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Episode's sponsor: ⁠Dovetail⁠ is a one source of truth for all sorts of user research insights. Collect, analyse, synthesize and share user research easily and effectively. In this episode: How to start building a case study? What are the stages of building a case study? Why is it important to understand in what medium you will be sharing your case study? What are the top practical tips for building a case study? ❓Next topic ideas: Submit your questions or feedback anonymously ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Links: 🎓 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Into UX design⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ online course by Anfisa 🎓 Domestika course ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Create a Learning Strategy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by Ioana 🧡 Want to support us? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👩‍💻 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Anfisa’s instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👩🏻‍💻 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ioana’s instagram

Episode's sponsor: Dovetail is a one source of truth for all sorts of user research insights. Collect, analyse, synthesize and share user research easily and effectively. In this episode: How to stand out as a junior designer in a tough market? What can you bring to the table as a junior designer? What junior designers lack in their portfolios? What are the common mistakes junior designers make when applying for jobs? What are hiring managers looking for? Why is it important to target where you are applying to even as a junior designer? Why is it important to find your unique value proposition and how to articulate that? ❓Next topic ideas: Submit your questions or feedback anonymously ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Links: 🎓 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Into UX design⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ online course by Anfisa 🎓 Domestika course ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Create a Learning Strategy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by Ioana 🧡 Want to support us? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👩‍💻 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Anfisa’s instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👩🏻‍💻 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ioana’s instagram

In this episode: Is it important to master English if you are going into UX design career? Is English an important part of UX design career? How to build UX vocabulary in a foreign language? How were Anfi's and Ioanna's early days in UX? How was the content making in UX design as a non-native English speaker? ❓Next topic ideas: Submit your questions or feedback anonymously ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Links: 🎓 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Into UX design⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ online course by Anfisa 🎓 Domestika course ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Create a Learning Strategy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by Ioana 🧡 Want to support us? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👩‍💻 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Anfisa’s instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👩🏻‍💻 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ioana’s instagram

In this episode: Hosts' personal experiences navigating job opportunities How to understand whats behind the job description? How to evaluate job descriptions? What are the green and red signs when searching for jobs and analysing and evaluating the options? ❓Next topic ideas: Submit your questions or feedback anonymously ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠ Links: 🎓 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Into UX design⁠⁠⁠⁠ online course by Anfisa 🎓 Domestika course ⁠⁠⁠⁠Create a Learning Strategy⁠⁠⁠⁠ by Ioana 🧡 Want to support us? ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up here⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Our instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👩‍💻 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Anfisa’s instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👩🏻‍💻 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Ioana’s instagram

Into UX jobs. Secure your dream job with the right strategy⁠ - Anfi's new 3 week course on how to find a perfect UX/Product design job for you (even in the middle of the tech crisis).  In this episode: What is the current situation on the UX market? How can an aspiring designer understand where they fit in? How can you find or rather define your niche? How to try out and test different niches? How knowing what your natural talents are and what you are good at can help you in finding your niche? What tools can help you to identify your niche? Mentioned in this episode: ⁠16 Personality test based on Carl Jung's and Isabel Briggs Myers' typological approach to personality "Which of the million UX roles suits you best? A personality type analysis" article by Bas Wallet ❓Next topic ideas: Submit your questions or feedback anonymously ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ Links: 🎓 ⁠⁠⁠Into UX design⁠⁠⁠ online course by Anfisa 🎓 Domestika course ⁠⁠⁠Create a Learning Strategy⁠⁠⁠ by Ioana 🧡 Want to support us? ⁠⁠⁠Sign up here⁠⁠⁠ to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 ⁠⁠⁠Our instagram⁠⁠⁠ 👩‍💻 ⁠⁠⁠Anfisa’s instagram⁠⁠⁠ 👩🏻‍💻 ⁠⁠⁠Ioana’s instagram

