In my last article, I talked about our career path for UX designers. Developing something like that for your organization, while a worthwhile task, is certainly not easy. Fortunately, there are range of things you can do yourself to move your career (and your paycheck!) upward! (more…)
Archive for the ‘UX Career’ Category
User Experience Design Career Development – Part 2: Beyond the Path
Monday, February 22nd, 2010User Experience Design Career Development – Part 1: A Formal Career Path
Monday, February 15th, 2010User experience (UX) design has a reputation for being both hard to get into and hard to progress from. I talked about how to get into UX design in my last article, so now I want to talk about where you go once you get in. In some ways, this is actually a harder problem. There are books that introduce you to UX design but none that really show you how to branch out once you’ve established yourself as a UX designer. Fortunately, I work at Evantage, where in 2006 Mary Donnelly and I helped management and HR to define a comprehensive UX design career path. I’m going to share it with you here and then discuss some other options to consider in a follow-up article. (more…)
Getting Started in User Experience Design
Monday, November 16th, 2009In the past few months I’ve taken on two and-a-half mentees through the Information Architecture Institute’s mentorship program (two are local, one is remote… sorry Tyler, I know you’re a full person!). This has got me thinking even more than usual about how to get started in user experience (UX) design, so I’ve decided to save myself some time and write a post that collects all the resources and advice I usually give out on this topic. I hope this is useful for you, but if you feel like I’ve missed something there’s a comments box at the bottom. ; )