The User Experience Syndicate

Weekly interviews with user experience professionals straight to your inbox. Built and curated by @aymorgan

[Andy Budd @andybudd]

I’m constantly surprised when start-up founders ask me at what point should they hire their first designer.

My answer is usually some variation of, “if you were designing your own house, when would you hire an architect”?

[Konch @imcconchie]

Do you want to be a Product Designer at Netflix working with content, design & engineering partners on pioneering interactive titles like Black Mirror: Bandersnatch & Headspace: Unwind Your Mind? Of course you do. More info here - https://t.co/HYQ5C3lqXp

And please share. ✌️

[Brian Lovin @brian_lovin]

✍️ New post: How to give a great product design portfolio presentation

• Explain problem discovery and prioritization process
• Share specific stories about navigating tradeoffs
• Show iterations and outcomes
+ a few more best practices

https://t.co/JUWDkXsJwv

[Noah @dudeischill]

So much care and craft went into this, i just keep .... staring.... at it... @figmadesign

[Rohit @romiem]

Who else uses their browser URL bar to clear styles from formatted text they've copied from somewhere

[˗ˏˋ rogie ˎˊ˗ @rogie]

A #TotallyRadFigmaTip for you — I cover 3 new features to ease communication with your developers:

🔥 Documentation Link field (just dropped!)
✨ "Parent Component" inspect panel area
✨ Animation panel inspect panel area

#FigmaTips

Here's how to do it in @figmadesign:

[Lucy Tallon @LucyDaisy]

Our design team is growing and we're looking for a Lead User Researcher to join 1 of our product teams.

This team focuses on the community side of our Co-op offering which is so important right now 👫

Please RT

#jobs #design #userresearch #uxdesign

https://t.co/pDtiVhTp1S

[Doing DesignOps @DoingDesignOps]

After interviewing our researchers we created 4 pillars to focus our efforts on for research storage :

1. Accessible - Research needs to be findable and accessible

2. Onboarding - Researchers need to have a succinct induction

[Pavel A. Samsonov @PavelASamsonov]

Linear roadmaps are misleading without a crystal ball for seeing the future. A roadmap that recognizes the existence of risk as time goes on is more honest. But an effective PM needs to anticipate possible branches, too - and create clear criteria for following each path.

[Doug Collins @DougCollinsUX]

When an developer says, “Hey, I don’t like this design”, what do you do? #ux #design #uxtalk

[Doug Collins @DougCollinsUX]

Give your users a warning before they take action with potentially catastrophic consequences. #ux #design

[Charles Patterson @CharlesPattson]

Accessibility should be apart of every design teams core beliefs, values, and principles — not an afterthought. Design with accessibility in mind all the time.

[femke @femkesvs]

What online design resources like courses, digital goods or online books would you recommend to early stage designers?

I'm about to reach 10K subs(!) on YouTube and would like to do a giveaway (don't wanna bother with shipping physical goods) for my subscribers to celebrate 🎉

[Chris Brain @ChrisBrainUX]

A thing I wrote about content designers, and why organisations should recognise their value as specialists

#content #contentdesign #designprocess #agile #digital #design #productdesign

https://t.co/l1h0sph0or

[EPAM Systems @EPAMSystems]

Read the latest interview by @TheUXSyndicate featuring EPAM’s Associate Director of Experience Design @UXTomM as he gives advice and tips for others in #UserExperience. https://t.co/lKFGTti5Ik

[UX Collective @uxdesigncc]

Decoding APIs for product managers https://t.co/QzckCoVuif

[Katherine Lu 🤠 @designklu]

Anyone hiring a UX/UI designer during this time? Asking for me 🤞

[Tom Moran @UXTomM]

Achievement unlocked 🤟@TEDx #lifefindsaway