Getting into UX Design - Morning Coffee

Hosted by IxDF Auckland

Mar 2nd, 2019

9:00am - 10:00am (UTC +13:00)

Shaky Isles Coffee Co., Britomart Place, 22 Customs St E, Auckland, 1010, Auckland

4 IxDF Members (and some non-members) are attending

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This is a free Local Group meetup

Attendance is free.

You don’t have to be a member to attend.

What are Local Groups?

Local Groups will expand your career network—whether you are interested in learning new skills, finding job opportunities or looking for a new employee.

A Local Group is a group of people who, like you, are passionate about design. Local Groups organize meetings to get inspired, have fun and learn from one another.

Meetup Details

I've been seeing a lot of people wanting to start their career into UX Design and I believe we can help each other and share experiences. Let's get together over a coffee on Saturday to talk about strategies, tactics and how to get that first UX job.

Meetup Conversation

Lucas Coelho

Hi all! Please use this discussion thread to discuss Getting into UX Design held on Mar 2, 2019. Feel free to ask questions about the place, date and time, agenda of the meeting, or anything else.

5 years ago

Daniel Farrant

Hi everyone.

Great idea to meet up. I would love to come but will be out of town this weekend.

Have a great time.

Daniel.

5 years ago

Bear Liu

Many thanks to Lucas for starting this catch-up.

What are the road barriers in our UX career?

I think there are 5 barriers in our UX career, especially for someone want to start UX career from other fields, such as designer, developer or marketing-related roles.

* Knowledge

* Skills

* Project

* Mentor

* Team

We can self-learn the knowledge and skills with online courses such as IDF's, reading books, and even by watching YouTube how-to videos. So they are not the monsters we can't defeat.

Project: a project is essential for UX related roles. You need an excellent case study to show your employer your design process and how you execute your plan. And a real project is the best way to practice your knowledge and skills. The project should include a whole UX design journey, and not too long ago. Take me for example, I have 6-years of UI/UX design experience in China, but my previous role in New Zealand did not focus on UX/UI. There is 2 year's gap since the last time I was involved with product project, so I need a new and local project for a case study.

Mentor: we can start our project to start the UX career, but how can we know what things to be improved? That's why a mentor is necessary. A mentor is not a teacher; he/she only need to spend a few hours per month with you to walk through your project and help you with that.

Team: a UX designer is not a lone wolf. We need a team at least with a developer, a designer and a product manager to start a project.

So I think project, mentor and team are three major obstacles for us to start a UX career.

What do you think?

5 years ago

Lucas Coelho

Great summary Bear, turn this into a medium post to reach more people.

5 years ago

Bear Liu