1. YOUR UX CAREER PATH
THE ULTIMATE FINDABILITY CHALLENGE…
ANDREW HINTON | SENIOR MANAGER, HONEYWELL FORGE | UX HUSTLE SUMMIT 2019 — ATLANTA

2. I MAY NOT BE THE BEST PERSON TO
GIVE YOU THIS ADVICE
#PRIVILEGE

3. YOUR UX CAREER PATH
I ASKED THE TWITTERVERSE
TinyURL.com/FutureProofUX

4. YOUR UX CAREER PATH
THE COMMUNITY IS WISE

5. YOUR UX CAREER PATH
THEMES FROM THE TWEET-DELUGE
HUMANS
SYSTEMS
RELATION-
SHIPS
LEARNING

6. LEARNING
THEME 1

7. YOUR UX CAREER PATH
THEME: LEARNING

8. YOUR UX CAREER PATH
UX IS A LOT OF THINGS…IT’S GOOD TO BE FAMILIAR WITH AS MANY AS YOU CAN
Sources: NNGroup “User Experience Careers” 2013 & Athena Health Design “Embedding Product Design in a Large Agile Org” 2018
Dan Saffer 2009
Envis-Precisely.com
Elizabeth Bacon
Athena Health Design

9. YOUR UX CAREER PATH
LEARN HOW TO BE COMPETENT IN EVERY PART OF THE DESIGN PROCESS
https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/

10. HUMANS
THEME 2

11. YOUR UX CAREER PATH
THEME: HUMANS

12. PEOPLE ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING THEIR
LIVES BEFORE WE DESIGN ANYTHING.
UX ASKS “HOW DO WE DESIGN FROM A DEEP
UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR EXPERIENCE?”

13. TEXT
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
ENVIRONMENT Action
Perception

14. YOUR UX CAREER PATH
OUR ENVIRONMENTS ARE BECOMING MORE COMPLEX
BOTH WITHIN “SCREENS” AND BEYOND THEM …
Images: Wikimedia Commons; Oculus; Amazon; Apple: Libelium

15. SYSTEMS
THEME 3

16. YOUR UX CAREER PATH
THEME: SYSTEMS

17. YOUR UX CAREER PATH
NOTHING YOU DESIGN EXISTS IN A VACUUM…

18. ALWAYS DESIGN A THING BY CONSIDERING IT IN ITS
NEXT LARGER CONTEXT - A CHAIR IN A ROOM, A
ROOM IN A HOUSE, A HOUSE IN AN ENVIRONMENT,
AN ENVIRONMENT IN A CITY PLAN.
E. Saarinen / Architect
YOUR UX CAREER PATH

19. TheDisneyBlog
BUT ALSO
SYSTEMS
NOT JUST SCREENS

20. NOT JUST SCREENS
BUT ALSO
SYSTEMS

21. YOUR UX CAREER PATH
SYSTEMS THINKING & WRANGLING COMPLEXITY
Bryce Glass, 2005
Service Design, Rosenfeld Media
Xin Yun Teng & AirBnB

22. YOUR UX CAREER PATH
SOME BOOKS THAT APPLY SYSTEMS THINKING TO EXPERIENCE DESIGN
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23. RELATIONSHIPS
THEME 4

24. YOUR UX CAREER PATH
THEME: RELATIONSHIPS

25. YOUR UX CAREER PATH
THEME: RELATIONSHIPS

26. YOUR UX CAREER PATH
THEME: RELATIONSHIPS Mentoring
Participating
CommunicatingListening
Having humility
Growing
Taking responsibility
Influencing
Understanding

27. YOUR UX CAREER PATH
WHATEVER YOUR PATH, CHOOSE IT WITH PURPOSE
Design ManagementDesign Practice
Strategy
Production
Architecting Systems
& Ecosystems
Screen-Level UI
Design
Design Leadership
for Organizations
Design Delivery
Management & Process

28. YOUR UX CAREER PATH
DESIGN LEADERS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DESIGN
Design ManagementDesign Practice
Strategy
Production

29. THANK YOU!
AND BEST WISHES TO YOU
AS YOU FIND YOUR PATH.
Andrew Hinton | andrewhinton.com
YOUR UX CAREER PATH