Annual Lightning Talks! ⚡️

Join us this month for Lightning Talks! Our Lightning Talks meetup features 4-5 speakers from the community to present on a topic of their choice. Expand your mind and grow with us as we cheer them on!

6:30-7 Icebreaker
7-7:15 Announcements
7:15-8:30 Meetup!

TOPICS:

"Career Strategies in UX" with Amy Santee

"Writing is a Skillset UX Designers Need" by Lucy Fairbanks

"Making Your Personal Brand Work For You" with Nia Moore

"Case Study on Screen Readers and Accessibility" by Leyda Hughes

"How Practicing UI Design Daily Helped Me Land an Internship!" by Maya Stucky

About the speakers:

Amy Santee
Amy Santee is a career strategist and coach who partners with UX professionals to design their careers with intention and bring their good to the world. She loves helping people get great jobs, develop a professional brand, build confidence and courage, shift mindsets, and navigate challenging work environments. Prior to coaching, Amy built a career as a UX researcher, working on end-to-end product development and strategy with teams at all flavors of organizations, including eBay, Intel, Dexcom, Lowe's, General Motors, and the City of Portland. Connect with Amy on LinkedIn or visit her website for more information.

Lucy Fairbanks
Lucy is the Associate Director of User Experience at Nebo Agency in Atlanta where she manages the UX team, working with clients to bring their goals to life while keeping humans at the core of the process. Lucy has a degree in Industrial Design from Georgia Tech and has a professional background in search engine optimization (SEO). Lucy is a new mom and loves going for neighborhood walks with her family and dog.

Nia Moore
Nia is a seasoned content marketing professional with 6+ years' experience strategically planning and sharing valuable information to attract and convert audiences into repeat customers. She also have 3+ years’ experience managing online projects including website design & development, marketing collateral, digital marketing campaigns, UX/UI designs & online courses from concept to completion.

Leyda Huges
Leyda is a UX/UI designer and researcher living in Atlanta, GA. She loves qualitative research and making the online world a better place for all people. At the moment, she’s working on making VA.gov better for Veterans and their families. When she’s not digging up pain points, you’ll catch her in the backyard digging up plants, or enjoying tasty food experiments with her family.

Maya Stucky
Maya is an art historian turned UI designer. Originally from St. Simons Island, Georgia, she made her way up to the outskirts of Philadelphia to study art history at Bryn Mawr College. After COVID hit, like many of us, she rethought everything. After exploring different avenues, she quickly realized she loved UX. Since teaching herself and working with a mentor on her portfolio, she has started as a UI Design Intern at WELL Health.