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What is UX?
by Pek PongpaetThe show dedicated to inspiring, educating, and motivating UX designers both new and seasoned. Guests share their UX journey, career, and industry experience.
Copyright: © 2023 What is UX?
Episodes
S6E10 An interview with Natalia Vargas, Director of Product Design for Cariloop
25m · PublishedNatalia is a design leader from La Paz, Bolivia and now works in Dallas, Texas as Director of Product Design for Cariloop, a caregiver support company focused on relieving the stress and anxiety felt by all caregivers. After interning at advertising agencies she fell in love with the interaction design portions of campaigns and quickly transitioned into the world of user experience. She’s had the great fortune of working with some exciting brands, most notably Verizon, 7-Eleven, Animal Supply Company, Coca-Cola and Qdoba, before ultimately adopting the mission of helping caregivers. Natalia is a strong believer in thoughtful design, and intentional storytelling, and works hard to bring empathy, emotion and quality to products.
In this episode, we talked about:
- What is Cariloop?
- Natalia’s role at Cariloop
- How Cariloop serves people
- Transforming customer’s journey
- Natalia’s background and how did she get into design
- Natalia’s advice on people who are struggling to become a better designer
- Natalia as an artist
- What do expect if you will try Cariloop’s services
Links:
https://cariloop.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cariloop/
Connect with Natalia
S6E10 An interview with Natalia Vargas, Director of Product Design for Cariloop
25m · PublishedNatalia is a design leader from La Paz, Bolivia and now works in Dallas, Texas as Director of Product Design for Cariloop, a caregiver support company focused on relieving the stress and anxiety felt by all caregivers. After interning at advertising agencies she fell in love with the interaction design portions of campaigns and quickly transitioned into the world of user experience. She’s had the great fortune of working with some exciting brands, most notably Verizon, 7-Eleven, Animal Supply Company, Coca-Cola and Qdoba, before ultimately adopting the mission of helping caregivers. Natalia is a strong believer in thoughtful design, and intentional storytelling, and works hard to bring empathy, emotion and quality to products.
In this episode, we talked about:
- What is Cariloop?
- Natalia’s role at Cariloop
- How Cariloop serves people
- Transforming customer’s journey
- Natalia’s background and how did she get into design
- Natalia’s advice on people who are struggling to become a better designer
- Natalia as an artist
- What do expect if you will try Cariloop’s services
Links:
https://cariloop.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cariloop/
Connect with Natalia
S6E9 How to find job opportunities with Meesh Lin, Product Designer at Okta
47m · PublishedMeesh Lin began designing and launching websites at age eight by learning from her self-taught web designer mother. She's had an unconventional path to design—having freelanced, contracted, and designed-in house for start-ups and public companies over the last 6+ years. Today, Meesh is designing Okta's first consumer product.
Inspired by her design journey, she discovered a deep passion for mentorship and helping aspiring designers and technologists break into tech. Also, having worked alongside so many different people and personalities on global remote teams, Meesh has mastered the art of leveraging soft skills to build authentic relationships at work, which lead to effective cross-functional collaboration and happier teams.
Meesh mentors for ADPList, Co.Lab, and First Round Fast Track. She also provides design advice for early-stage start-ups. Prior to Okta, Meesh designed at Lilt, 15Five, Reddit, eBay, and Gigster.
In this episode, we talked about:
- What is Okta?
- How did Meesh learn design from her mom
- How to find opportunities as new designers
- Pay gaps
- How to advocate for yourself
- How to get people to engage more in a meeting
- Meesh’s first job and her challenges
- From archaeologist to designer
Links:
https://meesh.design/
https://twitter.com/meesh_lin
https://www.instagram.com/meesh.lin/
S6E9 How to find job opportunities with Meesh Lin, Product Designer at Okta
47m · PublishedMeesh Lin began designing and launching websites at age eight by learning from her self-taught web designer mother. She's had an unconventional path to design—having freelanced, contracted, and designed-in house for start-ups and public companies over the last 6+ years. Today, Meesh is designing Okta's first consumer product.
Inspired by her design journey, she discovered a deep passion for mentorship and helping aspiring designers and technologists break into tech. Also, having worked alongside so many different people and personalities on global remote teams, Meesh has mastered the art of leveraging soft skills to build authentic relationships at work, which lead to effective cross-functional collaboration and happier teams.
Meesh mentors for ADPList, Co.Lab, and First Round Fast Track. She also provides design advice for early-stage start-ups. Prior to Okta, Meesh designed at Lilt, 15Five, Reddit, eBay, and Gigster.
In this episode, we talked about:
- What is Okta?
- How did Meesh learn design from her mom
- How to find opportunities as new designers
- Pay gaps
- How to advocate for yourself
- How to get people to engage more in a meeting
- Meesh’s first job and her challenges
- From archaeologist to designer
Links:
https://meesh.design/
https://twitter.com/meesh_lin
https://www.instagram.com/meesh.lin/
S6E8 AI, and what it means for the future of design with Peter Szalontay
42m · PublishedPeter Szalontay is the DataGoat/CEO at DataMilk, it is a team of data science and UX experts on a mission to empower eCommerce brands to build AI-powered UX on the level of Big Tech. DataMilk’s Smart UX suite enables fast, fluid, and predictive digital experiences that boost user engagement and gross profit.
