UX Design Huddle

Latest Episodes:

Servando Sanchez, Creative Director at Regex SEO, talks about SEO and the business of web design Nov 15, 2021

Show notes

This week we speak with Servando Sanchez, Creative Director at Regex, SEO talks about SEO, web design, and what it takes to be a self-made designer in our industry. We also looked at his early beginnings with MySpace and how that grew into a real job.

About the hosts

Mustafa Kurtuldu is a UX lead on install-ability on Chrome and Design Advocate at Google. His skills include user research, interviews, surveys, usability reviews, producing documentation including personas, site maps, user journeys and flows, and various fidelities of annotated wireframes.

Ryan Warrender is Web Product Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years of experience working in Product, Business Development and UX Design.

Contact: designhuddlepodcast@gmail.com

James Sommerville, ex VP Coca-Cola, speaks about setting up the agency Attik& designing the Love can and Known Unknown Nov 08, 2021

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James is the Founder and Chief Designer of Known Unknown, a global design community. James is a brand design and marketing aficionado.

As former VP of Global Design for The Coca-Cola Company, James has spoken at 200+ events in 30 countries about design, brand strategy, entrepreneurship and company culture. Those also happen to be 4 of the most requested topics to discuss on Design Huddle.

At Coca-Cola, James led Design Thinking, Brand Design execution of 40+ identities, designed the Coca-Cola One Brand Strategy implemented in 200+ markets and led partnerships with Disney, Marvel, Google and Star Wars.

https://knownunknown.co/

https://www.jamessommerville.co/

About the hosts

Ryan Warrender is Web Product Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years of experience working in Product, Business Development and UX Design.

Contact: designhuddlepodcast@gmail.com

Welcome to the MetaVerse, what is it and why is Facebook doing it? Nov 01, 2021

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Facebook has gone all Meta, but what does this mean for the company and how does its brand connect Facebook's other products? Listen to this episode to learn more.

https://www.inputmag.com/culture/facebooks-new-name-is-meta

About the hosts

Ryan Warrender is Web Product Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years of experience working in Product, Business Development and UX Design.

Contact: designhuddlepodcast@gmail.com

Apples $19 polish cloth and Salt Bae's $1500 steak, genuis or ridiculous? Oct 25, 2021

Show notes

This week we are covering the Apple launch event, the good, the bad and the downright silly. We also ask if a $19 polish cloth is a branding marvel or just plain ridiculous.

About the hosts

Ryan Warrender is Web Product Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years of experience working in Product, Business Development and UX Design.

Contact: designhuddlepodcast@gmail.com

What are super apps, and why have they taken Asia by storm? Oct 18, 2021

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In this episode, we look at super apps, which is an app that includes many functions all rolled into one—for example, having your streaming service, food delivery, and payments app collected together.

Some popular ones include China's WeChat and AliPay, India's Paytm, Singapore's Grab, Indonesia's GoTo, Vietnam's Zalo, and South Korea's Kakao.

But why haven't they been popular in the West, and what can app developers do to promote their success?

About the hosts

Ryan Warrender is Web Product Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years of experience working in Product, Business Development and UX Design.

Contact: designhuddlepodcast@gmail.com

What makes a great UX portfolio, Top 21 UX Designer Portfolio Websites in 2021. Oct 11, 2021

Show notes

This week Ryan and Mustafa look at UX portfolios and take a look at some of the best of 2021. They also cover tips on what to focus on and how you can scale your skillset.

Top 21 UX Designer Portfolio Websites in 2021

https://www.casestudy.club/journal/ux-designer-portfolio

Sites reviewed

http://www.jonathanpatterson.com/

http://lifeofpai.com/

https://www.kysondana.com/

https://www.lizvwells.com/

About the hosts

Ryan Warrender is Web Product Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years of experience working in Product, Business Development and UX Design.

Contact: designhuddlepodcast@gmail.com

How to run an effective design sprint or UX workshop Oct 04, 2021

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The sprint is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers. Developed at GV, it’s a “greatest hits” of business strategy, innovation, behavior science, design thinking, and more—packaged into a battle-tested process that any team can use.

See the GV site for more details: https://www.gv.com/sprint/

About the hosts

Ryan Warrender is Web Product Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years experience working in Product, Business Development and UX Design.

How to make your UX design resume standout and top design interview tips Sep 27, 2021

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This week we cover tips and tricks on excellent UX design CVs, looking at some brilliant examples of a designer who designed their resume to look like Spotify when applying for a job there.

We cover customization, format and also go into things to look for in a job interview.

About the hosts

Ryan Warrender is Web Product Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years experience working in Product, Business Development and UX Design.

David Martin - How to build a successful web design business, UX audits, and UX hacks to consider Sep 20, 2021

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David Martin is obsessed with websites. Making them functional. Making them beautiful. Making them fast. But most importantly, making them profitable for the people who run them.

After nearly a decade building online businesses for others, he founded UXHACKS - a consultancy that builds and optimizes websites to maximize their traffic's potential and explode conversions.

Having worked as a web designer, full-stack developer, and director of user experience in the past, he now shares his expertise on website best practices with his clients and on his YouTube channel where he streams every Friday at 1pm ET.

Website: uxhacks.com

Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/DavidMartinUX/

UX Audit Course: https://uxhacks.podia.com/website-ux-audit-course

Checkout: 50% off course coupon, DSGNHDDL

About the hosts

Ryan Warrender is Web Product Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years experience working in Business Development and UX Design.

Melinda Livsey - How to become a brand strategist, overcoming self-doubt, and Chris Do as a mentor Sep 13, 2021

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On this episode we bring back one of our favorite guests - Melinda Livsey. As the founder and brand strategist of Marks and Maker, Melinda unites over ten years of professional design experience with a penchant for thoughtful customer service. Melinda’s experience with notable names like Oakley, Paramount Pictures, and Loot Crate, coupled with her passion for creative thinkers and entrepreneurs, creates the perfect cocktail of impeccable workmanship, exceptional brands, and happy clientele. Not only is Melinda a rockstar entrepreneur she is the works for for The Futur as a Co-host on the Process. If you want to learn to be a better team consultant, strategist, or team member this episode is for you.

Check out: https://www.marksandmaker.com/