United States

UX Design

Game Design

Design Operations

Service Design

Product Design

Interaction Design

UX Research

University of Advancing Technology

Wright State University

✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 Diversity & Inclusion

Nathan Cooper

Senior Product Designer

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Critical-thinking

Empathy

Team player

Organisation skills

Presentation skills

Customer service

Analytical skills

2D Animation

Accessibility

Design systems

Human computer interaction

Illustration

Information architecture

Market research

Product analytics

Product roadmap

Product strategy

Prototyping

Qualitative research

Quantitative research

Sales plan and process

Typography

Usability Testing

User research

AI/ML

UserTesting

Vimeo

WordPress

Youtube

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe XD

Airtable

Asana

Blender

Figma

GitHub

Glassdoor

HTML

Jira

Miro

Mixpanel

Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe After Effects

Confluence

Google Analytics

Rippling

ChatGPT

Stakeholder management

Time management

Leadership

Project management

Branding

Content editing

Chatbot

Data visualisation

Monetisation

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

Learn essential burnout prevention techniques and replenish physical and emotional energy.

Managing burnout

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

Dealing with imposter syndrome

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

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

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

Breaking into tech

Learn the best ways to answer technical interview questions with frameworks

Acing technical interview questions

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

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

Building an effective team

Learn the tips to successfully manage a team in a remote environment.

Managing a remote team

How to maintain trust, commitment, accountability deliver results while handling conflict

Avoiding common dysfunctions

I lead product design of a sales enablement platform in the hospitality industry. I focus on analytics, product market analysis, user experience, and design systems.

Board member. Art Director. I created the identity, marketing, and merchandise for the organization.

I was a principle hire for product design. I led the design of an asynchronous telehealth platform for patients and providers - in use at over 15 health systems by over 2 million patients nationwide.

I created the game design, art, and sound effects for Sheared, http://possiblewhale.com/sheared for iOS and Android devices.

UX designer of a market research platform for media companies including Apple, Facebook, Google, Hulu, Microsoft, and Netflix.

I led product design of a sales enablement platform in multi-family real estate for 30 offices nationwide. In 2011 Berkshire Hathaway aquired the company and reb

47th Communications Squadron
Laughlin Air Force Base

Worked with a team of senior NCOs and Airmen who lead the planning, design, implementation, and maintenance of the base network. Our team transitioned the then Banyan Vines network to Windows NT 4 / Exchange. This involved the installation and configuration of over 30 file / email servers and 2,500 client PCs. Our team worked within a budget of $5 million. This project was completed over 18 months.

Additional duties included the installation and configuration of infrastructure hardware, i.e., Cabletron hubs /switches, Cisco routers, and wiring.

Developed automated backup system using robotic tape storage devices with Computer Associate's ARCServe software.

Base webmaster from 1998 to June 1999.

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