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UX job hunt help + coffee

Hosted by IxDF London
Sep 15th, 2020
10:00am - 2:00pm (UTC +00:00)
City of London, London
9 IxDF Members (and some non-members) are attending
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Hi IxDF London, let's meet up and network over coffee! Share UX design insights and resources, discuss UX problems you are facing now, or just chat about anything else. It's going to be an informal, cozy meetup with fellow designers!

Meetup Conversation

Mahmoud Al-Hajjar

Hi all! Please use this discussion thread to discuss UX job hunt help + coffee held on Sep 15, 2020.

Feel free to ask questions about the place, date and time, agenda of the meeting, or anything else.

Mahmoud Al-Hajjar

Hello,

I am interested in meeting people, talk about the job hunt and how Covid has affected the UX Design market.

Location hasn't been allocated yet!

Amit Adam Doyle

Hi Mahmoud, will this be a physical meeting or a virtual 'coffe' meeting on Zoom? Many thanks

Amit

Mahmoud Al-Hajjar

Hello Amit,

I was considering a physical meetup but if more than 10 people are interested then it has to be a virtual meeting for obvious reasons.

Amit Adam Doyle

Of course it would be great to meet 'for real'. Yet, for practical reasons, I would prefer a virtula meeting on this occasion, if that works for everyone else.

Mahmoud Al-Hajjar

Agreed

Federica Talato

Hi - I would love to join too and I agree that a physical meeting may be out of question for now. How many of us so far?

Mahmoud Al-Hajjar

Hello Federica,

Sorry I missed your message,

I don't know how many people are going to be on there to be honest, but even if few it would be nice to have a chat.

Luis Oliveira

Hi all! Physical meeting will be possible according the last UK government measures?

Mahmoud Al-Hajjar

Not from Monday, no more than 6 people

Akeel Hassan Kazmi

I'm in! virtual please

Mahmoud Al-Hajjar

👍🏻

Mahmoud Al-Hajjar

I just want to be clear that this is only to chat and discuss how Covid has affected others and try and get help from each other. I have been struggling to find a job and I want to share and hear what others have experienced as well and hopefully make virtual friends.

I will add the zoom link tomorrow if people are still interested, shall we say start at 10am and end whenever we are done?

Arup Roy

Hi Mahmoud,

I am interested.

Arup Roy

hi all, is this meet still happening with the new restrictions imposed by the government?

Debi Ani

Hi Mahmoud, I will drop in when I can. Please send the link to debi@orodesign.co.uk. Thanks!

Mahmoud Al-Hajjar

Great to hear Arup, this meeting will be a virtual one via zoom.

Looking forward to joining us Debi, I'll send you the link once posted.

Mahmoud Al-Hajjar

Mahmoud Al-Hajjar is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Mahmoud Al-Hajjar's Personal Meeting Room Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/9387157930?pwd=NDVia2FHc... Meeting ID: 938 715 7930

Passcode: zz78gH

Arup Roy

So we login with this meeting id and pw at 10AM tomorrow? is that the plan?

Mahmoud Al-Hajjar

Yes, exactly.

Mahmoud Al-Hajjar

Hello everyone,

I hope you all had a lovely weekend and are looking forward for our chat tomorrow, if you have any questions before then please do ask anything.

Excited to hear people's stories and experiences. Come join us even if you just want to listen, just grab your tea/coffee and zoom with us.

Hongxi Li

Heya! is a virtual meet up for this time?


Mahmoud Al-Hajjar

Hello Hongxi, Yes it is tomorrow 15 Sep 10am London time.

Pierre-Francois Gerard

I will pop in to to say hello. I am curious ... ;)

Mahmoud Al-Hajjar

Less than 15 mins to go, I am very excited.

Alessio Golfetto

I'm trying to join the call but it says the: the host has another meeting in progress

Gulnaz K

Same here

Konrad Kozulski

Hey! I’d love to join and say hello, very interesting topic. Isn’t it too late? Cheers

Mahmoud Al-Hajjar

Oh still saying that now?

Mahmoud Al-Hajjar

I started the meeting

Pierre-Francois Gerard

Yep, same here, maybe we're too late...

Mahmoud Al-Hajjar

The meeting is on

Mahmoud Al-Hajjar

Thank you so much for joining me today and I'm looking forward to organize another one soon.

If you haven't found me already, this is my Linkedin please feel free to connect with me.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahmoud-al-hajjar-2630...

Lee Baker

I am sorry that I missed this! Hope we can 'get together' again soon.

My story is I am transitioning from other types of writing, journalism, copywriting, advocacy/community organising, and have had a couple of first interviews, but whilst my knowledge of user experience is growing, I am getting the impression that I need to build up a portfolio to get anywhere. Cheers.

Mahmoud Al-Hajjar

Hello Lee,

Yes, the portfolio is very important. It helps you to put the information that you want to show and the ability to show others what you are capable of doing.

Lee Baker

For sure! I have a portfolio, but it's more copywriting and content writing, with just some interface writing. I am getting the impression that for some UX jobs, including UX writer jobs, you need to show the whole process, including the research and prototyping, right? I would love to carry on this conversation in a Zoom or, even better, over a coffee! Maybe we could have smaller get-togethers for now...? Where are you based, Mahmoud?

Mahmoud Al-Hajjar

I don't know what they require from a UX writer to be honest but I think that the requirements for a portfolio should be very similar. Showing your work is essential, the reason you are doing it and how you got there (the who, what, why and how) and to show that is basically the process. Research, sketching, paper prototyping, testing, prototyping (low and high fidelity) but again this is for UX Designer not sure about UX writer.

It would be great to get together, not sure how tight these restrictions are going to get, I'm in Southeast London

Lee Baker

I think you may be right! I'm in South East too! Between Crystal Palace and Penge. Would be great to meet, and we could see if up to four others want to come too, what do you think?

Mahmoud Al-Hajjar

Yea, absolutely if possible.

Lee Baker

Hey Mahmoud! When's good?

Drew Ewen

Hey Mahmoud and Lee,

I am in Southeast too and would be up for a coffee meetup. If you don't mind an extra.

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