Into UX jobs. Secure your dream job with the right strategy - Anfi's new 3 week course on how to find a perfect UX/Product design job for you (even in the middle of the tech crisis).  In this episode: How do you get started with freelancing? What are some of the essential aspects of freelancing you need to know about? What are some of the things that need to be there for you to be successful as a freelancer? What are the things designers should be careful about when they are considering freelancing? Mentioned in this episode: #62 UX Design Horror Stories episode ❓Next topic ideas: Submit your questions or feedback anonymously ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ Links: 🎓 ⁠⁠Into UX design⁠⁠ online course by Anfisa 🎓 Domestika course ⁠⁠Create a Learning Strategy⁠⁠ by Ioana 🧡 Want to support us? ⁠⁠Sign up here⁠⁠ to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 ⁠⁠Our instagram⁠⁠ 👩‍💻 ⁠⁠Anfisa’s instagram⁠⁠ 👩🏻‍💻 ⁠⁠Ioana’s instagram

In this episode: How to frame the conversation to get more targeted feedback? How do you set up the rules for communicating or asking for feedback? Why all size fits all presentations not work? Why is it important to prepare your presentation and tailor it to the audience? How to be open for feedback and navigate the conversation? How to give constructive feedback? Mentioned in this episode: FREE ⁠⁠CV template (ATS-friendly)⁠ that Anfisa mentioned Course: Communication skills for Designers by Mariusz Posadowski Articulating Design Decisions by Tom Greever ❓Next topic ideas: Submit your questions or feedback anonymously ⁠here⁠ Links: 🎓 ⁠Into UX design⁠ online course by Anfisa 🎓 Domestika course ⁠Create a Learning Strategy⁠ by Ioana 🧡 Want to support us? ⁠Sign up here⁠ to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 ⁠Our instagram⁠ 👩‍💻 ⁠Anfisa’s instagram⁠ 👩🏻‍💻 ⁠Ioana’s instagram

In this episode: What is grown design? How different is it from traditional design role? How can you as a product designer apply it to your work? What are the educational programs that teach you that? How can you learn it on your own? What role research play in growth design? How different it is from the classic product design structure? How does growth designer’s portfolio look like? How portfolio would differ from product to growth designer? Who growth designer usually collaborates with within the team? Connect with Sera: Sera's website 'The Craft' Sera's newsletter Sera's instagram Sera's Youtube channel Sera's ⁠Linkedin⁠ Mentioned in this episode: 'Hacking growth' book by Sean Ellis Reforge by Brian Balfour Lex Roman Lenny Rachitsky podcast growth.design - Product tips in a comic book format Links: ⁠Sign up⁠ to the next Design Thinking workshop list by Anfisa FREE webinar: ⁠Smooth transition into UX⁠ by Anfisa ❓Next topic ideas: Submit your questions or feedback anonymously ⁠here⁠ Links: 🎓 ⁠Into UX design⁠ online course by Anfisa 🎓 Domestika course ⁠Create a Learning Strategy⁠ by Ioana 🧡 Want to support us? ⁠Sign up here⁠ to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 ⁠Our instagram⁠ 👩‍💻 ⁠Anfisa’s instagram⁠ 👩🏻‍💻 ⁠Ioana’s instagram

In this episode: How to approach job rejections and ask the company where mismatch happened? How to reflect back on the feedback from the rejection? What are the reasons companies might not wanna reveal the feedback? What is the advice for junior or aspiring designers on how to deal with rejections in the beginning of their career? What are the strategies to prepare for the interview? What are the good questions you can prepare and ask during the interview? Connect with Tanner: Tanner's website Tanner's Linkedin 'A Designer's Guide to Interviewing' book Links: Sign up to the next Design Thinking workshop list by Anfisa FREE webinar: Smooth transition into UX by Anfisa ❓Next topic ideas: Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here Links: 🎓 Into UX design online course by Anfisa 🎓 Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy by Ioana 🧡 Want to support us? Sign up here to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 Our instagram 👩‍💻 Anfisa’s instagram 👩🏻‍💻 Ioana’s instagram

In this episode: Where do responsibilities start and end for each of these roles? What is expected of each role? What is the key responsibility of the designer and the product manager? How to navigate different challenges? What are the things that might go bad in this collaboration between designers and product managers? Mentioned in this episode: "PM and UX Have Markedly Different Views of Their Job Responsibilities" article by Nielsen Norman  Links: Sign up to the next Design Thinking workshop list by Anfisa FREE webinar: Smooth transition into UX by Anfisa ❓Next topic ideas: Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here Links: 🎓 Into UX design online course by Anfisa 🎓 Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy by Ioana 🧡 Want to support us? Sign up here to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 Our instagram 👩‍💻 Anfisa’s instagram 👩🏻‍💻 Ioana’s instagram