Kate Fisher

What Makes A Great Case Study? In episode six of The Essentials of Finding Your Next UX Job! Series, Jared Spool explains which parts of your different case studies best sell what you'll do for the hiring manager. Uncover how to compellingly tell your case study stories while making your portfolio highly skimmable. https://lnkd.in/d9judCZd

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What Makes A Great Case Study? In episode six of The Essentials of Finding Your Next UX Job! Series, Jared Spool explains which parts of your different case studies best sell what you'll do for the hiring manager. Uncover how to compellingly tell your case study stories while making your portfolio highly skimmable to get you the ideal next job in your career. https://cstu.io/bc1a4e

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What Makes A Great Case Study? In episode six of The Essentials of Finding Your Next UX Job! Series, Jared Spool explains which parts of your different case studies best sell what you'll do for the hiring manager. Uncover how to compellingly tell your case study stories while making your portfolio highly skimmable to get you the ideal next job in your career. https://cstu.io/d42829

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This month I've been giving in-depth presentations about trauma. Here's 3 (unexpected) things I wish everyone knew about trauma: 1. Trauma is never purely an individual issue. It’s a product of the current paradigm we live in, and something we all live with in one way or another and to varying degrees. 2. Individual trauma responses are protective, not defective. They are *intelligent* responses to limited capacity. 3. Healing is connective, not corrective. If there's something that needs repair, it's not our individual bodies/minds, it's the relationships and conditions that perpetuate and/or exacerbate experiences of trauma. This isn't simply my opinion, there's research and healing practices that back all this up. Please comment if you're curious to learn or share more! #traumainformed #traumainformeddesign #healingcentered #biopsychosocial #emotionalagility #emotionalintelligence

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I cannot take an organization seriously or spend money with them if they have an accessibility statement, yet the site is not accessible (in this case, no focus indicator) AND to top it all off, you have an overlay. The overlay immediately and effectively renders your accessibility statement moot and pointless, and the accessibility statement is a lie. Because even though you might be "making improvements and striving to make the site as accessible as we can", you still have the bloody overlay. Which is equal to trying to skate forward on ice, but you're running backward with no skates on. If your site has an overlay, I pass on what your org is offering. What you need a Chief Accessibility Officer or Head of Accessibility at your org to make things right. And inclusive, and accessible.

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Episode 212 of The World of UX is now available! Many know that today's UX hiring landscape is broken, but few can explain it. This week, Darren talks about several normalized aspects of today's UX hiring practices that are all dysfunctional, inquitable, and incivil. Tune in for the breakdown. https://spoti.fi/3yU90ke

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I love using the iPad to sketch out plans and to make communicating easier. While you can open up a wire frame or diagramming tool or Figma or a mind map tool… the Freeform app on Apple platforms comes with your device and is just awesome at sketching out simple ideas as if you were in the same room drawing on a whiteboard. Being in the same room is not always possible. I just got off a call with folks from across the world to talk about Stripe product and plan architecture for new price and functionality tiers we have coming up at Law Insider and it made it easier for me to articulate my thoughts because I had drawn it out. Have you checked it out? P.S. forgive my handwriting plz #product #productmarketing

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You need a designer. Whatever you're building in tech, a designer is necessary. That's the truth. From the very beginning, hire a designer. And senior designer Eloisa Breban Docton says design is not only about creating beautiful products, but studies actually show that aesthetically-pleasing products evoke positive emotions, suggest higher quality, enhance user engagement, contribute to a positive brand image, and influence consumer purchasing decisions. On the #EchobindBlog, Eloisa dives deeper into which designer to hire and who you might need for what you're building. 📝: https://lnkd.in/gYbhxQfD

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Good reminder. What cultural & process norms do you suggest to help cultivate shared understanding?

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Introducing our new User Interviews Guide–the #1 playbook for all-things moderated interviews ✏️ 📘 “Conducting user interviews can be validating and incredibly helpful in creating meaningful features to help your users solve their problems—the key is in how you conduct the conversation.” – Haley S., Design Director and CEO at Iris Design Collaborative This comprehensive 4-chapter guide covers everything from interview techniques to crafting questions and analyzing feedback. Plus, example questions, top interview tools, and best practices from industry experts. Turn conversations into actionable insights, empowering you to make more informed product decisions 🔥 Read the guide 👉 https://buff.ly/4462in5 #UserInteriews #UXresearch #UXguide

