Coriyon Arrington🇺🇸

About Coriyon Arrington

Founder at UX Scholars

Hello there 👋🏾

My name is Coriyon Arrington (@uxcoriyon) — I’m a creative consultant that specializes in research, strategy, and product design 👨🏾‍💻 After changing careers multiple times I know firsthand how challenging it can be.

🥶 Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota 🥼 Started as a Biomedical Engineer 💼 Became an Account Manager 🥷 Wanted to become a UX Designer 💪🏾 Took the Thinkful bootcamp 👨🏾‍💻 Got hired as a Product Designer 💰 Worked at a VC consulting firm 🫡 Considered becoming a UX Director 😎 Became a Creative Consultant instead 🚀 Currently building UX Scholars 🤔 Learning to engage a community ⚡ Creating a Career Accelerator Program

As the Founder of UX Scholars, I’m focused on helping designers level up their UX skills. Career changers often struggle to build a network and communicate their value. I solve that by offering an inclusive design community and a career accelerator program.

Let's connect on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/coriyon/

Follow UX Scholars. https://zaap.bio/uxscholars

Expertise

Sessions with Coriyon Arrington

• Mentorship Session (30 min): General mentorship

What mentees say

“It was great meeting with Coriyon! He was very welcoming and gave helpful advice on what steps I should take in moving forward in my career. Will definitely meet again to share my progress!”

“Coriyon is a good mentor to take advice from. He was good at listening to my problems and coming up with good solutions to those problems!”

“Very insightful and helpful experience with Coryion! It was a pleasure meeting with you and gaining more clarity that I am moving in the right direction as a Freelancer. I can't wait to meet again and give you updates on how things progress! Each one teach one”