The UX Coach

copywriters, please don’t call me that!

You are capturing information for a user who is you, but you of the future

Today, I'm in conversation with Jorge Arango, an information architect and author of several books. His most recent, duly noted, has just been released. Jorge is a consultant based across the Americas and teaches in the graduate interaction design program at the California College of the Arts. We talk about why we make notes, the concept of thinking with notes and how connected notes can be used to further your development and personal knowledge. Now, with big data being at the forefront of...

You have to eat, live, breathe, sleep, everything to do with your passion

Today, I'm talking to Elizabeth Chesters. Born in Wigan, UK, Elizabeth now resides in Munich, Germany. We first met in 2015 when we both presented at a conference encouraging first-time public speakers. Since then, she has worked in-house for several organisations, both in the UK and Germany. I wanted to hear firsthand what it's like to move to another country for work when you don't know the language, the environment you're going to be in, and the personal and professional c...

You don't have to be Director of Design to be impactful - It's just a job title

Hello, and welcome to the podcast. I’m Andy Parker, the UX Coach. And this is where I share people’s stories of career success and failure from across the tech industry. Today, I’m talking to Marvin Hassan, a UX designer from Germany, who wants to pay back the community with his insights into design leadership, and navigating the different phases of tech startups. What is the role of a designer when a business is operating on VC money? How do you create great products when the mission is to pay ...

Now you’re using a thicker Sharpie

In this episode, I am talking to Pete Winchester. Pete and I have known each other for quite some time now. And he recently posted about his experience of taking on a Design MBA or the D.MBA, I was really curious to know what that was, and how it might differ from an MBA that you might have heard of people, Six Sigma, and all the rest of our business speakers talking about what benefit there might be in designers learning more about business. We got together at the beginning of September, things...

How to dig into the why?

In this episode, Erica Johansson shares how she went from being a journalist with a love of music to the first content designer, a little known startup called Amazon, and has blazed the trail for content strategy working with big tech, including Microsoft and slack. We talk about the role of content in design, and the differences between content design, strategy, marketing and UX design, what the role of a Content Designer is how design research differs from UX research, and how you can get into...

And you may ask yourself, how did I get here?

Is your head in the clock or Cloud

Where are the companies that support your development?

UX Bootcamps, your results may vary

This time around I am speaking to Tom Bird. Tom and I met a few years ago, and this actually the second time I’ve interviewed him for the show. We first tried this the week before the UK closed its borders and shut the country down for COVID-19. After some time away I wanted to revisit the topics of design education, and see how Tom’s feelings on Bootcamps for UX had changed, if at all, and to hear Tom share what it was like to join a company the week before the world caught fire, the impact tha...

Make yourself an action plan

Our return to The UX Coach Podcast features an interview with Learning Experience Designer Fiona MacNeill. We talk about what the design industry can learn from education and visa versa, how to align professional development with business goals and the value of finding a community to lurk in. https://twitter.com/fmacneill

The UX Coach Season 3 trailer

It's back! Season 3 of The UX Coach Podcast is returning Spring 2022 along with some other news from theuxcoach.com . Listen in for info on how to be a guest on the show and our debut course launching on the site.

How I became an AI feasability investigator (Rebroadcast)

In this episode I am really happy to be in conversation with Caroline Jarrett. Caroline has been an important voice in digital design for many years. Her mantra fix-the-forms is what lies behind her timeless book Forms that Work, designing web forms for usability, and her forthcoming book on survey design I am sure will become a go-to for years to come. --- I wanted to hear about Caroline’s diverse career, her thoughts on design leadership, management and career progression, as well as the state...

If you want to know others you have to know yourself (Rebroadcast)

This week I’m talking to Anna Kincses, head of research for Why? a Hungarian design agency.

It works best when things are a little blurry (Rebroadcast)

In this episode I am in conversation with Jo O’Keefe, Lead User Researcher with the Care Quality Commission in England.

How do you find the right company for you? (Rebroadcast)

In this episode I am in conversation with Vanessa Colina, founder of UX Backstage, a series of online courses for designers that aim to help develop the necessary skills to find your next job. --- Vanessa has some great advice for hiring managers of all kinds about what they can be doing to improve the quality of the candidates they attract and being honest about what they need, and how UX Backstage launched in order to support designers looking to move out of junior or mid-weight positions into...

With great power comes great responsibility (Rebroadcast)

In this our final episode, I’m in conversation with Dylan Wilbanks. Dylan has been part of the digital design community since the mid-90s, a frequent writer Dylan was present a lot in the speaker circuit but in recent years has chosen to step down to make way for new voices, something he is greatly passionate about supporting. Thank you for joining me here on the debut season of The UX Coach podcast. In this our final episode, I’m in conversation with Dylan Wilbanks. Dylan has been part of the d...

What makes a good user researcher (Rebroadcast)

In this episode I met with Mark Branigan, head of research at Hippo Digital a digital service design consultancy from the UK to talk about his career to-date, what it’s like being responsible for the hearts and minds of future generations and how a move into civil service opened his eyes to the amazing world of user research. Welcome to The UX Coach podcast, I’m Andy Parker and this is the show where we explore careers in digital design. You made it! This is our debut episode and boy have we lea...

Should I stay or should I go? (Rebroadcast)

This is a rebroadcast of The UX Coach with guest Tom Walker

Is joining a startup right for you (Rebroadcast)

In this episode I’m in conversation with Miles Reiter. Miles is both UX Designer and Product Manager at Bolstra, a Saas business that has developed a customer success management platform based out of Indianapolis in the United States of America. --- In this episode I’m in conversation with Miles Reiter. Miles is both UX Designer and Product Manager at Bolstra, a Saas business that has developed a customer success management platform based out of Indianapolis in the United States of America. We g...

Measuring progression (Rebroadcast)

In this episode I’m in conversation with Johnny Burch, founder of Progression app a new product to help design managers and team leaders that aims to Stop spreadsheet-wrangling, text-wordsmithing and ladder-shuffling when it comes to supporting team growth. --- In this episode I’m in conversation with Johnny Burch, founder of Progression app a new product to help design managers and team leaders that aims to Stop spreadsheet-wrangling, text-wordsmithing and ladder-shuffling when it comes to supp...

Why don't we practice design every day? (Rebroadcast)

In this episode I’m in conversation with Bradley Orego is a User Researcher, Experience Designer, Entrepreneur, and Professional Dancer currently located in Brooklyn. --- In this episode I’m in conversation with Bradley Orego a User Researcher, Experience Designer, Entrepreneur, and Professional Dancer currently located in Brooklyn. We talk about the parallels in the digital product industry and creative arts, how the education sector is struggling to develop the career paths of Gen-Z and I ask ...

Make your work fit around your life (Rebroadcast)

In this episode I’m in conversation with Hugo Jenkins, owner of The 25th Company, a user experience and product design consultancy from Melbourne Australia. --- In this episode I’m in conversation with Hugo Jenkins, owner of The 25th Company, a user experience and product design consultancy from Melbourne Australia Hugo and his wife also run Things For Kids, A childrens' activity directory born from their own experiences of becoming parents and the struggles with wellbeing and the all impor...

Is anything really new anymore? (Rebroadcast)

In this episode I am in conversation with Tom Kerwin, Product Design Lead at Qubit, a personalisation platform where Tom has recently begun developing a UX research team. --- We talk about how Tom’s background in psychology and computer engineering lead him to user experience design, and the new skills required to be a design leader. Tom has a great view on the types of Manager there is, and how that relates to coaching and being a mentor. Links * [Progression.FYI]([https://www.progression.fyi/]...