UX designers are in high demand. There is a growing number of open positions that companies are struggling to fill. Salaries have risen to rival the levels of developer compensation. The average UX designer salary in the U.S. is between…
I have created this UX design portfolio checklist partly for selfish reasons to make my job as a design instructor easier. For the past two years, I have been getting the same question, “Is this work good enough for my…
This year I have been working crafting a message through a series of talks. Over these experiences, I have found that there were key elements of the delivery that were missing in each of the earlier talks. At an event…
This an adaption of a presentation I did for UX Australia’s Managing Design Conference. The basis of this talk came out of my experience moving from startups and agency culture to enterprise product. When I joined IBM Design as a…
"Great designers are great storytellers,” proclaimed my creative director. “No one will really get your screens and workflows unless you attach it to a compelling story,” she added. Over the years, I found this to be very true. The more…
Our job as designers is to create experiences that people will not notice. Remove obstacles that would otherwise lead to cognitive load and barriers. Help people preserve brainpower and avoid frustration. I have taught students and mentored new designers to…
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…
Over the last three months, I experimented with doing live UX portfolio reviews on Youtube. Through teaching and speaking, I connect with plenty of aspiring UX researchers and designers. A common topic is breaking into the industry, and a natural…
This is part one in a two-part series with Alisha Moore on the not-so-clear design path. She is a visual designer for IBM, and she talks about defining her career and how she got started in design during one of…
Julie Durall is a UX designer at Civitas Learning. She and I met in my Intro to UX and UX Portfolio classes at Austin Community College (ACC). In our interview, she talks about balancing family and school as well as…