If you’ve been thinking about a career in UX, now is definitely the time to get started. Demand for UX professionals has risen massively in many territories including Europe, the US and Australia. And as demand far outstrips supply, UX…
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How I got into UX – Becca Finnegan
Unlike fields such as medicine or law, there isn’t usually one clearly defined career path into UX design. The stories of how people end up working in UX are as varied as the career backgrounds that they come from. Becca…
Why product managers need to know UX
UX and product management have broadly the same goals – to understand users’ needs, to create excellent experiences that solve those needs and to keep innovating products, with these aims in mind. Product managers make up a sizeable proportion of…
Persuade your boss to buy into UX
You’re all in favour of UX but your boss or colleagues aren’t convinced that it’s worth investing in. How can you persuade them that UX design is the better way? Tricia Okin, New York-based product and user experience designer, shares…
How to record mobile usability tests
There’s no need to explain the importance of mobile to UX designers. Mobile is eating the world. But mobile usability testing has remained a challenge for many. Why? Methods used for recording mobile usability tests can be deeply frustrating for…
Want to have better meetings? Design them.
Meetings take up an increasingly large part of our working week with a lot of time and effort being poured into them. But they often end up being inefficient, create more work (not less) and don’t solve the problems that…
User research – what’s tomato ketchup got to do with it?
The iconic glass Heinz ketchup bottle was once a staple in family kitchens around the world. Thump, thump…and perhaps one last thump and the red sauce spurted out onto fries, burgers or whatever else was sitting on the dinner plate.…
How to get a job in UX: Tips from Intercom’s Des Traynor
People often ask us how they can start a career in UX. If they don’t have opportunities to practise UX in their current role, making the switch can seem difficult. Just where do you start? Des Traynor, co-founder of Intercom,…
How to find users for a usability test
Of all the tools in the UX tool kit, usability testing is one of the most prevalent and, arguably, the most powerful. It’s hard to imagine any meaningful design project taking place without it. But, surprisingly, many companies still don’t…
Why UX is a must-have, not a nice-to-have
If you’ve worked on design-led projects, you probably know the benefits of UX already. But what if you’re working in a business that has yet to embrace UX? Is your management sceptical that it’s worth the time/effort/money? They may think…