Upcoming Virtual UI/UX Events in August 2022
Welcome to August! Are you looking for virtual UI/UX events to attend? This month, our events center around career clinics and redesign platforms, such as Snapchat, Tiktok, Slack, etc., for UX beginners. We are here to help you unpack challenges you may face as UX pivoters and UX job seekers. Join us at our upcoming, free virtual talks! These events are open to all and 100% free of charge! Come hang out with us! Here is the event line-up for August 2022:
📌 "Thinking Fast & Slow" for UI/UX Design | Khrys' Book Club
Date: Tue, August 2, 2022
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
Location: Virtual
Join Khrys in motivating her to read design books! The first book is "Thinking Fast & Slow" and its impact on UX design.
System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. The impact of overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, and the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning our next vacation? Each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems shape our judgments and decisions.
How does Thinking Fast & Slow impact and instruct us as UX designers? Join Khrys in her Book Club, where she reads and summarizes books to help us all become better designers.
📌 UX Career Clinic
Date: Tue, August 2, 2022
Time: 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
Location: Virtual
What does it take to get UI/UX skills or even pivot into the field? What resources are available for self-study? Together, we will unpack the problems UX pivoters and UX job seekers face currently.
Check out the Ideate Labs Bootcamp, and our junior UX job postings.
📌 Powerful Storytelling in UX; Crafting a Narrative For Interviews & Career
Date: Wed, August 3, 2022
Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Location: Virtual
How do designers craft narratives to push their projects forward, get new jobs, and "sell" ideas? Through storytelling! In this session, we will cover the powerful UX storytelling needed for various UX backgrounds. Where is storytelling impactful?
- In your case studies for your portfolios
- When you're "selling" your ideas or projects to stakeholders
- When you're pitching a design change and its importance
- During an interview as you're trying to cohesively explain your background.
Join us for tips, advice, and live walk-throughs of storytelling improvements.
📌 Redesign Snapchat (for UX beginners)
Date: Wed, Aug 3, 2022
Time: 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
Location: Virtual
Are you someone who is interested in a career in design? Come redesign Snapchat with us. Beginner friendly!
Check out the Ideate Labs Bootcamp, and our junior UX job postings.
📌 Redesign Tiktok (For UX Beginners)
Date: Wed, Aug 10, 2022
Time: 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
Location: Virtual
Thinking of pivoting into UX as a career? Come learn with us! What are the elements that take you from a design idea, into creating viable, workable wireframes? We will redesign Tiktok together in this interactive design workshop.
📌 How to Get Ready for UX/UI Interviews
Date: Tue, August 16, 2022
Time: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
Location: Virtual
Learn about the best ways to prepare and approach your UX/UI interviews. Approach your next UX/UI opportunity with confidence! If you're looking for your next opportunity, you’ve probably realized by now that being prepared for interviews is essential! Interviews are a two-way street. They’re an opportunity for you to get to know the company AND for the company to get to know you.
We will cover:
How to prepare for your next interview
What questions to consider asking your interviewer
Red flags for toxic companies
📌 Redesigning Slack (for UX Beginners)
Date: Wed, August 17, 2022
Time: 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
Location: Virtual
Want to pivot into a career in UX? Come join us for this interactive Figma workshop!
📌 Design Team of One: How to Be a Solo UX Designer in a Company
Date: Fri, August 19, 2022
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
Location: Virtual
Join Khrys to learn about how to be an effective solo UX designer in a team.
This talk is for all the folks who are general creatives on a team, whether you're in a startup, an agency, PR team, etc. We are going to learn how to advocate for design, how to practice it within your institution, and what resources to utilize.
We cover:
How to advocate for UX research, UX design, and UI design in your creative team
The process for carving out more UX projects
Resources to get you started
📌 Graphic Design to UX Design | Pivoting in Your Career
Date: Tue, August 23, 2022
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
Location: Virtual
What skills and tools do you need as a graphic designer to transition into UI & UX?
We'll cover how graphic design differs from UX, and UI
We discuss which tools you need to master to become a UX/ UI designer
We chat about what makes a good UX portfolio, and which projects you can utilize from your graphic design background to pivot
Q&A session at the end of the session – ask us anything you want to know!
📌 Redesign Airbnb (for UX beginners)
Date: Wed, August 24, 2022
Time: 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
Location: Virtual
Thinking of becoming a UX desginer? Join this interactive Figma workshop!
📌 Redesigning Uber (for UX beginners)
Date: Wed, August 31, 2022
Time: 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
Location: Virtual
Thinking of becoming a UX desginer? Join this interactive Figma workshop!
We also prepared a comprehensive database of 2022 UX Conferences. Check out the list of 50 Upcoming UX Conferences to Attend in 2022!
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