Honest UX Talks by Wix Studio – Détails, épisodes et analyse

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.

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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.

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Design Is Storytelling book

Storyworthy book

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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?

Mentioned in this episode:

"Culture map" book

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Join Anfi’s ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Job Search community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠:

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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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⬇️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

2️⃣ uplabs.com/challenges

3️⃣ www.uxchallenge.co

4️⃣designercize.com

5️⃣productdesigninterview.com

6️⃣goodbrief.io

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🔥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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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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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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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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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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