United Kingdom

Product Design

UX Design

UI/ Visual Design

Branding and Identity Design

UX Testing

UX Research

Bachelor of Architecture (BArch)

Jake Cox

Product Design Lead

Typography

Product strategy

Prototyping

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Team player

Organisation skills

Stakeholder management

Branding

Data visualisation

Design systems

Illustration

Information architecture

User research

Product roadmap

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Sketch

Empathy

Time management

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

General mentorship

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Working remotely

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Understanding factors that lead to a motivated team - recognition, communication and more.

Keeping team members motivated

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

Fostering a good team culture

Steps to building and maintaining a strong, cohesive and effective team.

Building an effective team

Decision making as a software engineer or lead - how to become better at making the right choices

Making better tech choices

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

Getting the most out of my internship

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

Talk to people who've broken into the tech industry and learn their stories.

Breaking into tech

How to set up the team for success by defining and measuring team's performance.

Choosing metrics and team goals

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

Methods of prototyping and solution validation. When to use which kind of prototype (eg. Webflow, Notion, etc)

Prototyping methods and tips

Manage team expectations and get the most out of your meetings.

Running effective meetings

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

How to create personas, and leverage them in design.

Creating and leveraging user personas

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

Tips on how to work and collaborate with engineers and developers.

Working with engineers

What is a successful user onboarding flow and how to achieve it?

Onboarding new users

Best practices for documenting projects, epics, and stories

Writing product requirement documents

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

Conducting effective customer interviews

Working on projects for Microsoft, NZ Government and Jaguar Land Rover, I was solely responsible for all digital design. During this time I was also delivering all the front end development for a number of Microsoft projects that I had developed.

I worked closely with the digital team to deliver a number of high profile websites. I analysed client feedback on usability on existing projects and developed best fit solutions to improve the site. Alongside this, I worked on developing and updating existing projects as well as delivering a number ofnew micro-sites for various clients.• Wireframing• Design and prototyping of interaction flows• User interaction and Visual design• Designing and storyboarding animations• User interface and responsive designI collaborated with project managers, developers, and directors to define strategy, site architecture and navigation, map out user flows and experience, and define high level interaction.

I collaborated closely with the creative director and strategic managers to deliver a number of product driven cross-platform apps and websites. During this time I worked on projects for Nestlé, WorldVision and TATA amongst many others. I worked on developing the UX and UI design on a number of multi language sites and apps, as well as working with developers to refine code ensuring that a high level of quality was maintained across the designs.

I was responsible for the production of marketing collaterals and solely responsible for print and web- ready advertisements. This role entailed the artistic development and layout to develop marketing materials whilst adhering to a strict timeframe to meet deadlines. I was encouraged to be creative and think on my feet to develop creative advertising responses for Renz products. I worked under pressure to maintain a high standard of work adhering to a strict schedule to meet deadlines.

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