Quirk eMarketing :: Midweight User Experience Designer & Information Architect - Jozi

[Ravi Reddy]

Greetings UX Forum

Quirk eMarketing is looking to employ an experienced IA and UX Designer to ensure that we are delivering campaigns and websites that delight users and deliver on the commercial goals of our clients. The successful candidate has a passion for improving customer experience, expertise in usability and the ability to conduct useful and insightful research. 3 - 4 years experience minimum. Have what it takes? Send your CVs to nick....@quirk.biz or alternatively visit http://www.quirk.biz/career/opportunity/44

Kind regards,
Ravi

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[Nathan Blows]

Hi everyone,

I'd love to become involved in the UX field. I'm a recent convert to the discipline, very passionate about it and very interested in studying toward working in the field.

What learning path can any of you recommend that would help move me in that direction?

Education background and experience

After school I never really had an interest in anything other than music so spent most of my 20's (I'm 33 now) mucking about. Since 2006 I've been working in various online environments providing customer experience management for end-users of online products, as an online content editor, emarketing and communication manager. That's when the bug starting biting.

In 2010 I completed short courses in online PR (Unisa), online copywriting (SA Writers' College) and emarketing (Quirk).

What I'm thinking of doing

I've had a look at online courses I can do (budget doesn't allow for a degree yet so I'm doing what I can). I'm thinking of doing a short course in HTML/CSS/Java/PHP and another in usability from Search Engine College

I've been looking at other course that they offer, like the SEO101 and SEO202 courses where they touch on things like Site Architecture.

I'm saving up to do the Human Factors International UX Analyst accreditation next year.

Is what I'm doing the right thing or should I be looking elsewhere?

Regards,

Nathan

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[Vlad Nedelcu]

Hi Nathan,

You need a cv with a portfolio, if you don't have one i suggest you make one.

Make a UX portfolio for every job you apply for. Beat down doors and harras companies if you really believe in what you do and yourself. 

Save your money with the courses and try get a job as a junior somewhere, that should be your main focus. You should spend your time on a UX portfolio, spend you time making it better and better. Learn to think with a paper and pen.  

 

If an employer can see passion and commitment you there.  

The better you get the harder you work.

You can learn everything online and through practice of your craft. 

Start here http://iainstitute.org/ 

and here http://www.amazon.com/Information-Architecture-World-Wide-Web/dp/0596527349/ref=cm_cr_pr_orig_subj 

Flaky people don't make it in anything besides politics.  

All the best with your journey. 

Vlad 

Vlad Nedelcu
Current international vagrant. Writer, artist, rider of the Worm. Made career out of Werewolf sodomy and tranny Leprechauns.

[Scott Gray]

(Sort of related) I always thought this was a great CV (more for a data visualiser role than anything else), but he's clearly walking the walk which gives employers confidence before they even meet him.

http://thenextweb.com/shareables/files/2009/11/resume-infographic.jpg

I guess you need to make sure your portfolio lives and breathes UX.

scott gray
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[Helga]

Hi Nathan
I am with Vlad here get a portfolio together and start knocking on
doors. The courses being offered will teach you what ux is but will
not teach you how to design for ux. The book Vlad mentioned is good
and it is the bible of what you will do, it also give you insight at
how 'boring' our field can be, however any UX person worth their salt
have consumed this book and not just "Don't make me think". You need
to practice and an agency is the only way, reading and researching
everything and anything being published is a very good idea. www.upassoc.org
(usability professional association) publish quarterly magazines with
latest research they also have a BOK (body of Knowledge) and a lot
more which means you can get the latest research from all over to
start you mind working also they have templates for most things to get
you started, to be a member is not that expensive and they have
graduate competitions which gives you access to the conferences, this
year it in Atlanta the CEO of Facebook is opening...just to give you
an idea.
I started in digital design and moved across into usability and now
have a usability company and it all started with that the book
'Information Architecture for the World Wide Web', if you can get
through it and still want to do it you on the right track.