started their careers in UX design.
Links:
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#63 Building UX design educational program
2 november 2022 |
39 min
Discussed in this episode:
What is Instructional Design?
What are the guiding principles for designing the course?
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#62 UX Design Horror Stories
25 oktober 2022 |
30 min
This week we are having a special Halloween episode about the horror design work experiences we had in our careers.
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#61 Why you are not getting UX job interviews?
18 oktober 2022 |
48 min
Discussed in this episode:
Why you don’t get any feedback to your design portfolio after applying? How to stand out as an applicant? How do recruiters filter candidates?
What are the typical portfolio red flags?
What are the ways of finding jobs other than on job boards?
Why your portfolio should be intentional and what does that mean?
How can you apply the principle of progressive disclosure to your portfolio?
Should you include personas in your portfolio? Elaborate discussion on that topic
Mentioned in this episode:
Episode with Sarah Doodey on how to get hired for a UX position without applying to hundreds of roles
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#60 Surviving in a very technical company
12 oktober 2022 |
42 min
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Discussed in this episode:
How to survive without fully grasping what’s the product is about?
How to work in a complex technical environment?
What are the strategies that can improve your workflow on projects that are very technical? How to facilitate a new way of thinking?
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#59 UX design conferences
4 oktober 2022 |
35 min
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Discussed in this episode:
How to find and choose the right type of design events for you?
What is the criteria for choosing conferences?
What are the pros and cons of design conferences?
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#58 Should designers learn how to code?
28 september 2022 |
35 min
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Discussed in this episode:
Do designers need to know how to code in order to succeed in today’s marketplace compared to the time when UX was establishing as a field?
How coding can come in handy for the designer and enhance your capabilities? In what aspect of design work, coding knowledge can be very useful? What are design specialisations that might require coding?
Anfi and Ioanna’s stories of how coding can be complimentary when building design systems
Will classic design tools evolve into web design tools?
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#57 Typical mistakes designers are doing while applying for a job
20 september 2022 |
43 min
Discussed in this episode:
In this episode, Denis a founder of figura.digital shares a lot of insights, real stories and advice on how to successfully land a job in design industry.
• How Denis came up and developed the idea of Figure.digital?
• What are the stages of interviewing process to get on the figura.digital platform? What are the interview questions you can expect? You will be quite surprised by some of them...
• What are the most common mistakes designers do during interviews? What things you can prepare before the interview to increase the chances of your success?
• What are the traits of successful designers that you can develop?
Links:
Portfolio and Interview Prep Checklist by Denis
Article on Universally High-Signal Interview Questions
Video on how Ran Segal got rejected 60 times before getting a design internship
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#56 Freelancing as a UX Designer
7 september 2022 |
30 min
Discussed in this episode:
What aspects are essential for finding freelance work?
What is the process of getting on Toptal?
What are the platforms for finding freelance work? What are the challenges you might encounter there?
What are the other ways of getting freelance work apart from online platforms?
Anfi's story of how she started her career with freelancing and Ioanna's story of how she got into Toptal.
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#55 Future of UX design. Will robots steal our jobs?
30 augusti 2022 |
36 min
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• What are the trends in the market right now that help us to understand what to expect in 10 years?
• How can we prepare for the future of AI and design?
• How can we still be competitive with robots and stay valuable in the market? What skills might and might not be replaced by AI?
Discussed in this episode:
Mark McElhaw's article ‘Saving the Experience… with a bit of Drama’.
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#54 Retaining joy with side projects w/Design Life
13 juni 2022 |
30 min
• Who are the hosts of Design Life podcast and their side projects
• How do they retain joy from their side projects
🎙 Listen to Design Life podcast
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#53 UX Writing w/Yuval Keshtcher
8 juni 2022 |
37 min
• What is UX writing? How UX writing is different from copywriting?
• What is the difference between UX design and UX writing?
