Free UX Career Resources
Are you in the midst of the UX design field and feeling a bit overwhelmed? You're an experienced UX designer aiming to gain more impact and to build a UX career that is satisfying beyond roles and titles. These resources are here to lend a hand, assisting you in honing your collaboration skills, embracing your individual strengths, and uncovering what truly drives your passion.
I'm thrilled to offer you a continuously growing collection of FREE resources crafted and curated to empower senior UX designers like yourself - no strings attached!
What's Inside?
- Boost Your Collaboration Skills: These exercises and guides are tailor-made to enhance your ability to work seamlessly with cross-functional teams. I understand that successful UX design is a team effort.
- Expand Your Strengths: Uncover your unique strengths and learn how to leverage them to stand out in the competitive UX field. Guiding you on a path of self-discovery and growth.
- Discover Your Driving Force: What motivates you as a UX designer? Providing resources that help you explore your passion and purpose, ensuring your career is not just successful but deeply satisfying.
Why am I doing this?
The No List
A simple tool to help you build muscle in saying "no" to preserve time and energy to work your UX career goals.
Realistic Reflection
UX pros excel at finding flaws but struggle to see progress. Realistic Reflection: your path to learning and growth.
Is UX Management for Me?
All the presentation slides from my ADPList group session on the 28.10.2023, where I presented my take on what to be prepared for if you're stepping into UX management.
Leadership Sketch
Even if you are still beginning your journey into UX management, it can be helpful to visualize who you want to be as a manager. I like to use a simple sketch for this.
UX Skill Matrix
A quite popular exercise. I came across it first in the work by Jason Mesut. I like to use it to get a clear picture of where you stand, where your strengths are, and how you utilize them.
Motivation Finder
Getting a grasp on what truly motivates you is a great exercise to gain focus on the right career path for you. We aren't all cut from the same cloth, and what excites others might not work for you.
Value Selection
This fun exercise helps you discover your top values. We have a long list of values, and your task is to narrow it down.