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My designer has ghosted me. You're in the middle of designing your MVP when suddenly your designer goes radio silent. Vanished, poof! The panic sets in. Time is running out. You're left scrambling to find a replacement. Your project is in limbo. The stress, wasted money, and delays are hurting your business. But you can't let ONE designer ruin your success story. Some Startups get it wrong. They believe it's cheaper to hire one designer. One designer will do the User Interface, User Experience, Animations, Design Strategy, and Graphic Design. No designer can do it all alone. When they ghost you? You have NO team. Be a Savvy Startup. Comment or DM "SAVVY" to schedule a free 1:1 call. #ODD #ODDSprint #startup #startups #startuplife #startupbusiness #startuptips #startupgrind #startuplifestyle #businessstartup #startupsuccess #startupideas #startupadvice #techstartup #startupfounder #startupbusinesses #businessstartups #techstartups #startupcoach #startupsupport #startupidea #startupbusinessess #startupuk #startupslife #startuptech #techstartuplife

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There is a difference between being PEDANTIC and being DETAIL-ORIENTED. One can easily look like the other, but the truth is that one is self-serving and annoying, while the other facilitates excellence. Know the difference. Addendum: Definitions 1) An insulting word for someone who is annoying by correcting small errors or showing off their expertise. 2) Giving too much attention to formal rules or small details, or caring too much about unimportant rules or details and not enough about understanding or appreciating a subject. Also known as "anal-retentive" (i.e., overly obsessive concerning small details). #ux #realuxtalk Darren Hood, MSUXD

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Diversity in design isn't just a buzzword—it's a business imperative. 🌈 As a hiring manager, I've seen firsthand how diverse teams boost creativity, product quality, and profitability. I believe in building teams that reflect our users and bring fresh perspectives to every project. How do you ensure fairness during the hiring process when you have to look at portfolios? Here is my perspective on the challenges of inclusive hiring. #DiversityInDesign #InclusiveHiring #TeamBuilding

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I'll expect more from you if you tell me you want to make something accessible and §508 conformant. The 508 digital accessibility standards are mirroring WCAG 2.0 AA. That version of WCAG came out in December 2008. In other words, that standard is 16 years old... So I'm going to push for you to, at a minimum, adhere to the latest version of WCAG. That is, WCAG 2.2. By doing that, you'll still conform to §508, but you'll also make things more accessible for your end users. Also, remember, accessibility standards are the starting line, not the target.

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What if I told you... ...you can't pay your way out of accessibility? It isn't a technical problem! That means you can't fix accessibility with a once-and-done approach. You can hire an outside vendor to work on it. They'll evaluate your site and fix everything they find, without needing much involvement from you. They'll address the symptom, but not the cause. It's like taking pills for a head ache that gets worse and worse, without consulting a doctor to figure out the underlying cause. Yes, the head ache will go away for a while. But you haven't solved anything there. Think about it. Your website is an ongoing project. It needs constant changes and updates. The work is never done. Any change you make may create new accessibility barriers. It’s this dynamic aspect of development that forces you to pay continuous attention to accessibility. There's no way you can get any lasting results without treating the underlying causes. For #accessibility, the underlying causes could be any of the following: - lack of awareness - no accessibility knowledge in the team - inefficient processes - no guard-rails against releasing inaccessible features - no business support The truth is you can't outsource accessibility because you can't outsource responsibility!

Thousands of file cabinets are about to become empty. I'm in the middle of helping a client turn all of their paper workflows digital. And boy is it a MASSIVE lift. Call me crazy, but there is something really fun about making blasé stepped workflows BEAUTIFUL. Projects like this aren't just about an intuitive UX, there are so many other moving pieces, like: → Architecting databases to efficiently hold and serve up data → Write business logic to catch errors, omissions, and tons of other edge cases. → Retrain employees on processes they can currently do with their eyes closed → Get buy in across all departments → Incrementally roll out in a way that limits the risk of burning the entire building down It's hard, but meaningful work. It may seem like boring work to many, but I love unwiring the complexity of it all. And ultimately it results in the ability for their employees to provide better value, faster, to all of their customers. And for the business, they can make better decisions with data right at their fingertips. Less things will fall through the cracks. Future employees will be better trained. And more! #ux #productdesign #ui

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🍿 Who doesn't love a good debate on hypotheticals? I don't think there is a magic ratio of designers and developers that can apply to every company, like 1:5 or 5:1, and I don't suppose Jared does either (literally) but I appreciate the sentiment that he'd rather have more researchers than designers if he had to pick one extreme or the other. However, I can say that hiring *and empowering* SOME designers and SOME researchers are much better than trying to build, release and maintain products or services with product and engineering alone, for example. I understand budgets are tighter, but true expertise in UX research and product design is not something to skimp on, one way or the other, if you want happy _________ (users, customers, employees, partners, etc) and long term viability.

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Designers sketch, pixel-pushers jump right into Figma. If you aren't sketching, you aren't designing. I hold this truth deep within my bones. Check out my new article explaining why and how you can grow as a designer. https://lnkd.in/gP5buNHf

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