• How does collaboration between UX writers and UX designers look like? Do UX writers also propose user flows?
• How does UX writing process look like?
• What are the current UX writing standards or common practices?
• What tools, software and plug-ins UX writers commonly use?
• How to pursue career as a UX writer? What's an ideal background for a UX writer? How to transition from UX design to UX writing?
• How does UX writers portfolio look like?
• What are education program recommendations to become UX writer?
Discussed in this episode:
Microcopy & UX Writing Facebook group
Funny and ridiculous UX title generator
Useful Figma Plugins for UX Writers:
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#52 Micromanagement at the workplace
24 maj 2022 |
39 min
• Why micromanagement is a problem? In what way it can impact individual contributors on a daily basis?
• What are the implications of dealing with micro management working style?
• What are the signs of micromanagement you can look out for? Can those signs be spot during the job hunting process?
• Constructive ways of dealing with micromanagement.
• Is skill set of a good designer similar to a skill set of a good manager?
• Top 6 takeaways
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#51 Working with old-school designers
17 maj 2022 |
43 min
• Does work experience in terms of number of years translates into competence?
• How to deal with senior designers who are defensive or have ego issues?
• What Senior designers can learn from Juniors?
• Top 6 takeaways
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#50 How to move from Junior to Mid Level Designer
4 maj 2022 |
52 min
• What are the signs you are not a junior designer anymore and can move to a new level?
• How to understand what gaps you need to fill in in order to move to a new level? What is a career development framework?
• What to do if you feel that you are ready to move to the new level but you do not get promoted?
• How to build a case for promotion?
• Top 6 takeaways
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#49 The role of UI in UX design world
26 april 2022 |
34 min
• Practical advice on how to build UI skill set.
• Relationship between UI and UX.
• UI related roles emerging in the market right now.
• Top 6 takeaways
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#48 Designer at a fast-growing startup
21 april 2022 |
41 min
• Difference between working at fast-growing PRE-IPO companies, enterprise companies and early stage startups.
• Positive and negative aspects of working at PRE-IPO companies.
• Top 6 takeaways and tips
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#47 White-boarding challenges | Job hunting
12 april 2022 |
48 min
• The structure and purpose of the whiteboard challenge
• How to approach whiteboard challenge
• What employees test candidates by giving them a whiteboard challenge
• Tips on how to successfully pass whiteboard challenges and mistakes to avoid
• Top 6 takeaways
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#46 Being a design team of one
5 april 2022 |
40 min
- Good and bad moments about being a design team of one
- How to survive and thrive as a design team of one
- Hosts' real stories and experiences working as a design team of one
- Top 6 takeaways
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#45 Salaries and payments in UX industry
29 mars 2022 |
45 min
• Salary expectations you should have for your first job.
• Strategies to approach salary negotiation as a Junior Designer.
• What to expect from a salary at different levels (Junior, Middle, Senior) and factors that affect UX design salaries.
• Types of benefits you get that are included in the salary for a full time position.
• Top 5 takeaways
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#44 UX job interviews. What to expect and what questions to ask?
22 mars 2022 |
45 min
If you would like to skip intro, episode starts at 9:20 How does UX hiring process look like?
• Types of interviews and how to prepare for different stages of UX hiring process
• Typical questions you get asked during an interview.
• How questions might differ depending on the seniority of the role you are applying for.
What is your motivation to work with our company? What are you looking for? Tell me about your experience.
What have you learnt during your career? What are your values in the design?
Tell me about your strong side and what things you would like to improve?
• Questions you, as a designer, should be asking when you are in an interview process.
Does the company have a top-down or bottom-up culture?
How is your product being formed and planned? How much user feedback contributes to it? What process do you follow?
How is the design team structured? What are the core values of the design team? What challenges does the design team face right now?
