Dana Thomas🇺🇸

About Dana Thomas

UX Strategist at Freelance

Hello! I'm Dana. I've had a bit of a dynamic career in the UX/Product space. I worked as a digital product designer for some years before turning my focus more towards UX research and the product strategy arena. In my free time, I've been trying my hand at learning Italian and German, becoming a guitar player (sort of), and exploring the world of photography.

Feel free to ask me about:

Transition-ing into product / career transitions in general Product operations in-house vs agency vs contract consulting UX Research methods Working with designers, engineers, and product peers Working as a creative in the corporate world.

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What mentees say

“Dana is a kind mentor who offers helpful feedback! I chose him for his focus on strategy, which aligns best with my past experience and future aspirations. My favorite part of his mentorship so far is his use of analogies. For example, he recently used the fun, memorable term "apéritif" to describe how a portfolio website should feel to recruiters.”

“It was awesome meeting with Dana and receive very honest feedback about my new UX research consultancy practice in terms of my design strategy. I really appreciated that Dana mentioned accessibility issues that I had with my design. Based on his extensive agency experience he was able to give me insight that I was not seeing and it was valuable to get that perspective”