Any company with a user experience design team knows how hard it is to find people to grow that team. A quick search of Indeed.com reveals nearly 17,000 open user experience design related positions in the United States alone. There are many ways to solve this problem, but one of the most accessible is mentorship. Every practicing UX designer is capable of mentoring someone who has the passion and mindset required for UX design into the field. During the summer and fall of 2013, The Nerdery took eight potential UX designers through an intense 12-week apprenticeship that relied heavily on mentorship. During that time, we learned a lot about mentoring and being mentored. This presentation will share these lessons from the perspective of both mentors and mentees. This presentation provides a comprehensive set of tools for you to use to begin mentoring potential designers today. Co-presented with Claire Bailey (http://sloozoo.com/) & Heather Wydeven (http://heatherwydeven.com/)
Text of Mentoring the Next Generation of UX Designers
Heather @heatherwyd Fred @fred_beecher Claire
@clairevsbailey
mentorship design school 2014 :: @clairevsbailey @heatherwyd
@fred_beecher :: #uxnextgen vocational school hack(er) school
apprenticeship
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#uxnextgen a relationship supporting skill development in others
through instruction, advice, practice, and feedback
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doesnt realize hes mentoring pushes me out of my comfort zone tells
a lot of stories asks for my feedback
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doesnt realize hes mentoring pushes me out of my comfort zone tells
a lot of stories asks for my feedback INFORMAL MENTORSHIP
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i want to be a ux designer awareness of roles well-dened goals
timeline
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i want to be a ux designer awareness of roles well-dened goals
timeline FORMAL MENTORSHIP
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nd a mentor whos mentoring you now? who could mentor you? analyze
their styles get involved IAI mentorship program uxmentors.com
UXPAMN (fall 2014) reect whats your motivation? what can you
invest? how have you been mentored? mentors
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get out there who do you know? co-workers instructors friends get
involved IAI mentorship program uxmentors.com UXPAMN (fall 2014)
stay relevant follow UXDs on twitter interact with UX community on
twitter follow UX blogs mentees
MENTORING THE NEXT GENERATION OF UX DESIGNERS Fred Beecher UX
Apprenticeship Lead ! [email protected] nerdery.com/fb
@fred_beecher ! slideshare.net/fred_beecher/ Claire Bailey
Associate UX Designer ! [email protected] nerdery.com/cj
@clairevsbailey ! Heather Wydeven Associate UX Designer !
[email protected] nerdery.com/wd @heatherwyd !
