United States

UX Design

Content Design

UX writing

UX Testing

UX Research

Content Creation

University of Maryland, College Park

Alex Kobus

Senior UX and Content Designer

Usability Testing

Tone consistency

Product strategy

Qualitative research

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Critical-thinking

Empathy

Team player

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Accessibility

Blog writing

Conversational AI

Content creation

Content pipeline

Content editing

Content research

Content strategy

Design systems

Email writing

Information architecture

User research

Product roadmap

ChatGPT

Confluence

UserZoom

Communication

Time management

Presentation skills

Conflict resolution

Chatbot

Relationship management

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Navigating micro-aggression, getting paid what you are worth and finding a community.

Being a woman in tech

Strategies for maximizing your design internship or co-op program.

Getting the most out of my internship

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Design career path

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

How to create a positive workplace culture that drives collaboration and productivity?

Fostering a good team culture

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

How to define and execute a successful launch and managing stakeholders expectations. (eg. MVP)

Launching new products or features

Identify and define potential product problems and generating possible solutions.

Identifying problems vs solutions

Learn how to properly present your work and share ideas and opinions.

Presenting your work with impact

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

How to work with team members with different skill sets but towards a common goal?

Working cross-functionally

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

Building a design process

Managing being the only designer at your company and working with non-designers.

Being the only designer

Explore different generative and evaluative research techniques. User research synthesis and presentation.

Conducting good user research

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

Improving design skills

Navigating the working relationship with PM's and engineers as a designer.

Working with product and engineering

How to set up product analytics and metrics to track success?

Leveraging Product Analytics

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Giving effective feedback

How to define an ambitious product vision and how to best communicate it to stakeholders?

Creating a product vision

How to conduct interviews, what to ask, and how to analyze your results? (eg. user interview)

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