Hunting Unicorns - What Makes an Effective UX Professional
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Being an effective UX Professional isn’t just about being a unicorn that can write code, create visual mockups and build wireframes: great UX Professionals creating effective products using the hard and soft skills honed after years of experience. The skills needed that varies from organization and organization, and even from project to project. UX Designers need to tailor their skillset based on the context of the situation. The session will cover both the skills needed to be an effective UX Designer in almost any organization. Discussed will be the hard skill spectrum may differ by the type of organization of project, what a T skill set is and why it’s important to hiring managers, and strategies how to market their own skills more effectively.
About Patrick Neeman
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Patrick Neeman lives in Seattle, Washington and is currently the Director of Product Design at Apptio, an IT Spend Management platform for Fortune 500 companies. Prior to that he was Director of User Experience at Jobvite, a social recruiting and applicant tracking platform where his team performed over 100 user interviews and recruiter visits to understand the hiring process. After a complete redesign of the application, Jobvite received a Webby award for employment, and the Deloitte What Works award.
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What to Expect at the Event:
Arrive around 6:30pm
Event will begin at 7:00pm
We will have beverages and light snacks available for you during the event!
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Hunting Unicorns - What Makes an Effective UX Professional