UX Education, Design System for Beginners, Celebrating Women's History Month, and more!
Happy March, designers! We hope that 2021 has been wonderful for you so far!
We're so excited to usher in a new month filled with new events, spotlights, resources, and more. Keep on reading to view this month's lineup and stay in the loop for all things Students of UXD! 😄 ✨
🎉 Women's History Month Features
March is Women's History Month. To celebrate, we'd love to feature women in UX who you look up to or who has helped you on your UX journey.
Want to nominate a Woman in UX? Submit your nomination using this form https://lnkd.in/gazGKgX. We'll be highlighting amazing women in UX all throughout March, so keep an eye out for them—your nomination may be featured!
👩 The Women Behind Students of UXD
We at Students of UXD is one of those lucky teams co-founded by female designers, who are a constant source of inspiration. The many women in our team have been working tirelessly to organize events and curate content that you love.
We'd like to thank them for their contributions to SOUXD. Thank you for your passion and dedication. Thank you for pushing us to grow. Thank you for the continuous efforts for our community.
Please connect and say hello to Vicky, Julia, Mahogany, Kendra, and Amanda on LinkedIn!
🙌 Community Spotlights
Got an article, video, or anything else you created that you want to share with our community? Or maybe you found something cool that you want to share and nominate to be featured?
We’d love to help spotlight the work of amazing creatives to the world with our Community Spotlight! View our community spotlights or submit your nominations today!
📆 Event Announcements
Here's the lineup for our upcoming March events!
☝ The Problem with UX Education: How to Optimize Your Learning Journey
What's the problem with UX education and how can we optimize our learning journey as aspiring UX professionals?
We're so happy to welcome back Darren Hood, who will be presenting his second talk with us at Students of UXD. In this speaker event, Darren will be hitting on key points within education economics, like setting UX educational goals, selecting the right learning experience methodologies, budgeting for the journey, evaluating alignment, and making choices. Darren will also present his thoughts on UX education options, as well as how to identify and evaluate expectations for these educational options and more within the journey to UX design.
Date: Saturday, March 6, 2021
Time: 10:30 AM PST
✌ The What & Why of Design Systems for UX Beginners
What are design systems and why are they important? Join us for a design systems workshop specifically tailored to UX beginners, where we will cover what design systems are, why design systems are important, how to plan for your first design system, and actionable steps for how to start building your design system. We will also have a Q&A session at the end where we will answer any design systems questions based on the workshop.
Date: Saturday, March 13, 2021
Time: 10:30 AM PST
🖍 Small Biz of UXD
Our next Small Biz of UXD feature is TinkeringExplorer @ev_chua! TinkeringExplorer was founded by Evelyn Chua, a multidisciplinary digital enthusiast and Interface Designer at Alexander College.
TinkeringExplorer is a shop that sells paper goods for little everyday moments. Her slogan? "Tinkerer by day, explorer by night." Proudly illustrated, designed, and handmade in Canada, her shop is currently having a sale of 20% off everything!
"I am a multidisciplinary digital enthusiast with a love for all things technical and musical. My lifelong journey to assemble intelligent solutions fuels my creative energy and passion for helping others." - Evelyn Chua
If you'd like to check out her shop and purchase any of her adorable paper goods, the link to her shop is in our Instagram bio or website under "Community Spotlight." Or, follow her on Instagram @ev_chua!
👑 Students of UXD Stories
Our UXD Student spotlight for this month is Renaise Kim.
“Design allows me to envision future opportunities and push technological boundaries.”
🔥 Resources
Internship and New Grad Opportunities:
Adobe Creative Residency - 1 year residency program fully sponsored by Adobe, with full salary and health benefits, mentorship and learning opportunities, exposure and recognition, networking events, and full creative control
Logitech | Design Intern (Summer 2021)
Malwarebytes | UX Design Intern (Summer 2021)
Vacasa | UX Design Intern (Summer 2021)
Intuit | Product Design Intern (Summer 2021)
Uber | UX Writer Intern (Summer 2021)
Ideate Labs Junior Design Job Board - Job board for junior UX designers with 0-2 years of experience
Students of UXD February Black History Month Features - Resources and Tools made by Black Designers:
Black Who Designs - Twitter Directory of Black Designers
Black Illustrations - Collections of Black Illustrations
Black UX Lab - Community of Black UX Designers
Ethos Design - A Design Collective that brings race, gender, and intersectionality to the forefront of design practice.
Tech Wrap Queen Podcast - Podcast sessions about Tech, Design & Culture
Peace and Power Project - The Peace and Power Project aims to bring attention to Black victims of racial violence in the United States
Like what you see? Join our community at https://www.studentsofuxd.com/ for more information, resources, and upcoming events. Stay up to date with the latest SOUXD news by following us on LinkedIn, Instagram , Jumpstart and find recordings of our past events on YouTube. See you there! 👋