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Today’s design brief is to redesign Renault’s South African car dealership website. This was an actual real project that I worked on at my digital agency but for Toyota Global. For this brief I have changed names and some details. This is the 7th design brief or practice project for UI and UX designers looking […]
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Today’s design brief is a redesign of the existing Swedish tourism site. This was an actual real project that I worked on at my digital agency but for the South African Tourism site. Obviously for our purposes I have changed the details to suit a public design brief. This is the 9th design brief or […]
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We will evaluating a Junior UX researcher’s portfolio who transitioned from a UI/UX designer to a UX Designer in 2022. Saba Fathi is a currently a UX Researcher & product person who is very passionate about developing simple yet innovative experiences. We will evaluate the portfolio as a recruiter would when going through design application […]
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Today we review Benny Sun’s fantastic design portfolio. What makes it interesting is that Benny transitioned from UX/UI designer to Principal User researcher at Morgan Stanley. He has a background in the educational sector and was a R&D researcher for a Edtech company amongst other things. As usual, I will outline what he does particularly […]
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This series aims at quickly summarizing UX books you know of and some you may not have read. We will outline 5 main takeaways from each book, how long it takes to read the book and share balanced reviews on the book. Today’s UX book is Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the […]
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Today we evaluate Otilia Oandelea’s portfolio and UX work. Otilia is a UX & product design intern with 2+ years of experience and finished the Google UX Design Professional course in 2022. Despite being entry level designer, the portfolio is presented really well. I will highlight what UX recruiters and UX hiring managers look for […]
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This a review of Rachel Baek’s portfolio and one of her case studies. I chose this particular portfolio because Rachel was a teacher for 7 years before transitioning to UI/UX designer. Despite being entry level designer, her portfolio is presented really well and case studies have the perfect layout whether you are a UX designer […]
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As a UX team manager and recruiter, I will be reviewing a Google Certification Course case study from Kevin, a self-taught UX designer based in Illinois. He decided to enroll in the Google UX Design Certificate Program in hopes of enhancing the limited amount of UX knowledge he already had. He studied Creative Technologies, which […]
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Today, I will visually take you through how recruiters evaluate a portfolio case study. This a portfolio review of Bre Huang’s internship case study titled Uber Scooters Platform. I chose this case study because despite being an entry level project, it is presented really well. Bre is a product designer, illustrator, and animator based in […]
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I want to share with you what a typical day at a digital agency looks like for a junior UX designer and what they should be doing from a team manager’s perspective. I am fortunate to have been a UX designer for two digital agencies and now lead a team in a product company as […]
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