UX Conversations

A UX Designer, a UX Researcher, and a UI Developer walk into a bar, and the bartender says, 'Is this the start of a usability session or a happy hour?' In this episode, we don’t walk into a bar, but we do get on a call and talk about our roles and how they work together (or not sometimes) to build successful products. What does the product development process look like? What are the hand-off points between our roles and some challenges with it? How does a company's design culture or lack thereof influence our work? How do we define a successful product, and why are these definitions not the same? Listen to these young UX professionals share insights from their journeys into the world of UX! Timestamps (00:26) Ankita, Ruta, and Cathy introduce themselves and talk about the product development process (05:02) Challenges with collaboration between these roles (11:51) Cost of innovation and being creative (13:38) Importance of negotiation and persuasion skills (15:44) Design schools can be better at… (17:07) Design culture and where does UX belong? (19:46) Output of a UX team is intangible (23:53) What is the definition of a successful product? About speakers This episode was recorded in July 2021. At the time of recording, Ankita was a UX Researcher at Allied Solutions, Ruta was a UX Designer at Thomson Reuters, and, Cathy was a UI Developer at ProQuest. Feel free to reach out to the speakers on LinkedIn! Music byWataboifromPixabay Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of their respective organizations. Any references to specific companies, products, or services are not endorsements or advertisements.

In this episode of UX Conversations, Ankita and Ritambhara talk about their experiences of working in product teams as UX professionals.

They talk about transitioning from school to industry, finding the right design fit at organizations, and updating the UX process based on the product needs. Listen to these young UX professionals share insights from their journeys into the world of UX!

About speakers

Ritambhara is a Product Designer at Catalant Technologies and Ankita is a UX Researcher at Allied Solutions.

Music by Wataboi from Pixabay

In this episode of UX Conversations, Ankita and Ruta talk about how being in the business of designing experiences has changed them for the better.

They talk about understanding human behavior as part of their jobs, experiencing everyday life as designers, and why all of it is so impactful. Listen to these young UX professionals share insights from their journeys into the world of UX!

About speakers

Ruta is a UX Designer in Thomson Reuters, designing super cool tax and accounting softwares.

Ankita is a UX Researcher at Allied Solutions, doing user research for niche insurance and finance products.

Music by Wataboi from Pixabay

In this episode of 'UX Conversations', your host Ankita Tapadia and guest Jennifer Tamindzija talk about how photography has influenced their journeys into the field of user research and continues to shape their practice.

Jen and Ankita talk about how their passion for photography developed, how being a photographer has been a practice in empathy and storytelling, and how it all ties together with being a user researcher.

Listen to these young UX professionals share insights from their journeys into user research!

About speakers 

Jen is a Human-Computer Interaction/design Master's student at Indiana University, all set to graduate in May 2021.

Ankita is a UX Researcher at Allied Solutions, doing user research for niche insurance and finance products.

Music by Wataboi from Pixabay

In this episode of ‘UX Conversations’, your host Ankita and guest Piyush Dawande talk about big transitions in their toolset as they start their UX careers. 

What new tools are we using for our research and design work? How are we adapting to tools used for communication and collaboration at work? What tools from school do we still continue to use?

Listen to these young UX professionals share insights from their work experiences!

Tools mentioned in this podcast 

• Fantastical, 
• Slack, 
• Microsoft Teams, 
• Usability Hub, 
• Sketch, 
• Figma, 
• UX Power Tools, 
• IconJar, 
• Nucleo, 
• Loom, 
• reMarkable, 
• Whiteboard & notebooks :)

About speakers
Piyush is a Product Designer at Innovatemap and Ankita is a UX Researcher at Allied Solutions.

Music by
Wataboi from Pixabay

In this first episode of 'UX Conversations', your host Ankita and guest Yuhao Shi dive into some big surprises and learnings at their first UX jobs. Ankita and Yuhao have been working at their current (and first!) jobs for the last 6 months.

How do you manage your time between working on different projects, attending a ton of meetings, and getting things done? How is it like to be thrown into the middle of a project at work? How do you make decisions with deadlines looming and very little information? Is what you learn at school preparing you for the work in the industry?

Listen to these young UX professionals share insights from their work experiences!

Music by Wataboi from Pixabay