Getting A Job In UX - Speaker Deck

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Jay Stakelon VP Product Design @Fullscreen GETTING A JOB IN UX

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HI THERE.

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Jay Stakelon Product Design @Fullscreen ~10 years digital design, web engineering, product management, startups ! ! ! ! ! ! @stakelon http://speakerdeck.com/stakes

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You guys? ! Graphic designers? Entrepreneurs? Software engineers? What else?

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A QUICK INTRO TO UX

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UI VISUAL DESIGN UXD XD HCI IxD U IA UXD XD UX IA L UR UX IA CONTEN STRATEGY UI UX I

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UI VISUAL DESIGN UXD XD HCI IxD U IA UXD XD UX IA L UR UX IA CONTEN STRATEGY UI UX I WTF

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Ed Lea, http://cl.ly/AX4l/o

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Ed Lea, http://cl.ly/AX4l/o

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Ed Lea, http://cl.ly/AX4l/o

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Jesse James Garrett, http://www.jjg.net/elements/pdf/elements.pdf

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Peter Morville, http://semanticstudios.com/publications/semantics/000029.php CONTEXT CONTENT USERS

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Peter Morville, http://semanticstudios.com/publications/semantics/000029.php FINDABLE USABLE ACCESSIBLE DESIRABLE CREDIBLE VALUABLE USEFUL

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UX DISCIPLINES

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User Experience Design - or - (Digital) Product Design ☂

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User Research SKILLS Psychology, anthropology, marketing, customer development Responsible for understanding the users of a product Identify user behaviors, needs & goals Conduct interviews, studies and surveys TASKS Interviews, studies, surveys, customer journeys, personas

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Information Architecture SKILLS Product management, taxonomy, information sciences Responsible for a product’s structure and flow Define how content is described, organized & discovered The presentation of information to facilitate understanding TASKS Navigation schemas, process flows, sitemaps, wireframes

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User Interface Design SKILLS Graphic design, software engineering, animation Responsible for how users perceive a system Use form and convention to help users understand a system  Giving users clues and affordances, mitigating errors ▶ TASKS Sketching, wireframing, mockups, prototyping

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Interaction Design SKILLS HCI, software engineering, user-centered design Responsible for how users communicate with a system Deﬁne how an experience acts and reacts Allows users to manipulate and contribute to information  TASKS Process ﬂows, wireframing, prototyping, design strategy

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Visual Design SKILLS Graphic design, illustration, ﬁne arts Responsible for the “look and feel” of a product Evoke emotion, create interest and convey tone Use layout, color, texture and typography TASKS Sketching, mockups, styleguides, user testing

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Usability SKILLS Analytics, statistics, marketing Responsible for measuring the impact of design decisions Analyze metrics and make recommendations Measure learnability and success by conducting user tests TASKS Web/mobile metrics, task analyses, measuring outcomes

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http://stackoverﬂow.com/questions/1654093/what-is-difference-between-interaction-design-visual-design-web-design-ux-des USER RESEARCH What users need from it INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE How it’s organized ▶ USER INTERFACE DESIGN How it appears to work INTERACTION DESIGN How it works when I use it VISUAL DESIGN How it looks USABILITY How successful it is ☂ USER EXPERIENCE How a user feels about it

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And some are bit of everything ☂ ▶ Some jobs focus on one discipline Some require a few

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FINDING JOBS (IN LA)

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Onward Search, http://www.viscomstudio.com/quora/UX-Career-Guide-Infographic.png 26% 2% 6% 18% 23% 24% INTERACTION DESIGNER VISUAL DESIGNER INFORMATION ARCHITECT USER RESEARCHER USABILITY ANALYST UX DESIGNER What job titles are companies hiring?

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BigCo’s™

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Agencies

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Startups

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Recruiters

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builtinla.com/jobs dribbble.com/jobs behance.net/joblist

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Job Listings bit.ly/1bMPDWI

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GETTING INVOLVED

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User Experience Professionals Association uxpa.org

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Interaction Design Association ixda.org

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AIGA aiga.org

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LA UX Meetup meetup.com/ia-55

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Creative Mornings creativemornings.com

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HUGE LA Meetup meetup.com/Huge-LA

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General Assembly generalassemb.ly

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LEARNING MORE

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Blogs 52 Weeks of UX 52weeksofux.com/ UX Booth uxbooth.com/ Konigi konigi.com/ A List Apart alistapart.com/ Smashing Magazine uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/

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Design Patterns & UI Inspiration Little Big Details littlebigdetails.com/ Pattern Tap patterntap.com/ Mobile Patterns mobile-patterns.com/ Pttrns pttrns.com/ Inspired UI inspired-ui.com/

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Articles & Presentations UX*UI*IA on Medium medium.com/ux-ui-ia A Guide to UX Careers bit.ly/1bDKUpg UX Career Progression bit.ly/1j4o7tj A Model for UX Career Growth bit.ly/1bMUVSh

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All these and more at stakelon.com/ux-design-resources

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Resources bit.ly/19mUayv

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More Resources bit.ly/18HfM4S

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(UNSOLICITED) ADVICE

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If you’re new to UX UI VISUAL DESIGN UXD XD IxD UR IA UXD XD UX IA L U IA CONTENT STRATEGY UI IxD HCI XD UR VISU

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UI VISUAL DESIGN UXD XD IxD UR IA UXD XD UX IA L U IA CONTENT STRATEGY UI IxD HCI XD UR VISU “Wedge” your way into the field by  focusing on one aspect you love