How do I get a career in interaction design and UX?

Event Details

Time: November 12, 2010 from 1pm to 2:30pm
Location: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Room A-10
Street: 901 G St. N.W
City/Town: Washington DC
Event Type: panel
Organized By: John Yuda
Latest Activity: Nov 14, 2010

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Event Description

A panel of seasoned designers will answer your questions about how to break into interaction and user experience design:
• What skills do you need to have?
• What are recruiters looking for?
• What do interaction designers actually do?
• Is it better to be a consultant, work for an agency, or go in-house?
• What are the job prospects like in the area?

Our panelists include:

- Margaret Gebauer, Director of User Experience at Threespot
- Katherine Kendall, Senior User Interface Designer at Discovery Communications
- Lee Andrese, User Experience Agent at Aquent
- Adam Rasmussen, President of UX Interactive

Recruiters welcome!

Comment Wall

Comment by Lyle Turner on November 13, 2010 at 1:51am: This was a most excellent event for us seekers and wannabe seekers trying to find where we might fit in the grand scheme of user experience careers.

Many thanks to John, Kim and all the panelists for their time, advice and encouragement.

Well done and much appreciated by all of us in the seats.

Comment by Bruce Emmerling on November 14, 2010 at 10:02pm: Thank you everyone for the opportunity to learn more about IXDA and the UX profession! It was a great meeting and very helpful.