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Looking to stand out in today’s competitive UX job market? In our Essentials of Finding Your Next UX Job video series, we cover the new tactics you’ll need to land that ideal opportunity. Tactics like: ?? Making Your Application Stand Out to Hiring Managers In this session, Jared explains how to make your application stand out from the hundreds or thousands of other applicants. ?? Portfolios and NDAs: Dealing with Secrets In this session, Jared describes how to navigate unreleased design work, information about customers, and work under NDAs. ?? Showing Non-Visual Work In Your Portfolio In this session, Jared explores how to express comparable experiences through stories when you need to present your work. Ready to take your UX career to the next level? Explore every episode and start your journey here: https://lnkd.in/d9judCZd

Today, at 12pm (17.00 GMT) Jared Spool is going live to talk about: Boosting Your Stakeholder’s Perception of UX’s Value Uncover how you’ll… ?? What are the best ways to position UX so that stakeholders clearly see its full value? ?? Why do UXers still struggle with this problem after all these years, and how can we eliminate it? ?? Which standard UX practices inadvertently devalue our UX efforts despite our best intentions? Get the connection details in our Leaders of Awesomeness community: https://lnkd.in/eZTxb3B (You might need to make an account. It’s free to join. We ask people to register to keep

Bring to focus a clear vision of highly desirable experiences with our Craft + Lead A Strategic UX Vision Video Series for $147. A Strategic UX Vision (also known as an experience vision) is one of the most powerful tools for growing the contribution and value of user experience work inside your organization. You will use your research of your users’ experiences to craft a story about how much better the future will be for your users and customers, and then lead that vision— a vision that demonstrates how investing in great UX translates into benefits everyone in your organization can clearly see. Click on the website to learn more: https://lnkd.in/e6er8fVe

Influence meaningful improvements in your organization. Dive into UX Vision, Agile UX, UX Metrics, and UX Research Strategy anytime, anywhere, and on your own schedule for 90 days. ?? Learn at your own pace through six parts on developing your team’s strategic UX Vision and add 3 parts on leading it. ?? Learn at your own pace through five parts on developing your team’s Outcome-driven UX Metrics and add 3 parts on leading it. ?? Learn at your own pace through five parts on developing your team’s Strategic UX Research plan and add 3 parts on leading it. ?? Learn at your own pace through five parts on developing your team’s Transformative Agile UX process. Master UX Strategy – Browse the Essentials https://lnkd.in/ewXD3XNu

What if you could highlight UX’s value and inspire your entire organization? Our Outcome-Driven UX Metrics Course is designed to do exactly that — giving you the tools to transform UX into powerful, experience-driven metrics that reveal your team’s value in ways that captivate executives and drive results. This course will equip you with expertise to create the UX metrics that: ● Enhance your team’s strategic influence across the organization ● Gain executive buy-in for user-centered projects ● Motivate development and product teams to prioritize UX ● Shift your organization toward human-centered design with real impact Through 16 hours of high-impact lectures and small-group coaching, we’ll guide you in building metrics that make UX indispensable to decision-makers. Plus, you’ll join the Leaders of Awesomeness community — a vibrant network of 51,000+ UX professionals making a difference. Choose a cohort that fits your schedule: ?? December 10 – January 17 ?? January 13 - February 5 See how this course can help you showcase the value of UX and position your team as an essential asset: https://lnkd.in/e_j8ApRQ

Join Jared Spool live to talk about Boosting Your Stakeholder’s Perception of UX’s Value November 25 at 12pm ET (17.00 GMT) UX is highly valuable to your organization. At least, it should be. However, many stakeholders may not see how valuable UX is. When dealing with those stakeholders, you’ll need to boost their perception of UX; otherwise, they won’t prioritize your work or ideas as you’d like. Overcoming this misperception of UX’s value becomes the top challenge for UX leaders. ?? What are the best ways to position UX so that stakeholders clearly see its full value? ?? Why do UXers still struggle with this problem after all these years, and how can we eliminate it? ?? Which standard UX practices inadvertently devalue our UX efforts despite our best intentions? Join Jared Spool to explore how the most effective UX leaders have boosted their stakeholders’ perceptions of UX’s value. Discover what you can do to get your best work prioritized and your contributions appreciated. RSVP and get the connection details in our Leaders of Awesomeness community:https://lnkd.in/eZTxb3B (It’s free to join and attend. We ask people to register to keep spammers out.)

“The How to Win Stakeholders and Influence Decisions program put life back into me. I was struggling with the right approach to take when looking to influence decisions or resolve current issues at hand. The session conversations and supporting videos have left me feeling more confident and assured in approaching these situations. You’ve been a rock for challenges in the office and a strategic supporter in talking through various opportunities and scenarios.” - A Lead DesignOps/UX Designer Every week for 16 weeks, Jared Spool works with program members to tackle their unique challenges in winning stakeholders’ trust and influencing important product decisions. Dive into what you can learn each week: https://lnkd.in/eekHV4Hv

Join Jared Spool for the upcoming Talk UX Strategy discussions on: ??Boosting Your Stakeholder's Perception of UX's Value New time! Monday, November 25 at 12pm ET (17.00 GMT) ??UX Job Hunt: Strategies for Getting First Interviews Monday, December 2 at 12pm ET (17.00 GMT) ??The UX Challenge of Increasing Customer Satisfaction Monday, December 9 at 12pm ET (17.00 GMT) RSVP to the discussions in our Leaders of Awesomeness community. https://lnkd.in/eZTxb3B It is free to join and attend the events. (We ask people to register to keep spammers out of the community.)

Your Portfolio is a Sales Brochure, Not a Museum (h/t to Mitchell Clements for this perspective.) Our latest episode of The Essentials of Finding Your Next UX Job! series outlines how to effectively present your portfolio to sell your skills instead of only listing projects you've been involved with. In this session, Jared Spool explains step by step (three steps to be exact) how to make the most of your portfolio to land your ideal job. Discover how to structure your portfolio to give a balanced view of the skills and capabilities you'll bring to your next job. https://lnkd.in/d9judCZd

New 37-minute Talk UX Strategy session ready for you! Getting Agreement On Improving The UX The struggle is real. Many UX folks feel challenged when their executives and stakeholders only see their work as a make-it-pretty UI thing. Those execs think the work is more than “just clean it up.” They bring in the UX team too late, often with too little time and too much to do. Meanwhile, the UX gets worse. Every new feature makes the design more convoluted, complex, and frustrating for users. Nobody pays attention until it reaches a crisis point, then it’s an emergency with the unsatisfactory goal of making it “less terrible.” In this session, Jared Spool explores proven techniques for wrangling all your decision-making parties (executives, stakeholders, product managers, and development leads) into improving the UX. Discover how to proactively position delivering great experiences as the key to the organization’s success. ?? Check out this video over on Leaders of Awesomeness’ YouTube channel. In this session, uncover how you’ll… ?? Pique the deep interest of your senior executives when they learn how great UX will be a competitive advantage to the organization. ?? Establish an agenda that ties the experience of users and customers directly to your organization’s innovation strategy. ?? Align stakeholders on a plan that makes UX work proactive and strategic, moving away from the “feature factory” mentality. Watch Now: https://lnkd.in/ee2ZYfB3