• Top 6 takeaways
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#43 Applying to hundreds of jobs w/Sarah Doody
22 februari 2022 |
48 min
- Strategies on how to get hired for a UX position without applying to hundreds of roles
- How to make less mistakes by applying UX and Product Management principles to job search process
- How to create a portfolio not just with deliverables but articulating your decision making process behind that
- The importance of building connections with people in the field
This episode's guest is Sarah Doody - founder and CEO of Career Strategy Lab
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#42 Selling UX research to stakeholders
16 februari 2022 |
41 min
- Importance of good research and dangers of sloppy research.
- Most common reasons why clients push back doing research and how to convince them not to do so.
- Top 6 takeaways.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Anfi's case study template.
- Ioana's most recent article on Medium on Instagram UX accounts she recommends to follow.
- A designer that we mention in this episode: Jared Spool.
- 5 W’s + H research method
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#41 Design agencies. Pros and cons
8 februari 2022 |
41 min
- Difference between working at a design agency and a big company or a start-up.
- Types of work and clients you are exposed to at a design agency.
- Hosts´ experience working and collaborating with design agencies.
- TOP 6 main takeaways.
Designer Andy Budd, who we mention in this episode
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#40 Big vs small product companies. pros & cons
1 februari 2022 |
48 min
- Differences between working in a corporate environment and for start-ups.
- Skills that you can learn in each environment.
- Scope of responsibilities, team dynamics, and structure of work in these two contexts.
- 2 key takeaways.
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#39 Juggling UX career and motherhood (or other important roles)
25 januari 2022 |
50 min
- Practical tips on making it as a UX designer and being a mom.
- Transitioning into a new career later in life.
- Skills that are transferable from motherhood into UX.
- TOP 6 main takeaways.
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#36 How I got fired twice
25 januari 2022 |
37 min
- How was it and what happened
- Emotional rollercoaster
- Perspective is the key
- TOP 6 main takeaways
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#38 Job hunting process for UX designers
18 januari 2022 |
51 min
- What is the job search typical process in 2022?
- What are the differences in a job search between small and big companies?
- What are the differences in a job search between seniors and junior designers?
- TOP 6 main takeaways
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#37 Wins and failures from 2021
22 december 2021 |
34 min
- Top 3 wins
- Top 3 failures
- Next year plans
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#35 Things you'll hate about UX design
30 november 2021 |
45 min
- Are there specific parts of the design that everyone hates?
- Our personal least favorite parts of the design
- Is it changing over time?
- TOP 6 main takeaways
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#34 Design estimations and time management
19 november 2021 |
43 min
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#33 Design mentoring. Our stories
19 november 2021 |
37 min
- Why have mentors at all?
- Ioana's mentoring story
- Setting the goals and objectives for the mentoring
- Anfisa's mentoring story
- TOP 6 main takeaways
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#32 UX design: Art or science?
19 november 2021 |
34 min
- Our initial expectations from the industry
- So, is it an art or a science?
- What design stages or parts make it arty?
- What design stages or parts make it scientific?
- TOP 6 main takeaways
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#31 Handling the rejection during UX job hunting
19 november 2021 |
39 min
- Anfisa’s personal rejection story
- Ioana’s personal rejection story
- Tips on Dealing with rejection
- Perspective is the key
- TOP 6 main takeaway
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#30 Transitioning to UX from a non-tech background
19 november 2021 |
45 min
- How does it feel to transition to UX without a technical background
- Challenges that non-technical people might face
- Building and mastering tech vocabulary
- What can a person do in order to fill in the “gaps'' TOP 6 main takeaways
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#29 What goes wrong in UX projects?
19 november 2021 |
46 min
- What are some common things that can go wrong in a UX project?
- What can a designer do to avoid the most common pitfalls?
- What have been some “failed” projects in your experience?
- TOP 6 main takeaways
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#28 Does it ever get easier to be a designer?
5 oktober 2021 |
49 min
➡️Does it ever get easier to make design decisions?
➡️Why being a UX designer is so complex?
