Recruiting UX Ain’t Easy – A Headhunter’s Tale
Knowing your stuff isn’t necessarily enough to land your dream job. Those in charge of hiring UX professionals are concerned with a number of other factors; don’t let it catch you off guard.
Posts about “selling ux”
Finding the Balance: Users’ Needs Vs. Clients’ Wants
Negotiating and prioritizing between your clients and their users’ needs is rarely an easy task. Oliver Gitsham explores some of the obstacles UX designers may encounter along the way, along with potentially palliative advice.
Taming Goliath: Collaboration with Large Companies (part 2 of 2)
After signing the contract, it might seem the hard work is behind you—but that’s far from the truth. As Alan shows us this article, the final of his series, there are plenty of idiosyncrasies facing UX professionals in their work with larger clients.
Taming Goliath: Selling UX to Large Companies (part 1 of 2)
Large companies are the financial backbone of the web industry, but their size and complex organizational structure can make them challenging to work with. In this, the first of a two–part series, Alan explains to readers how to introduce user–centered design to large companies; forging relationships that will mature throughout the duration of the project.
Selling UX to Small Business
It’s 2010 and everyone loves usability, right? It may may look that way from our comfortable perches atop the blogosphere, but if you’ve tried to sell usability services to small businesses, you know that it can be a frustrating and time-consuming experience.
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