Getting A Job In UX

For new and aspiring UXers: here's an overview of the UX field, the Los Angeles design community, and where (and how!) to find those UX jobs.

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1. Jay Stakelon VP Product Design @Fullscreen GETTING A JOB IN UX
2. HI THERE.
3. Jay Stakelon Product Design @Fullscreen ~10 years digital design, web engineering, product management, startups ! ! ! ! ! ! @stakelon http://speakerdeck.com/stakes
4. You guys? ! Graphic designers? Entrepreneurs? Software engineers? What else?
5. A QUICK INTRO TO UX
6. UI VISUAL DESIGN UXD XD HCI IxD U IA UXD XD UX IA L UR UX IA CONTEN STRATEGY UI UX I
7. UI VISUAL DESIGN UXD XD HCI IxD U IA UXD XD UX IA L UR UX IA CONTEN STRATEGY UI UX I WTF
8. Ed Lea, http://cl.ly/AX4l/o
9. Ed Lea, http://cl.ly/AX4l/o
10. Ed Lea, http://cl.ly/AX4l/o
11. Jesse James Garrett, http://www.jjg.net/elements/pdf/elements.pdf
12. Peter Morville, http://semanticstudios.com/publications/semantics/000029.php CONTEXT CONTENT USERS
13. Peter Morville, http://semanticstudios.com/publications/semantics/000029.php FINDABLE USABLE ACCESSIBLE DESIRABLE CREDIBLE VALUABLE USEFUL
14. UX DISCIPLINES
15. User Experience Design - or - (Digital) Product Design ☂
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
21. 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
22. 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
23. And some are bit of everything ☂ ▶ Some jobs focus on one discipline Some require a few
24. FINDING JOBS (IN LA)
25. 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?
26. BigCo’s™
27. Agencies
28. Startups
29. Recruiters
30. builtinla.com/jobs dribbble.com/jobs behance.net/joblist
31. Job Listings bit.ly/1bMPDWI
32. GETTING INVOLVED
33. User Experience Professionals Association uxpa.org
34. Interaction Design Association ixda.org
35. AIGA aiga.org
36. LA UX Meetup meetup.com/ia-55
37. Creative Mornings creativemornings.com
38. HUGE LA Meetup meetup.com/Huge-LA
39. General Assembly generalassemb.ly
40. LEARNING MORE
41. Blogs 52 Weeks of UX 52weeksofux.com/ UX Booth uxbooth.com/ Konigi konigi.com/ A List Apart alistapart.com/ Smashing Magazine uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/
42. 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/
43. 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
44. All these and more at stakelon.com/ux-design-resources
45. Resources bit.ly/19mUayv
46. More Resources bit.ly/18HfM4S
47. (UNSOLICITED) ADVICE
48. 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
49. 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
50. Learn
51. Build & Share
52. Thanks!