➡️Tips on dealing with the complexity of the project
➡️Complexity in different companies and roles
➡️TOP 6 main takeaways
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#27 How to find a first UX design job?
28 september 2021 |
49 min
In this episode:
➡️ Why does no one is searching for junior designers?
➡️ Strategies and ideas for find job for beginners
➡️ First design portfolio tips
➡️ What projects should you put in your first portfolio?
➡️ TOP 6 main takeaways
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#26 UX Education. Behind the Scenes
21 september 2021 |
49 min
Out today’s guest is Radu Vucea, Product Design Manager Fitbit.
You can read more about him here: raduvucea.com
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In this episode we discuss:
➡️ The biggest problems with UX Education right now
➡️ Key struggles of anyone transitioning to UX Design
➡️ Some things that help students to make the transition smoother
➡️ What UX Education need less & more of
➡️ Assessing and navigating different educational opportunities
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#25 Communicating design to stakeholders
15 september 2021 |
44 min
In this episode:
➡️ How do we communicate our design decisions?
➡️ Communicating design decisions to various stakeholders (business, design team, development team, etc).
➡️ Aspects of communicating design decisions.
➡️ Most common design communication formats/ceremonies.
➡️ TOP 6 main takeaways.
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#24 Empathy in UX Design Process
7 september 2021 |
35 min
In this episode:
➡️ What’s empathy, actually?
➡️ Is empathy overrated like everyone says it is?
➡️ How important is empathy in design?
➡️ Sympathy vs. Empathy vs. Compassion empathy
➡️ How do we build empathy?
➡️ TOP 6 main takeaways
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#23 Critical thinking in UX Design Process
24 augusti 2021 |
34 min
In this episode:
➡️ What is it and why is it important?
➡️ Where do we use critical thinking in the design process?
➡️ How do you develop critical thinking
➡️ Critical thinking in Portfolio/Case study Presentations
➡️ TOP 6 main takeaways
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#22 Design Feedback vs Design Critique
17 augusti 2021 |
45 min
In this episode:
➡️ What’s the difference as when do we need what?
➡️ Different aspects of Feedback & Critiques
➡️ Tips on providing feedback
➡️ Tips on receiving feedback
➡️ TOP 6 main takeaways
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📙Book mentioned by Anfisa “Culture Map” by Erin Meyer
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#21 Being a beginner in the UX
29 juni 2021 |
43 min
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#20 Time management and productivity for designers
15 juni 2021 |
38 min
In this episode:
➡️ What are the hustles we manage now or did in the past
➡️ What are some most important tips & tricks to stay productive
➡️ Can you have a fully balances work-life balance?
➡️ The role of wellbeing in our productivity
➡️ TOP 6 main takeaways
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#19 Between bootcamps and your first UX job
25 maj 2021 |
52 min
So, you’ve finished a Course/Bootcamp, now what?
In this episode:
➡️ What should you do as soon as you graduate?
➡️ Job hunting funnel
➡️ Why networking?
➡️ Portfolio tips!
➡️ Optimizing your chances to get noticed
➡️ TOP 6 main takeaways
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2️⃣ UX Bootcamp that Ioana just launched
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#18 UX job interviews
11 maj 2021 |
52 min
In this episode:
➡️ Typical hiring stages for UX positions
➡️ Important qualities and red flags in the candidates
➡️ Questions you might hear during the interviews
➡️ How to stand out in the interviews
➡️ TOP 6 main takeaways
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#16 Is UX design for you?
20 april 2021 |
42 min
Key points of the episode:
➡️ What are the qualities that are important for UX designers?
➡️ Soft skills VS Hard skills
➡️ What backgrounds are most suitable to transition to UXD?
➡️ What will your work life look like?
➡️ TOP 6 main takeaways
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#15 UX Design titles and roles
6 april 2021 |
46 min
Design titles went a little out of control in the last few years. Let’s talk about why this is happening and what should be your title, actually?
