Episode description

Alicia Quan chats with Jing Jin, Head of UX at Outschool.

They discuss how this startup has grown since 2017 and how the role of UX grew all the way to the executive level. Jing explains why Outschool has a role titled Head of School instead of a CEO and why they chose to skip the typical Chief Executive type titling.

They discuss the role of Head of UX and its impact across the organization. Jing explains some of the obstacles she has faced and gives advice for leaders looking to build design maturity at other EdTech companies.

We hope you enjoy our conversation and check below for ways to follow us further.

This is Part 4 of the Design Maturity Series. How do leaders build design maturity in their teams and across their EdTech company? What are the challenges and what benefits are in store? Stay tuned.

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🔸 Connect:

Jing Jin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jingidy/

Alicia Quan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia2joy/

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🔸 Resources:

• Email Series: Exploring EdTech Product Design, UX careers, and Education: https://sendfox.com/ux.edtech
• UX Job Opportunities in EdTech: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ux-of-edtech/
• UX of EdTech Blog Publication: https://medium.com/ux-of-edtech
• Slack Community: DM Alicia Quan on LinkedIn to receive an application.

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Music by Sleep Still: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wEV3QCeKk62F3w2x3zo5I