In this episode, we talked about:
- How Artificial Intelligence will impact UX Design
- What is AI software called “DALL-E”
- Peter’s career at Google
- Peter on creating businesses out of AI applications
- What UX means to “DataMilk”
Links:
Connect with Peter
https://www.datamilk.ai/
S6E8 AI, and what it means for the future of design with Peter Szalontay
42m · PublishedPeter Szalontay is the DataGoat/CEO at DataMilk, it is a team of data science and UX experts on a mission to empower eCommerce brands to build AI-powered UX on the level of Big Tech. DataMilk’s Smart UX suite enables fast, fluid, and predictive digital experiences that boost user engagement and gross profit.
In this episode, we talked about:
- How Artificial Intelligence will impact UX Design
- What is AI software called “DALL-E”
- Peter’s career at Google
- Peter on creating businesses out of AI applications
- What UX means to “DataMilk”
Links:
Connect with Peter
https://www.datamilk.ai/
S6E7 An interview with Alicia Warren, Product Design Director for IT Products at Rippling
34m · PublishedAlicia is a Product Design Director for IT Products at Rippling - the platform that frees smart people to work on hard problems! She has been a designer across industries, including higher education, academia, insurance, pharmacy, e-commerce, and technology, and is an Adjunct Instructor at Columbia College, where she focuses on how to prepare for moving from college to what your life as a designer will be like. She co-organizes the Ladies that UX Chicago meetup, where she brings conversations like accessibility, ethics in design, and emotional intelligence to the community.
In this episode, we talked about:
- How to get a job after being unemployed for a year
- How to see if a company is a good fit for you using organizational design
- Tips on career struggles
- UX driven transformation
- How did Alicia get into design
- Alicia’s role at Rippling
- What is Rippling and how does it serve people?
Links:
Connect with Alicia
https://twitter.com/mika_jo
https://www.rippling.com/
https://adplist.org/mentors/alicia-joy-warren
Hiring:
Product Designer: https://www.rippling.com/careers/5035370003?gh_jid=5035370003
Lead Product Designer: https://www.rippling.com/careers/5201191003?gh_jid=5201191003
UX Researcher: https://www.rippling.com/careers/5035351003?gh_jid=5035351003
S6E7 An interview with Alicia Warren, Product Design Director for IT Products at Rippling
34m · PublishedAlicia is a Product Design Director for IT Products at Rippling - the platform that frees smart people to work on hard problems! She has been a designer across industries, including higher education, academia, insurance, pharmacy, e-commerce, and technology, and is an Adjunct Instructor at Columbia College, where she focuses on how to prepare for moving from college to what your life as a designer will be like. She co-organizes the Ladies that UX Chicago meetup, where she brings conversations like accessibility, ethics in design, and emotional intelligence to the community.
In this episode, we talked about:
- How to get a job after being unemployed for a year
- How to see if a company is a good fit for you using organizational design
- Tips on career struggles
- UX driven transformation
- How did Alicia get into design
- Alicia’s role at Rippling
- What is Rippling and how does it serve people?
Links:
Connect with Alicia
https://twitter.com/mika_jo
https://www.rippling.com/
https://adplist.org/mentors/alicia-joy-warren
Hiring:
Product Designer: https://www.rippling.com/careers/5035370003?gh_jid=5035370003
Lead Product Designer: https://www.rippling.com/careers/5201191003?gh_jid=5201191003
UX Researcher: https://www.rippling.com/careers/5035351003?gh_jid=5035351003
S6E6 An Interview with Erick Arias, Sr. Product Designer at Meta (formerly known as Facebook, Inc.)
32m · PublishedErick Arias is an Experienced Product Designer with a demonstrated history of transforming the way enterprises build software. He is currently the Sr. Product Designer at Meta (formerly known as Facebook, Inc.)
In this episode, we talked about:
- Erick’s advice and tips with portfolio reviews
- How did Erick get into design
- Where did Erick grow up and the story of his upbringing
- Erick’s first job as a designer
- Erick’s mentorship at ADPlist
Links:
erickarias.com
https://adplist.org/mentors/erick-arias
https://twitter.com/erickarias
https://medium.com/@earias1
S6E6 An Interview with Erick Arias, Sr. Product Designer at Meta (formerly known as Facebook, Inc.)
32m · PublishedErick Arias is an Experienced Product Designer with a demonstrated history of transforming the way enterprises build software. He is currently the Sr. Product Designer at Meta (formerly known as Facebook, Inc.)
In this episode, we talked about:
- Erick’s advice and tips with portfolio reviews
- How did Erick get into design
- Where did Erick grow up and the story of his upbringing
- Erick’s first job as a designer
- Erick’s mentorship at ADPlist
Links:
erickarias.com
https://adplist.org/mentors/erick-arias
https://twitter.com/erickarias
https://medium.com/@earias1
What is UX? has 120 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 83:19:38. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 16th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on February 20th, 2024 22:12.
