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Crafting And Delivering Your Personal Elevator Pitch

Crafting and Delivering Your Personal Elevator Pitch

  • September 5, 2017
  • Matt Eng
  • Career, Starting out, Tips
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The personal elevator pitch is a useful tool for meeting and connecting with people who can strengthen your community. A high impact 15 second summary of who you are and how you can offer value can seal an effective first…

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For The First Day Of Design Class

For the First day of Design Class

  • August 10, 2017
  • Matt Eng
  • Classroom Management, Studying UX, Tips, UX Design
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On the first day of design class, I have learned to prepare a talk for my students. For about thirty minutes I go over the importance of getting their sh*t in order and studying ahead. They tend to nod their…

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Summer Projects For UX Designers

Summer Projects for UX Designers

  • July 11, 2017
  • Matt Eng
  • Portfolio, Starting out, Tips, UX, UX Design
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Summer is a necessary break from the rigors of class. I work full time while I teach, but I welcome the time to reflect on my experiences from the academic year. The time away from class offers opportunities to grow…

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UX Portfolio Checklist Part 2: Present Work Clearly

UX Portfolio Checklist Part 2: Present Work Clearly

  • July 5, 2017
  • Matt Eng
  • Portfolio, Starting out, Tips, UX, UX Process
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This is part two of a three part UX Portfolio Checklist series. If you missed the fist part that outlined the necessary elements that make up a solid portfolio piece, check out this post (link). In this article, I go…

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90 Day Plan For Your New Design Job

90 day plan for your new design job

  • June 24, 2017
  • Matt Eng
  • Career, Starting out, Tips
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You made it. You survived the gauntlet of portfolio reviews, interviews, design challenges, and landed a new design job. Now is the time to really get to work. How should you approach the first 90 days? I have gone through…

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John Challis On Growing As A Designer

John Challis on Growing as a Designer

  • May 30, 2017
  • Matt Eng
  • Career, Interviews, Tips, UX
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John Challis is a Product Designer for IBM Bluemix and founder of the fashion and art blog, Hastyville. He currently lives in Austin,TX. In this interview, we discuss getting started in the industry, working for IBM Design, and growing as…

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4 Things To Do Before Every UX Design Job Interview

4 Things to do before every UX Design Job Interview

  • May 9, 2017
  • Matt Eng
  • Career, Tips, UX
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For most of this semester, I have been preparing my portfolio students to practice pitching their work and their skills for the impending UX design job interview. This week will be the last class for the semester. After they do…

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4 Job Interview Myths Designers Should Ignore

4 Job Interview Myths Designers Should Ignore

  • April 11, 2017
  • Matt Eng
  • Career, Portfolio, Starting out, Tips
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Job Interview Myth #1: No Experience = No Chance Truth: Internships and Entry Level positions Of all the job interview myths, this one frustrates most of my students. However, just remember that companies are often looking to grow the talent…

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Importance Of Visual Aesthetics In UX Design

Importance of Visual Aesthetics in UX Design

  • March 14, 2017
  • Matt Eng
  • Career, Tips, UX Design
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A few years into my career, I started to notice designers self-identifying themselves by a specialty. As we started to better define UX, we realized that no one designer can own the entire process. So, we categorized ourselves as visual…

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Challenges With Enterprise UX Design

Challenges with Enterprise UX Design

  • March 7, 2017
  • Matt Eng
  • Career, Organization, Tips, UX Design
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I came to enterprise software recently joining IBM design. Before this move I worked on mostly consumer facing applications at two startups and two agencies. A lot of my peers questioned my move. Their experiences with enterprise software companies were…

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