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TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
Host:
Karen Donoghue, Principal, HumanLogic
UXCAREERPATHS
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
-Tufts Computer Science alum, taught in CS dept
-MIT Media Lab alum
-I run my own user experience design practice HumanLogic
-Design and release my own mobile products
-Long career in technology in UX including Software
Engineering & Product
-Published author
HI,I’MKAREN
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
-Envisioning products from the point of view of the end user
-User-Centered Design (UCD)
-Designing new products or improving existing ones
WHATISUSEREXPERIENCE(“UX”)?
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
SHIPI DESIGN, BUILD & SHIP PRODUCTS
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
Personal
CorporatePersonal Corporate
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
UNIQSTMP
-Investigation of gesture interaction
-Content customization
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
-Crowdsourced air quality data
-Sensors located worldwide
-Confidence ratings for accuracy
LOCALHAZE
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
MYCAREERPATH
UISOFTWARE
ENGINEERING
BS in CS Master of Science
UXPRACTICE&
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
WHATISUXINTHEREALWORLD?
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
BALANCEBETWEEN INTERESTS
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
BUSINESS USERS
TECH
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
BUSINESS
TECH
USERS
UXISHERE
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
-User Experience (UX) Practice
-Product Management (PM)
-Engineering
UXCAREERS
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
-User Experience Design
-Interaction Design
-User Experience Research
(UXR)
-Visual Design
-Product Design
UXPRACTICE
-Motion Design
-UX Engineer - e.g. front end
development (Prototyper)
-Branding
-Content Strategy
-“Growth” UX Designer (new)
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
-Phones
-Laptops & Tablets
-Phablets
-Robots
-Pens
-Glasses
-Watches and other worn devices
MANYFORMFACTORSINUX
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
-Requirements
-Understand the “Who”, “What” and “Why” for a product
-Communicate the vision to the design and engineering
teams
-Prioritize features, releases, ship product, etc.
PRODUCTMANAGEMENT
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
-Front end developer
-UI Engineer
-Hardware Engineer
-Quality Engineer
-DevOps Engineer
-DesignOps (“Design Operations”)
ENGINEERING
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
PM UX
ENG
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
UXISHERE
PM UX
ENG
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
-Good listening & observational skills
-Knowing how to ask good questions
-Awareness of biases
-Understanding metrics
CORESKILLSTHATUXPROFESSIONALSNEED?
CHAUNCEY WILSON
UX Consultant/UX Architect
WilDesign Consulting
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
-Managing ethical concerns that will face UX researchers and
designers
-Understanding the relationship of UX to Product Management
and Engineering
-Navigating blurring lines between the disciplines of UX, PM
and Engineering - impacting practitioners’ roles and
responsibilities
-Remote collaboration with teams and users
THEFUTUREOFUX
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
-“Up until recently those of us in the tech industry have viewed
the disciplines of UX, engineering, etc as separate functions,
where one hands off to the next…”
-“As digital and physical merge, it's important for UX designers
to think about the seamless integration while enabling a
natural interaction to take place (via touch, gesture, voice,
etc).”
OBSERVATIONS
JOHN BARTUCCI, Vice President Connected Products, The Master Lock Company
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
-“I see UX increasingly as synonymous with Product Design,
and see Product Management and Product Design under one
Product Experience umbrella.”
OBSERVATIONS
BOB GOODMAN, SVP of PRODUCT, VIRGIN PULSE
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
-Spend time with end users
-Observe how they use the product
-Identify problems and propose solutions
UXRESEARCH(UXR)
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
Photo: Robert McCarthy
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
Photo: Robert McCarthy
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
-Many areas of UX discipline including industry and research
-Lots of demand for UX
-Flexibility to move to other areas of business
-It’s a practice - the more you practice UX the more you improve
your skills!
UXCAREERS
KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
Karen Donoghue, Principal, HumanLogic
karen@humanlogic.com
@karendonoghue
QUESTIONS?
TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020

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UX Career Paths by Karen Donoghue, Principal, HumanLogic

  • 1. TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 Host: Karen Donoghue, Principal, HumanLogic UXCAREERPATHS
  • 2. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 -Tufts Computer Science alum, taught in CS dept -MIT Media Lab alum -I run my own user experience design practice HumanLogic -Design and release my own mobile products -Long career in technology in UX including Software Engineering & Product -Published author HI,I’MKAREN
  • 3. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 -Envisioning products from the point of view of the end user -User-Centered Design (UCD) -Designing new products or improving existing ones WHATISUSEREXPERIENCE(“UX”)?
  • 4. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 SHIPI DESIGN, BUILD & SHIP PRODUCTS
  • 5. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
  • 6. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
  • 7. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
  • 8. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 Personal CorporatePersonal Corporate
  • 9. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020
  • 10. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 UNIQSTMP -Investigation of gesture interaction -Content customization
  • 11. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 -Crowdsourced air quality data -Sensors located worldwide -Confidence ratings for accuracy LOCALHAZE
  • 12. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 MYCAREERPATH UISOFTWARE ENGINEERING BS in CS Master of Science UXPRACTICE& ENTREPRENEURSHIP
  • 13. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 WHATISUXINTHEREALWORLD?
  • 14. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 BALANCEBETWEEN INTERESTS
  • 15. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 BUSINESS USERS TECH
  • 16. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 BUSINESS TECH USERS UXISHERE
  • 17. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 -User Experience (UX) Practice -Product Management (PM) -Engineering UXCAREERS
  • 18. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 -User Experience Design -Interaction Design -User Experience Research (UXR) -Visual Design -Product Design UXPRACTICE -Motion Design -UX Engineer - e.g. front end development (Prototyper) -Branding -Content Strategy -“Growth” UX Designer (new)
  • 19. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 -Phones -Laptops & Tablets -Phablets -Robots -Pens -Glasses -Watches and other worn devices MANYFORMFACTORSINUX
  • 20. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 -Requirements -Understand the “Who”, “What” and “Why” for a product -Communicate the vision to the design and engineering teams -Prioritize features, releases, ship product, etc. PRODUCTMANAGEMENT
  • 21. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 -Front end developer -UI Engineer -Hardware Engineer -Quality Engineer -DevOps Engineer -DesignOps (“Design Operations”) ENGINEERING
  • 22. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 PM UX ENG
  • 23. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 UXISHERE PM UX ENG
  • 24. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 -Good listening & observational skills -Knowing how to ask good questions -Awareness of biases -Understanding metrics CORESKILLSTHATUXPROFESSIONALSNEED? CHAUNCEY WILSON UX Consultant/UX Architect WilDesign Consulting
  • 25. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 -Managing ethical concerns that will face UX researchers and designers -Understanding the relationship of UX to Product Management and Engineering -Navigating blurring lines between the disciplines of UX, PM and Engineering - impacting practitioners’ roles and responsibilities -Remote collaboration with teams and users THEFUTUREOFUX
  • 26. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 -“Up until recently those of us in the tech industry have viewed the disciplines of UX, engineering, etc as separate functions, where one hands off to the next…” -“As digital and physical merge, it's important for UX designers to think about the seamless integration while enabling a natural interaction to take place (via touch, gesture, voice, etc).” OBSERVATIONS JOHN BARTUCCI, Vice President Connected Products, The Master Lock Company
  • 27. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 -“I see UX increasingly as synonymous with Product Design, and see Product Management and Product Design under one Product Experience umbrella.” OBSERVATIONS BOB GOODMAN, SVP of PRODUCT, VIRGIN PULSE
  • 28. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 -Spend time with end users -Observe how they use the product -Identify problems and propose solutions UXRESEARCH(UXR)
  • 29. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 Photo: Robert McCarthy
  • 30. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 Photo: Robert McCarthy
  • 31. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 -Many areas of UX discipline including industry and research -Lots of demand for UX -Flexibility to move to other areas of business -It’s a practice - the more you practice UX the more you improve your skills! UXCAREERS
  • 32. KAREN DONOGHUE | HUMANLOGIC.COM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020 Karen Donoghue, Principal, HumanLogic karen@humanlogic.com @karendonoghue QUESTIONS? TUFTS UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE 2020