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Interview | Isabel Novais | Ladies that UX Lisbon This week, we welcome Isabel from Ladies that UX Lisbon Isabel is a Product Designer at Nuxeo So how did you get into UX Isabel? I studied Product Design. As in everything is a Product, passing through a Design Thinking process. I started out working mainly with printing and branding originally, gradually evolving into web design, and always looking for the best GUI principles. Over time, my work became more and more digital and UX started being a very recurrent keyword. Now I love thinking about things and looking for user-centric solutions. In future, I hope to lead a team, and motivate and inspire people. Don Norman is definitely someone I look up to, for inspiring so many people to do things in the right way To anyone looking…

Interview | Gema Gutierrez | Ladies that UX Madrid Gema Gutierrez runs Ladies that UX Madrid and is Chief Design Officer at HETIKUS. Here’s what she had to say when we had a chat… I think I found Ladies that UX through facebook or someone told me about it - I started going to their meetings from the beginning. A few months ago Emmanuela asked me if I could collaborate with her and Pat, since then I am responsible for recording the meetings and creating the podcast for Ladies that UX Madrid. So tell us Gema, how did you get into UX? I started working in web design when I was only 21 years old. Throughout the years I worked in different companies, one of them had a great team of ux designers. My boss at the time…

Talk UX | Executive Coaching with AuthenticWorks One of the (many) excellent things about attending Talk UX is the opportunity to connect with other women in design and technology and to learn from and be inspired by others’ careers. We’ve got some incredible leaders appearing on stage, who are sure to give you food for thought and help you gain clarity around what might be next for you. But, what if you’re just not sure what the next step is? Or how to take it? Or perhaps you’re dealing with a professional challenge and need help finding your way. What can you do? One answer could be to consider coaching. We’re delighted, for Talk UX 2019, to have Hilary Farrington, founder of AuthenticWorks joining us for a series of free 1 : 1 coaching ‘taster’ sessions. These short…

Interview | Kelsey Bones | Ladies that UX Belfast This week’s Wednesday Woman of Ladies that UX is Kelsey Bones of the Belfast chapter. Kelsey is a UX Designer at Whitespace and got into UX when she was looking for a job for her placement year at university. Over to you Kelsey... I’d been contacted by a local UX agency who were looking for a placement student. I wasn't sure about UX and wasn’t keen on how much research and documentation was involved. I wanted to be a designer not a researcher! Eventually I was talked into going for it, as I could always practice design in my spare time but there weren't many places where I could immerse myself and really learn about UX. So I went for it and got the placement and spent the next…

Talk UX | BYOB - Bring your own Baby Talk UX 2019 - the ideal way to spend maternity leave? Talk UX and Ladies that UX are all about showcasing the experience and expertise of women and bringing together a community of women in the UX field. Ladies that UX started as a way for women (when we say women, we mean anyone identifying as) to find, identify and learn from others in the field and to help increase visibility. With this in mind, we want as many women as possible to be able to attend Talk UX. And we recognise that, when women are on maternity leave, it makes it harder to get along to events like conferences - after all, tiny babies aren’t going to take care of themselves, partners have often returned to work, and…

Interview | Veena Sonwalkar | Ladies that UX Bangalore Veena is chapter lead at Ladies that UX Bangalore and is a Senior Design Lead at frog Design. And she kicks off our series of interviews with the inspiring women leading Ladies that UX chapters across the world. An industry veteran, Veena has over 16 years of experience and, as well as frog Design, has led design projects with Human Factors International (HFI), Thoughtworks and Mindtree (where she helped set up design team presence in the US) for various fortune 500 companies such as AIG, Marriott, Exxon, Toyota, MoMA, IKEA, Sabre, AT&T. We’re suitably impressed! So tell us Veena, how did you get involved with Ladies that UX? I used to attend Ladies that UX in New York. After moving back to India, I realised the need for a…

Speaker | Alley Rutzel | UX Director | Google We're delighted to announce a new addition to our speaker line up - UX Director, for G Suite, at Google, Alley Rutzel! With her vision for people from across the globe to collaborate as efficiently and intimately as if they were in the same room, Alley makes a perfect addition to this year's lineup. In advance of her talk, we caught up with Alley on the theme of People and Connections Tell us a little about the role people and connections have played in your career Nothing is ever accomplished alone, you always have someone supporting you or directly contributing to your success. I would never have discovered the opportunities that got me to where I am today without reaching out to connect and build strong relationships. I’ve worked…

Connectivity | Llara Geddes & InnovateHer This month, we’re celebrating connectivity with the InnovateHer movement and, along with that, one of our organisers - Head of UX and all-round good Scottish egg - Llara Geddes.  In September, a plethora of incredible women in tech will gather at Fairfield Social Club to talk all things connectivity and, the all-important and never-to-be-forgotten human side of design and technology. Llara is leading the charge this year in delivering a barn-storming fifth annual Talk UX conference; she’s Head of UX at User Conversion, a soon-to-be-mum, an awesome dancer, an alumni Ladies That UX Manchester volunteer and just recently she gave her time and energy to be a part of the InnovateHer movement. Llara says “I’ve been keen to be involved with InnovateHer since I attended the launch event. Having previously been involved with…

Interview | Lizzie Kelly-Dyson | Co-Founder of Ladies that UX Lizzie We’re delighted to be sitting down with Lizzie Kelly-Dyson - co-founder of Ladies that UX. Without Lizzie, there would be no Talk UX - it’s that simple. So if she's talking, we're listening! So Lizzie, for those that don’t know the story, tell us, how did Ladies that UX come to be? Ladies that UX started because Georgie (Lizzie’s Ladies that UX co-founder) and I didn’t know any women in the industry. All meet ups were the same, one person standing at the front telling you what to do and how to do it. After one of the meet ups, Georgie and I went for a drink and we discussed what we would do differently if we were to start our own. I wanted to create a…