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072: Everyone's a UX Designer with Jared Spool

Sep 7, 2020

01:10:05

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Design Literacy

06:07

Webflo - The Power of Code Without Writing It

05:25

Are You Trying to Break In?

02:04

Introduction

4min

You Don't Graduate High School or Go to College

2min

UX Origin Story

6min

I Built in the Air While Applying It

3min

U X Desire

3min

Design Is Good Business, Right?

5min

Is There a Higher Demand for Good Design Now?

2min

Are You a UX Designer?

2min

Design Literacy

6min

10.

Webflo - The Power of Code Without Writing It

5min

11.

What Makes a Great Design Leader?

5min

12.

The Leash vs the Magnet

3min

13.

Learning How to Be Better Loarners

5min

14.

Are You Trying to Break In?

2min

15.

How Do You Get a Job?

7min

16.

Building Relationships in the Design Leadership and Strategy Workshops in Center Centers

2min

17.

You Need to Be Doing That All Through Your Ation

2min

18.

Design Is a Team Sport

6min

Jared Spool has been doing and defining UX long before many of us existed and/or even knew what it was. He invites us in to hear his fascinating yet seldom discussed UX origin story. He reveals how and why we’re all UX designers. He demystifies the arduous and often frustrating process of landing a job in UX. He articulates what it means to learn how to learn. He addresses the important, but oft-forgotten business part of the design business. He also inspires us to be great design leaders by illustrating what one actually looks like.

Jared's Compelling UX Origin Story (5:56)
How Do You See the UX Job Landscape Evolving? (14:50)
UX'ers Have to Do What We Promised (17:31)
Is Everyone a UX Designer? (24:57)
If Design is a Team Sport, How Does the Team Win? (35:30)
What Makes a Great Design Leader? (38:40)
The Most Important Thing Designers Should be Learning (46:22)
Best Advice for Designers Trying to Break In and Getting Rejected? (52:10)
UX Superhero Name (1:09:23)

Check out the detailed show notes including mentioned links, transcript and Eli Jorgensen’s astonishing superhero artwork at userdefenders.com/072

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