United States

Graphic Design

UX Design

UI/ Visual Design

Game Design

Product Design

Interaction Design

University of Southern California

Valerie Lo

Senior UX Designer

Usability Testing

Public Speaking

Prototyping

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Time management

Empathy

Team player

Organisation skills

Presentation skills

Conflict resolution

Stakeholder management

Design systems

Human computer interaction

Information architecture

Unity

Webflow

WordPress

Zeplin

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe XD

Asana

Figma

GitHub

HTML

InVision

Miro

Adobe Creative Suite

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

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 successfully prepare and position yourself for a job promotion?

How to get promoted

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

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

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 create personas, and leverage them in design.

Creating and leveraging user personas

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Giving effective feedback

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

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Produced end-to-end completion of new features for discovery and checkout flows based on user research. Executed all stages of the design process from data analysis to wireframes to developer hand-off. Collaborated closely in a cross-functional product development team to align both business goals and user needs. Received accessibility training and techniques and applied them to my projects.

Website redesign overhaul of the program and the global summit we hold annually. Designed visual marketing and promotional materials, both print and electronic for worldwide professional events and programs. Implemented and maintained website design and operation.

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