UX Research Geeks

Aurelia has been fortunate to traverse various types of products, customers, and markets during her time as a researcher - including B2B Saas, digital fitness, e-commerce, and digital devices.  She is experienced in executing research across the product development lifecycle and is particularly passionate about generative research focused on determining product strategy that meets business goals while solving consumer problems.  Aurelia has a passion for building rigorous, adaptable research disciplines, and turning qualitative and quantitative customer data into compelling stories. She currently works at L.A. Times as Senior UX Research Manager. Follow Aurelia & her work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aureliaalston/  Come listen to Aurelia at uxcon vienna: https://www.uxcon.at/  Don’t forget to apply our uxcongeeks code to get your tickets with a 10% discount. This podcast is brought to you by UXtweak.

Zariah is a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University. She’s an experienced self-taught UX Designer and aims to cultivate a sense of community within her work and amplify the voices and stories of marginalized communities. She has a passion for strategically placing equity and inclusivity at the forefront of her design work. She is the first “Equity Centered UX Strategist”, at Ally Financial where she is helping to drive an Inclusive Design methodology for the design organization.  Follow Zariah & her work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zariah-cameron/  Come listen to Zariah at uxcon vienna: https://www.uxcon.at/  Don’t forget to apply our uxcongeeks code to get your tickets with a 10% discount. This podcast is brought to you by UXtweak.

Kathleen is a research & insights leader with 15+ years' experience in digital product development. She enjoys building research capacity from scratch and has led teams of researchers, designers and product managers on their journey towards working insight-informed.  She is originally from the Netherlands but has lived in South Korea, Australia, Sweden and is currently residing in France. Working across boundaries of cultures and disciplines has shown her how to work with international product development in the best possible way. Kathleen is a known advocate for research democratization and uses this as one of many tools for creating an insights culture. She will share experiences from all her years of experimenting with different ways to engage people with research & insights. Follow Kathleen & her work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleenasjes/  Come listen to Kathleen at uxcon vienna: https://www.uxcon.at/  Don’t forget to apply our uxcongeeks code to get your tickets with a 10% discount. This podcast is brought to you by UXtweak.

Meet Yao, the first guest of our podcast special with uxcon vienna! Yao Adantor is a User Experience Researcher and Co-Founder of the Research Bookmark UX education platform, with 8 years of diverse experience in e-commerce, healthcare, and federal government sectors.  As an adjunct professor for 4 years, he taught user experience research and prototyping. Yao's passion for understanding human behavior and decision-making led him to specialize in UX research and its impact on technology-driven products.  He strives to make a meaningful impact through his work while cherishing life's precious moments with his two daughters and wife.  Follow Yao & his work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adantoryao/  Come listen to Yao at uxcon vienna: https://www.uxcon.at/  Don’t forget to apply our uxcongeeks code to get a 10% discount on your tickets! This podcast is brought to you by UXtweak.

Erica Jorgensen is a staff content designer at Chewy.com and the author of “Strategic Content Design: Tools and Research Techniques for Better UX”, published in April 2023 by Rosenfeld Media. She's a content designer, content strategist, and team leader determined to bring greater respect to the content field.  To that end, Erica speaks frequently at conferences including UXDX USA, UX Lisbon, Microsoft Design Week, the Web Directions Summit, and Button: The Content Design Conference, and on podcasts like The Content Strategy Podcast with Kristina Halvorson and Content Insights podcast with Larry Swanson.  In addition to working in content roles for companies of all sizes, she has taught at Seattle’s School of Visual Concepts and at the University of Washington’s graduate digital media. Follow Erica & her work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ejorgensen/  Use the code uxtweak15 to grab a copy of Erica’s “Strategic Content Design” book with 15% off!: https://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/strategic-content-design/  This podcast is brought to you by UXtweak.

Evie is a UX Researcher and Strategist from Estonia. She specializes in building meaningful digital experiences for humans with unconventional problems. Whether it's creating spatial sketches of a future car in VR or exploring new frontiers in sexuality, her focus is always on ensuring that the user's needs are front and center.  For more than seven years, Evie contributed to enhancing human experiences in digital settings, with a particular focus on UX research for four of those years. During this time, she has worked with establishing Support and Research functions in scaling startups, led foundational discovery initiatives, and delivered action-oriented needs-centred research artefacts to support product-led growth and innovation. Currently, Evie works at Gravity Sketch, the 3D design software for sketching and modelling in VR. Prior to this, she spent 6 years working for a dating app for alternative relationships exploration.   Follow Evie & her work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evgenia-gavrilovich/ Article about Spotify, that we are talking about in this episode: https://response-ability.tech/why-spotify-is-making-recommendations-more-meaningful/   This podcast is brought to you by UXtweak.

Mike Green MBPsS is an award-nominated freelance user researcher, podcast host and digital consultant based in the UK. His clients range from start-ups to UK Government departments and FTSE100 companies. He is a passionate believer in user-centred design and has interviewed hundreds of research participants in the course of his career to help ensure product teams design and build digital services that really meet user needs. He holds a Master's degree in Psychology from the University of Bristol and has lived and worked in more than seven countries. Find out more about his work at Researchable UX. Follow Mike & his work here: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mikejrgreen https://www.researchable.uk/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/understanding-users-a-ux-podcast/id1591604213 This podcast is brought to you by UXtweak.

Elke is the founder of De Denksmederij and works as a speaker, author and trainer. She guides philosophical conversations and provides training and education in critical thinking, practical philosophy, the art of asking questions and creative thinking. Elke develops thinking materials, e-books, workshops and thinking processes and online products around thinking and creativity. Follow Elke & her work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elke-wiss/  https://www.denksmederij.nl/ "How to Know Everything", a book by Elke Wiss: https://www.amazon.de/How-Know-Everything-questions-answers-ebook/dp/B08NPWYCJL/ref=sr_1_2?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=2L23BWW7KUMIQ&keywords=elke+wiss&qid=1679668190&sprefix=elke+wiss%2Caps%2C101&sr=8-2 This podcast is brought to you by UXtweak.

Darren Hood is a 27+ year veteran of the UX discipline, serving at several successful organizations during his career including the Fortune 50. He holds 2 UX-related Master's degrees and is a doctoral candidate. Among his many engagements, he's an adjunct professor at 6 universities, a podcaster, an author, and a global mentor. Darren loves all things UX and relishes the opportunity to share with the community whenever opportunities arise. Follow Darren & his work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwhood/ https://www.dhoodux.com/ Darren’s podcast: https://www.worldoux.com/ --> https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-world-of-ux-with-darren-hood/id1514004102 This podcast is brought to you by UXtweak

Julian Della Mattia is UX Research Lead at Kiwi.com and founder of the180 Agency. Based in Spain, Julian helps teams build up research practices from scratch and specializes in Facilitation & ResearchOps. Follow Julian & his work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdelmat/ If you interested to learn more about ResearchOps, we also recommend: The Youtube channel of Kate Towsey https://www.youtube.com/@katetowsey5455 The podcast of Roy Opata Olende https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scaling-research/id1546142497 This podcast is brought to you by UXtweak