James O’Brien has over 10 years experience building and managing UX teams. As a consultant, he helps companies to hire the right UX candidates, improve diversity and build a positive working culture. His clients have spanned early stage startups to the world’s…
Switching careers is a big decision. It’s normal to have doubts before you make an investment in returning to education. If you’ve ever considered becoming a UX professional, here’s why now is the time to make the move. UX professionals…
This article is part of the UXDI’s “How I Got into UX” series where we interview seasoned UX professionals to find out to how they got to where they are today. Stories of how people end up working in UX…
Unlike fields such as medicine or law, there isn’t usually one clearly defined career path into UX design. The stories of how people end up working in UX are as varied as the career backgrounds that they come from. Becca…
People often ask us how they can start a career in UX. If they don’t have opportunities to practise UX in their current role, making the switch can seem difficult. Just where do you start? Des Traynor, co-founder of Intercom,…
