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Hiring and Managing UX Professionals

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

Tags

Human Resources Courses User Experience Courses Freelancing Courses Accessibility Courses User Research Courses Content Strategy Courses Talent Management Courses UX Design Courses Customer Experience Courses Talent Acquisition Courses

Course Description

Overview

Get a holistic take on hiring, contracting, and retaining UX professionals. Learn about the specialties within UX, how to find talent, and how to support the creatives you hire.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Hiring UX professionals
1. How Is UX Work Structured?
  • What is UX and where do you start?
  • UX fields: Design, research, and strategy
  • Design-based jobs and skill sets
  • User research, accessibility, and human factors
  • UX strategy, content strategy, and customer experience
  • Figure out what skills you need on your team
2. Who's Going to Do the Work?
  • Employees, freelancers, and moonlighters
  • Agencies and larger consulting firms
  • Generalists and experts
  • Mix and match for success
3. How Do You Find Who You're Looking for?
  • Employers and recruiters: Be a part of the UX community, too
  • Create your UX elevator pitch
  • Align your job titles and descriptions
  • Seek out staff and contractors
  • Giving newbies a chance
  • Learning break
4. Assessing Credibility
  • Are the people you find right for you?
  • Corporate credibility
  • Portfolios and NDAs
5. Working with Consultants
  • Contracting, pricing, and timing
  • Alignment, knowledge, and expertise
  • Contractor communication and work location
  • Learning break
6. An Employer's Guide to Happy Employees
  • Understand the needs of creatives
  • Support career advancement
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Cory Lebson

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