Here is what you can expect in this episode:
➡️ What on your opinion is the difference between UX and Product design?
➡️ How about UX, UXR, Ui, CX, IxD, UX writer, Webdesigner? Is it all the same?
➡️ Why do we have so many titles in the market?
➡️ What’s the most ridiculous title you’ve ever heard?
➡️ TOP 6 main takeaways
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1️⃣ designtitle.com
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#14 Being women in Tech
1 april 2021 |
51 min
In this episode, we're discussing our European perspective on gender discrimination and what we feel could be done better to facilitate equal workspaces.
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➡️ Do we feel the discrimination?
➡️ Do we work in gender-equal teams?
➡️ Our assumptions on why is it unequal
➡️ What female perspective adds to the team?
➡️ How does it work being a mom and a careerist
➡️ Top 6 takeaways
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Mentioned resources:
1️⃣ Book Sapiens by Yuval Harari “It takes a village to raise a child”
2️⃣ Anfisa didn't found that mentioned source that equal environments are better for business, but as soon as will found drop it here!
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#13 UX & Product design tools
23 mars 2021 |
51 min
⚠️ Disclaimer: Tools DO NOT define you as a great designer. Your main asset is design thinking, not pixels.
Here is what you can expect in this episode:
➡️ What tools do we use as of 2021?
➡️ What do we think is a market standard feels?
➡️ How important are the tools in our practice?
➡️ Switching tools stories and some tips
➡️ Exciting new tools recommendations
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Mentioned tools:
➡️ Design software:
Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD
➡️ Important UX tools:
Miro, Airtable, Notion
➡️ Great specific stages tools:
Userbit, Hotjar, Optimizely, Optimalsort, Flowmapp, Uxpressia, Useberry, Hawkeye, Mixpanel and many more.
➡️ Tools of the future (no code)
Webflow, BravoStudio, EditorX
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#12 UX Design systems
16 mars 2021 |
53 min
In this episode let's decode the buzzword "Design systems" and really try to understand what is it and what value it can bring?
➡️ What are design systems?
➡️ What are the components of design systems?
➡️ Pros and cons of having design systems
➡️ Our experiences and lessons made from building design systems
➡️ Our favorite systems and resources
➡️ Top 6 takeaways
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Mentioned resources:
2️⃣ https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/atomic-web-design
3️⃣ https://material.io/design
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#11 Impostor syndrome for UX designers
9 mars 2021 |
49 min
Let's be honest, we've all experienced it to a certain extent. In this episode, we'd like to open up on our impostor stories and how they've actually made us better designers.
Here are the bullet points:
➡️ What is impostor syndrome?
➡️ Where impostor syndrome is coming from?
➡️ What are the common impostor symptoms?
➡️ Opening up about our impostor stories
➡️ Is impostor syndrome actually good for us?
➡️ Top 6 takeaways
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#10 UX design ladder. Career levels, stages & titles
3 mars 2021 |
42 min
UX industry didn’t reach a maturity level yet.
Thus, the design career ladder might look quite confusing and messed up for anyone who embarked themselves on it.
Let’s try to break down design career levels, stages & titles.
➡️ Our personal UX careers & what’s next for us?
➡️ Typical UX career journey and its stages
➡️ How can you define your level, stage, and title?
➡️ Can you measure your level in years?
➡️ Top 6 key takeaways
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Check this great resource to get inspired by some great designers who chose not a managerial career development track.
➡️staff.design
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#9 UX design education
23 februari 2021 |
47 min
⬇️Let's talk education
➡️Do you need formal education?
➡️How did we learn UX design?
➡️3+1 main learning components
➡️Do you need a mentor?
➡️Learning persona exercise
➡️TOP 6 main takeaways
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Our programs:
🎓Online course and mentorship by Anfisa
www.uxforfreelancers.com
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Mentoring program by Ioana
Coming soon!
