From an Adobe Growth Designer My formal title at Adobe is Senior Growth Designer, but I’m fortunate enough to get the opportunity to play many different roles. …

from a mid-level designer who has never run a workshop before. — Some context about the event — This Design-thinking workshop was a volunteer opportunity where a non-profit (The JED Foundation) gives Adobe a problem they are trying to solve. Adobe coordinates employees from across the company — from finance to marketing to legal — and someone from Adobe Design to facilitate…

In a recent project, I followed the general steps Competitive Analysis Design new and better product Complete UX Research to Validate Designs But when presenting my findings to the team, I was told my UX Research was wrong. Let me explain it a bit more I’m currently a Product Designer at iContribute. We are designing and developing…

and you should too. — This past weekend, I volunteered as a design mentor at TechTogether’s Hackathon. This wasn't my first experience mentoring, but it was intensified. I was mentoring hackers through a 36-hour hackathon with prizes from companies like Capital One Tech and Microsoft Design. I loved mentoring this past weekend, but it was…

This project was a redesign to keep Nurses focused on patients — not the patient portal. — Some Background HeartIQ, a HealthTech Startup, is providing in home medical care to people with complex medical and respiratory needs. …

Aligning a Design Team with Deadline for a Critical Product. — I was recently brought on to a young design team, without processes set up yet, as a Product Designer. We were given a goal — create a Web App by the end of the month. After talking myself off the ledge of this daunting task, I started to strategize. As…

A step by step guide on remote moderated usability testing for free. — Unfortunately, we can no longer turn to our neighboring desk and ask a quick question — does this look right? Fortunately, we can ask someone on the other side of the world the same quick questions. While usability testing looks different now, it has drastically expanded how Junior Product Designers…

Coming from a UX Designer Wannabe — I would have made 6 mistakes if I didn't take each as an opportunity to learn. So, without further ado, here are the 5 biggest mistakes I made on my first UX project, what I learned from them, and what I do now to not make those mistakes again. Mistake 1. I did research instead of discovery. Immediately…

Before your Project begins.. Do this — the discovery phase from a wannabe designer. Introduction The way that I have approached UX design thus far has been with brute force, similar to my previous role as a General Contractor in the Construction Industry. With the skills I had, I immediately started constructing wireframes and then doing usability testing. This was like constructing a building and…