UX Research Failures and How to Avoid Them

Research Practice Failures Please Join Standard Beagle and UX in Atx for another great discussion surrounding the topic of UX Research. Hear about common ux research practice failures, how to avoid these mistakes, and the key learnings from the experiences of other professionals.

How to Get Hired as a Conversation Designer

Conversational Design is the fastest growing UX need in the market today, and there aren’t enough Conversation Designers to cover the needs. This makes this skillset one of the strongest designers can currently possess, as it is an applicant’s market. In this session, attendees will: Become acquainted with and practice the skills employers are looking...

ATX Mega Meetup | Holiday Happy Hour & Networking

Join us for a rare in-person event where you can network, meet hiring managers and learn about the essential soft skills that are key to success. Meetup groups from across the Austin tech community will join forces to close out the year for holiday fun. Jamy Squillace will present "Essential Soft Skills". Schedule:

Goal-setting workshop for designers

Are you ready to tackle your professional goals in 2022? Make this year your year to achieve your goals. UX in ATX co-founder and Standard Beagle Creative Director Cindy Brummer presented a goal-setting workshop to kick off the year with a bang. In this workshop, Cindy guided us through the reflection and vision-setting tools she...

Portfolio Tips from the Experts

Junior to senior UX Designers of all types are welcome to bring their portfolio links for quick reviews in breakout sessions. Be sure to RSVP before volunteering for a review. Panelists include: Guintu is a full-time dad, sketchnoter, and soft-skills ninja, Dante enjoys solving big, gnarly design challenges in enterprise software. As a career transitioner,...

Networking: Making Genuine Connections at a Conference/Event

No more of that awkward standing around. Learn how to make networking work for you at conferences in 2022. Panelists include Career Coach Juliet Barrett, who focuses on helping creatives develop process strategies, tools for self-evaluation and streamlined practices that break down large goals into actionable steps.

The Content Design Career Path

The UX Design field is vast and varied. Learn more about the UX path of content design and see if it is for you.

The Accessibility Design Career Path

The need for designers who specialize in accessibility has grown in demand as companies realize that inclusive design is the right thing to do and that accessible digital products outperform competitors by 50 percent. That's because inclusive products benefit everyone not just the roughly one billion people considered disabled worldwide. In this meetup, we discussed...

Where Product Management and UX Meet

Back by popular demand, UX in ATX is hosting another night of short UX Talks. The topic: Product Management.Our three guest speakers presented on different aspects of where UX and Product Management meet. Speakers Duarte will speak about the future of product development.Duarte says product development is not what it used to be. The way...

The Designer-Developer Relationship

How UX designers can have better working relationship with engineers UX designers rarely work in isolation. They are part of a larger team, making products for our end users. In July 2022, we looked at how designers can improve their working relationship with developers and engineers. We invited a group of developers for a panel...

What you should know about Agile and Lean UX

Agile frameworks are often used in industries that employ UX Designers, but design bootcamps can be light on information.Learn how UX and agile work together through the experiences of veteran designers. Hear from, Mike Gallers, a staff UX Designer, with 20 years of experience doing UX for companies large and small. He has worked on...

Design Skills Matrix Workshop – Finding your job ready skills

10/26 “The Red Pill” @ 6:00pm-7:30pm Have you ever wondered how to identify your own design strengths and which areas you need to work on developing? Do you struggle knowing which types of job roles you might be suited for? Join us as Maigen Thomas, senior UX designer, takes us through the interactive Design Skills...