Find Meaning in Your UX Design Career
18mBeginner2022-10-21
Authors
Cory Lebson
Leading Educator and Author in UX
Course details
No matter how much fun you’re having as a UX professional, you may wonder how much your work actually helps people. In this course, instructor Cory Lebson details how to take better care of your users, your colleagues, and yourself—and, in turn, find a pathway forward to a more meaningful, resonant design career.
Cory explains what it means to design for good and approach your work with a do-no-harm mentality. He also shares practical ways you can make a difference with your product's users, find more fulfillment within your team and organization, and contribute back to the design community (and your organization!). Plus, learn how to determine when finding a new job, project, or team might be the most positive step forward for your career.
Cory explains what it means to design for good and approach your work with a do-no-harm mentality. He also shares practical ways you can make a difference with your product's users, find more fulfillment within your team and organization, and contribute back to the design community (and your organization!). Plus, learn how to determine when finding a new job, project, or team might be the most positive step forward for your career.
Skills covered
UX DesignCareer ManagementUser ExperienceCareer DevelopmentPersonaWeb Development
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - The search for meaning
1. Designing for Good Outcomes
- 02 - What does it mean to design for good
- 03 - Designing to do no harm
2. Make a Difference to Your Team
- 04 - Making a difference to product users
- 05 - Using your UX skills internally
- 06 - Embracing kindness
3. Building Out Your Meaningful Career
- 07 - Contributing back through thought leadership
- 08 - Creating community with UX leadership
- 09 - Correcting misalignment in your design career
- 10 - Taking care of yourself
Conclusion
- 11 - Continuing your search for meaning