Mitch Clements is a Mentor, Speaker, and UX Manager @ SimpleNexus.
Mitch shares his career journey, switching from an Android engineer to UX. He shares what a personal brand means for an employee, and how you can influence change in a company. Also, we talk about networking by helping design communities, actionable job search advice, and much more. Enjoy đź‘Ť
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Outline:
- (0:00) - Preview
- (1:15) - Introduction
- (2:28) - Mitch’s career story
- (7:10) - Transitioning to a UX manager
- (10:28) - Building a personal brand as an employee
- (13:06) - Contributing to different design communities
- (18:14) - ADPList and Product Hive comparison
- (22:13) - Launching a mobile app for portfolio
- (25:48) - Benefits of being a part of a company
- (28:44) - Economy impact on the team
- (31:23) - Change management is hard
- (33:53) - Find stakeholder advocates to influence change
- (37:43) - Anyone can initiate change
- (43:47) - AI impact on the design profession
- (52:10) - AI and critical thinking
- (55:01) - Resume and portfolio advice
- (59:07) - Networking for job searching
- (1:04:39) - Experiment with your job search process
- (1:07:15) - What would you do if money wasn't a question?
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