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🗂Design brief generators:
1️⃣sharpen.design
4️⃣designercize.com
5️⃣productdesigninterview.com
6️⃣goodbrief.io
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#8 UX design portfolio
16 februari 2021 |
48 min
🔥Portfolio...maybe the only project that is never complete.
Let's talk about how we've approached the building portfolio and what we've learned from not having an official website portfolio.
➡️Our portfolio stories
➡️ When you should build a portfolio
➡️ What format it should be
➡️What content should be in it
➡️Top 6 takeaways
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#7 Reflection on 2020 and plans for 2021
9 februari 2021 |
47 min
This is the last episode about 2020, we promise! Even though it's a little belated discussion, we've recorded it at the end of December and really wanted to share with you the honest behind-the-scenes ups&downs we went through and how those lessons shaped our 2021 goals!
➡️Ioana shares bits about life after the childbirth
➡️Our TOP3 achievements in 2020
➡️Our TOP3 failures in 2020
➡️Our TOP3 goals for 2021
➡️Sharing our fears coming into 2021
💡Let us know what are your goals for 2021 on our Instagram page @honest_ux_talks.
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#6 Starting a new job in 2020
2 februari 2021 |
25 min
In this episode, I wanted to share how did it felt to start a new job in 2020 in the product company being fully remote.
⚠️ Spoiler alert: It was definitely not easy for an offline extroverted person.
Also, it's the first experimental episode alone.
➡️Pre-history and why I started a new job
➡️The choice: Product company vs Toptal
➡️️Connecting with the team online
➡️️Struggles of an extrovert working online
➡️️Understanding a complex product
➡️️What I've learned
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#5 Mental health. Burnout. Bare minimun | w/Gabriel Kirmaier as UXbites
26 januari 2021 |
52 min
2020 is FINALLY behind! But after such a rollercoaster year, we've all left feeling a little burnout or et least mentally drained. In this episode, we've invited our friend Gabriel Kirmaier (@uxbites) to discuss why he took the whole 2020 year OFFline and how it impacted his productivity.
👨🏻💻Gabriels' Instagram account instagram.com/uxbites
➡️Gabriel's' story of a social media disappear
➡️Why are we allowing ourselves to overwork?
➡️Super-productivity vs Bare-minimum
➡️Does strategy lead to burnout?
➡️Our burnout stories
➡️ TOP 6 main takeaways
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#4 Do you need an online presence?
19 januari 2021 |
57 min
Seems like during 2019-20 EVERY designer in the world started their social media pages, but not every designer stuck around.
In this episode let's discuss if it's worth creating your SM presence and if yes, then why?
➡️ Why starting your own SM presence?
➡️Our social media blogs stories
➡️ Does it make sense to start your social media in 2021?
➡️Does SM help you to land new freelance clients?
➡️ TOP 6 main takeaways
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#3 UX design processes
5 januari 2021 |
43 min
If you google UX design processes, you’ll receive about 481,000,000 search results.
So what design processes do we usually follow and what is their actual value?
➡️ Design thinking and Double diamond
➡️ UX process stages
➡️ How UX processes differ from a small to big companies
➡️ TOP 6 main takeaways
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#2 Defining UX design
4 januari 2021 |
47 min
UX design sounds very broad and even ambiguous.
In this episode let's try to understand why is it so and what does UX really mean?
➡️ Our UX design definitions and how we explain it to our Moms
➡️ UX designer vs UX design industry
➡️ What is good UX?
➡️ Examples of good UX for us
➡️ TOP 6 main takeaways
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#1 How to transition to UX Design
4 januari 2021 |
38 min
Are you getting started in the UX design field too?
In this episode, we're:
➡️ Sharing our transition to UX stories.
➡️ Discussing what was common in our journeys.
➡️ Discussing the main fears when it comes to a transition.
➡️ Impostor syndrome and self-doubt
➡️ TOP 6 main tips and takeaways to help you transition to UX too
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