#63 Building UX design educational program
Discussed in this episode: What is Instructional Design? What are the guiding principles for designing the course? ❓Next topic ideas: Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here Links: 🎓 Into UX design online course by Anfisa 🎓 Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy by Ioana 🧡 Want to support us? Sign up here to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 Our instagram 👩💻 Anfisa’s instagram 👩🏻💻 Ioana’s instagram
2 Nov 202238min
#62 UX Design Horror Stories
This week we are having a special Halloween episode about the horror design work experiences we had in our careers. Mentioned in this episode: ❓Next topic ideas: Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here Links: 🎓 Into UX design online course by Anfisa 🎓 Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy by Ioana 🧡 Want to support us? Sign up here to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 Our instagram 👩💻 Anfisa’s instagram 👩🏻💻 Ioana’s instagram
25 Okt 202230min
#61 Why you are not getting UX job interviews?
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 Anfi's mentoring page ❓Next topic ideas: Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here Links: 🎓 Into UX design online course by Anfisa 🎓 Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy by Ioana 🧡 Want to support us? Sign up here to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 Our instagram 👩💻 Anfisa’s instagram 👩🏻💻 Ioana’s instagram
18 Okt 202248min
#60 Surviving in a very technical company
We are sorry for problems with the sound in this episode. 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? ❓Next topic ideas: Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here Links: 🎓 Into UX design online course by Anfisa 🎓 Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy by Ioana 🧡 Want to support us? Sign up here to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 Our instagram 👩💻 Anfisa’s instagram 👩🏻💻 Ioana’s instagram
12 Okt 202241min
#59 UX design conferences
We are sorry for problems with the sound in this episode. 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? ❓Next topic ideas: Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here Links: 🎓 Into UX design online course by Anfisa 🎓 Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy by Ioana 🧡 Want to support us? Sign up here to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 Our instagram 👩💻 Anfisa’s instagram 👩🏻💻 Ioana’s instagram
4 Okt 202234min
#58 Should designers learn how to code?
We are sorry for problems with the sound in this episode. 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? ❓Next topic ideas: Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here Links: 🎓 Into UX design online course by Anfisa 🎓 Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy by Ioana 🧡 Want to support us? Sign up here to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 Our instagram 👩💻 Anfisa’s instagram 👩🏻💻 Ioana’s instagram
28 Sep 202234min
#57 Typical mistakes designers are doing while applying for a job
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 ❓Next topic ideas: Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here Links: 🎓 Into UX design online course by Anfisa 🎓 Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy by Ioana 🧡 Want to support us? Sign up here to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 Our instagram 👩💻 Anfisa’s instagram 👩🏻💻 Ioana’s instagram
20 Sep 202243min
#56 Freelancing as a UX Designer
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. ❓Next topic ideas: Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here Links: 🎓 Into UX design online course by Anfisa 🎓 Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy by Ioana 🧡 Want to support us? Sign up here to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 Our instagram 👩💻 Anfisa’s instagram 👩🏻💻 Ioana’s instagram
7 Sep 202230min
