Overview
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Get a holistic take on hiring, contracting, and retaining UX professionals. Learn about the specialties within UX, how to find talent, and how to support the creatives you hire.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Hiring UX professionals
- What is UX and where do you start?
- UX fields: Design, research, and strategy
- Design-based jobs and skill sets
- User research, accessibility, and human factors
- UX strategy, content strategy, and customer experience
- Figure out what skills you need on your team
- Employees, freelancers, and moonlighters
- Agencies and larger consulting firms
- Generalists and experts
- Mix and match for success
- Employers and recruiters: Be a part of the UX community, too
- Create your UX elevator pitch
- Align your job titles and descriptions
- Seek out staff and contractors
- Giving newbies a chance
- Learning break
- Are the people you find right for you?
- Corporate credibility
- Portfolios and NDAs
- Contracting, pricing, and timing
- Alignment, knowledge, and expertise
- Contractor communication and work location
- Learning break
- Understand the needs of creatives
- Support career advancement
- Next steps
