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About Elaine
Elaine Ann is the Founder and CEO of Kaizor Innovation. Elaine has 20+ years of experience in UX/Design Thinking and is a veteran of the early dot-com era in the mid 90's having lived and worked in the U.S. for 12 years. She has worked in New York, Silicon Valley and San Francisco for companies such as Razorfish, Philips Design and has designed the User Experiences of some of the very early Internet/technology businesses. Her current clients range from Google, Airbnb, Dropbox, Intel, HP, BMW as well as Tech Startups.
She has recently moved to Vancouver to set up a branch helping Tech Startups in North America with CXO Advisory (Chief Xperience Officer) training up Tech Founders and UX designers alike. She is also a UX Mentor at the Founder Institute Western Canada and a sponsor company at the Center of Digital Media, Red Academy and the Radical Research Conference 2019 in Vancouver.
Elaine also trains students on New Product/Services Innovation and User Experience. Her past students now become the senior UX designers in the following companies: Google, Facebook, Airbnb, DBS Bank, Tencent, Ant Financial, IDEO, Bain & Company, Microsoft etc.
6 Weeks Course on
How to Land a UX Job
Module 1: Align your strengths with the right UX Role
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Figure out why you want to be a UX designer/ your motivations / your goal
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What is UX? What is a 0-1 process? What is User-Centered Design?
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Figure out what part of UX design you might be good at
Module 3: Make Resume stand out
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How to craft a suitable resume when applying
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Why do you need to skip HR and recruiter?
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How to relate your non-UX-related experience to fit the applying companies?
Module 5: Enhance Soft Skills needed from employers
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Figure out why you want to be a UX designer / your motivations / your goal
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What is UX? What is a 0-1 process? What is User-Centered Design?
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Figure out what part of UX design you might be good at
Module 2: Decipher UX Job Description
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What kind of company you should work at (corporate, startup, consultancy, etc)
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What is the minimum UX skillset expected from employers?
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What are the UX industry trends?
Module 4: Brush up UX portfolio
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Do I have to have my own portfolio website?
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How to build my portfolio even if I don't have a UX job?
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How to get more "experience" when not able to find a job?
Module 6: Extend Network in the UX field
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How to build a network and the importance of this?
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How to figure out WHO to network with?
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How to find UX communities in your location?
Course Details
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