Can you think of a problem at your current design job? It could be culture, process, a relationship, a project, pretty much anything. I’ll give you a minute to picture it.… Seriously, take a minute to picture it…. Got one in your head? Excellent. Now let’s get real. Ask yourself the below question…. How am …
Struggle with perfectionism? Every designer has. I’ve been there. Staring at a screen filled with un-finished personal design projects that I should have posted weeks or even months earlier. “I’ll get it perfect the next time I pull open the file… a few more tweaks, a few more hours and it will be perfect.” Except …
Want to move forward in your design career? Get used to failing. Yes, the design might be a flop if you hit publish. You might not get the job if you apply for it. However, the only way to guarantee never failing is to never even try. As I taught my son to ride his …
Do any of these scenarios sound familiar…? The product manager kills a feature that you’ve been working on the entire sprint. A stakeholder criticizes your design in the middle of a big presentation. An executive demands another feature be added to your mockups but refuses to allow the timeline to be adjusted accordingly. Unexpected frustrations …
I’ll be totally transparent here. I can’t write what I was planning on writing today. I’ll save that draft for another day. Not feeling it. Today was a very difficult day at work. Sidenote: JosephWalter.com is my side-hustle. My full-time job is Director of UX at an international company where I manage and lead teams …
“Dude, who are you trying to convince. Sketch is OLD.” That was a response I received when I sent out a newsletter a couple years ago with some tips on using Sketch software for UX/UI/Product Design. I learned that people get really really passionate about this topic. You might as well ask get people talking …
A UX Design intern was in my office yesterday with some questions. He was seeking some career advice as he neared the end of his internship with the company I work for. What I said was a surprise to him… Actual design skills are only half of the equation, I explained. He already knew that developing …