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EVENT DETAILS |
WHEN:
5 May 2015
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
LOCATION:
AppNexus - Razzle Dazzle
19 W 22nd St. 4th Floor
New York, NY 10010
ABOUT EVENT:
A rsum opens the door to the next opportunity, but how do you create an effective rsum? This month, let's learn from the journey of one UX professional about how you can showcase your achievements and talent in your rsum and portfolio. Then, you will have an opportunity to get direct advice from a number of seasoned UX professionals.
PART 1: Land Your UX Dream Job: Tales from a Hiring Manager
Over the past few years, AppNexus has experienced tremendous growth. Having processed hundreds of applications for UX roles, Ashley Hemingway would like to share some tips and tricks for UX job seekers, to ensure their applications stand out for all the right reasons. In this talk, Ashley will share user-centric principles in order to help job seekers tailor their applications, resumes and portfolios to their user": the hiring manger.
WHO IS ASHLEY HEMINGWAY?
With over a decade of professional design experience, Ashley believes that happiness is making the things that you wish existed. She is currently the Director of User Experience at AppNexus, one of New York's fastest growing companies. Previously, she has designed tablet apps for the pharmaceutical industry, websites and applications for large retail and banking brands, and packaging for consumer and beauty care products. She has also consulted for several startups, where she loved turning early concepts into established and trusted brands while advocating for customer-centric design principles. Ashley is a graduated of DAAP at the University of Cincinnati. During the few minutes a day she is not online, she can be found indulging in too much television, curiosity and cheese.
PART 2: Rsum Speed Dating
What is it and how does it work?
A series of 2-person stations are set up around the room. A reviewer (a senior-level UX-industry professional or UX-industry recruiter) is seated at each station. Participants sit with the reviewer and hand over their resume plus whatever work samples they've brought, and in the few minutes allowed, the reviewer provides their assessment. Feedback is brief and high-level. At the end of the session it's time for the participant to move on.
Work samples may include wireframes, documentation, screenshots, etc. Samples can be presented on paper or via laptops or tablets. This will make it possible for reviewers to get a much clearer picture of participants' capabilities in the time allowed.
Attendee Checklist
In order to get the most out of rsum speed dating, attendees are highly encouraged to bring the following items:
15 printed copies of your rsum
Optional: Work samples (print out or on mobile device)
Optional: Business cards
MEET OUR REVIEWERS!
Ashley Hemingway
Director of UX
AppNexus
Positions Reviewed:
UX Team Lead / Manager, UX Design, UX Research
Chris Watson
UX Team Lead
AppNexus
Positions Reviewed:
UX Designer, Senior UX Designer, UX Team Lead, UX Researcher
Vikki Baxter
UX Research Manager
Wiley
Positions Reviewed:
UX Researcher (Qualitative and Quantitative), UX Designer
Kim Cassidy
UX Research Manager
Positions Reviewed:
UX Designer, Interaction Designer, Information Architect, Usability Testing
Julia Cowing
AVP Design
Citi
Positions Reviewed:
User Experience Architect
Sean Echevarria
Client Partnerships Lead
Motivate Design
Positions Reviewed:
UX Researcher
Brittania Gaspar
Recruiter
TEKsystems
Positions Reviewed:
UX Design, Visual Design, UX Research
Karin Kawamoto
VP, UX Manager
Goldman Sachs
Positions Reviewed:
UX Architect, Information Architect, Visual Designer, Creative Director
Deidre Kolarick
VP, User Experience
AnswerLab
Positions Reviewed:
UX Research
Rebecca Levi
Recruiting Manager
The Joanne Weaver Group
Positions Reviewed:
UX Design, UX/UI Design, UI Design, Product Design, Service Design
Ariel Lopez
Career Coach
General Assembly
Positions Reviewed:
User Researcher, UX Designer, Visual Designer, UI Designer
Adekunle Oduye
Product Designer
NASDAQ
Positions Reviewed:
Product Designer, UX Designer Front-end Developer, UI Designer
Tammy Sachs
CEO
Sachs Insights
Positions Reviewed:
UX Researcher, UX Strategist, UX Designer
Mark Safire
User Experience Researcher
Bloomberg LP
Positions Reviewed:
Roger Sambrook
Director of User Research
FactSet Research Systems
Positions Reviewed:
Senior User Experience, Researcher, User Experience, Researcher
Dan Shaw
Principal Information Architect
Fidelity Investments
Positions Reviewed:
Information Architect, Interaction Designer, User Experience Designer, etc.
AGENDA:
6:00-6:45 Networking & Refreshments
6:45-7:00 Opening Announcements
7:00-7:30 Part 1 - Land Your UX Dream Job: Tales from a Hiring Manager
7:30-8:30 Part 2 - Rsum Speed Dating
8:30-9:00 More Networking & Refreshments
TICKETS:
$10 Annual Members
$20 General Public - opens on April 23rd at noon (EDT)
$25 Ticket ($10) + Annual Membership ($15)
$5 Students
NO WALK-INS. Please register in advance!
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