Honest Design Talks

By Anfisa Bogomolova and Ioana TeleanuArts Design

Honest Design Talks episodes

April 20, 2023 #80 Red flags in UX job postings (+big news drop)
In this episode:
Hosts' personal experiences navigating job opportunities
How to understand whats behind the job description? How to evaluate job descriptions?
What are the green and red signs when searching for jobs and analysing and evaluating the options?

❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠
Links:
🎓 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Into UX design⁠⁠⁠⁠ online course by Anfisa
🎓 Domestika course ⁠⁠⁠⁠Create a Learning Strategy⁠⁠⁠⁠ by Ioana
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50 min
April 11, 2023 #79 Finding your niche in UX design
Into UX jobs. Secure your dream job with the right strategy⁠ - Anfi's new 3 week course on how to find a perfect UX/Product design job for you (even in the middle of the tech crisis).

In this episode:
What is the current situation on the UX market? How can an aspiring designer understand where they fit in?
How can you find or rather define your niche? How to try out and test different niches?
How knowing what your natural talents are and what you are good at can help you in finding your niche?
What tools can help you to identify your niche?

Mentioned in this episode:
⁠16 Personality test based on Carl Jung's and Isabel Briggs Myers' typological approach to personality
"Which of the million UX roles suits you best? A personality type analysis" article by Bas Wallet
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠
Links:
🎓 ⁠⁠⁠Into UX design⁠⁠⁠ online course by Anfisa
🎓 Domestika course ⁠⁠⁠Create a Learning Strategy⁠⁠⁠ by Ioana
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39 min
April 05, 2023 #78 Freelancing as a UX designer
Into UX jobs. Secure your dream job with the right strategy - Anfi's new 3 week course on how to find a perfect UX/Product design job for you (even in the middle of the tech crisis).

In this episode:
How do you get started with freelancing? What are some of the essential aspects of freelancing you need to know about?
What are some of the things that need to be there for you to be successful as a freelancer?
What are the things designers should be careful about when they are considering freelancing?
Mentioned in this episode:
#62 UX Design Horror Stories episode
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously ⁠⁠here⁠⁠
Links:
🎓 ⁠⁠Into UX design⁠⁠ online course by Anfisa
🎓 Domestika course ⁠⁠Create a Learning Strategy⁠⁠ by Ioana
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⁠⁠Sign up here⁠⁠ to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo
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👩🏻‍💻 ⁠⁠Ioana’s instagram
42 min
March 30, 2023#77 Asking for design feedback
In this episode:
How to frame the conversation to get more targeted feedback? How do you set up the rules for communicating or asking for feedback?
Why all size fits all presentations not work? Why is it important to prepare your presentation and tailor it to the audience?
How to be open for feedback and navigate the conversation? How to give constructive feedback?
Mentioned in this episode:
FREE ⁠⁠CV template (ATS-friendly)⁠ that Anfisa mentioned

Course: Communication skills for Designers by Mariusz Posadowski

Articulating Design Decisions by Tom Greever
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously ⁠here⁠
Links:
🎓 ⁠Into UX design⁠ online course by Anfisa
🎓 Domestika course ⁠Create a Learning Strategy⁠ by Ioana
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⁠Sign up here⁠ to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo
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👩🏻‍💻 ⁠Ioana’s instagram
50 min
March 22, 2023 #76 Growth design w/Sera Tajima
In this episode:
What is grown design? How different is it from traditional design role?
How can you as a product designer apply it to your work?
What are the educational programs that teach you that? How can you learn it on your own?
What role research play in growth design? How different it is from the classic product design structure?
How does growth designer’s portfolio look like? How portfolio would differ from product to growth designer?
Who growth designer usually collaborates with within the team?
Connect with Sera:
Sera's website 'The Craft'
Sera's newsletter
Sera's instagram
Sera's Youtube channel
Sera's ⁠Linkedin⁠
Mentioned in this episode:
'Hacking growth' book by Sean Ellis
Reforge by Brian Balfour
Lex Roman
Lenny Rachitsky podcast
growth.design - Product tips in a comic book format
Links:
⁠Sign up⁠ to the next Design Thinking workshop list by Anfisa
FREE webinar: ⁠Smooth transition into UX⁠ by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously ⁠here⁠
Links:
🎓 ⁠Into UX design⁠ online course by Anfisa
🎓 Domestika course ⁠Create a Learning Strategy⁠ by Ioana
🧡 Want to support us?
⁠Sign up here⁠ to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo
Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes.
🗂 ⁠Our instagram⁠
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👩🏻‍💻 ⁠Ioana’s instagram
41 min
March 15, 2023 #75 Dealing with UX job rejections w/Tanner Christensen
In this episode:
How to approach job rejections and ask the company where mismatch happened? How to reflect back on the feedback from the rejection?
What are the reasons companies might not wanna reveal the feedback?
What is the advice for junior or aspiring designers on how to deal with rejections in the beginning of their career?
What are the strategies to prepare for the interview? What are the good questions you can prepare and ask during the interview?
Connect with Tanner:
Tanner's website
Tanner's Linkedin
'A Designer's Guide to Interviewing' book
Links:
Sign up to the next Design Thinking workshop list by Anfisa
FREE webinar: Smooth transition into UX by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
Links:
🎓 Into UX design online course by Anfisa
🎓 Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy by Ioana
🧡 Want to support us?
Sign up here to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo
Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes.
🗂 Our instagram
👩‍💻 Anfisa’s instagram
👩🏻‍💻 Ioana’s instagram
42 min
March 01, 2023 #74 Collaboration between designers and PMs
In this episode:
Where do responsibilities start and end for each of these roles? What is expected of each role?
What is the key responsibility of the designer and the product manager?
How to navigate different challenges? What are the things that might go bad in this collaboration between designers and product managers?
Mentioned in this episode:
"PM and UX Have Markedly Different Views of Their Job Responsibilities" article by Nielsen Norman
Links:
Sign up to the next Design Thinking workshop list by Anfisa
FREE webinar: Smooth transition into UX by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
Links:
🎓 Into UX design online course by Anfisa
🎓 Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy by Ioana
🧡 Want to support us?
Sign up here to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo
Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes.
🗂 Our instagram
👩‍💻 Anfisa’s instagram
👩🏻‍💻 Ioana’s instagram
47 min
February 22, 2023 #73 A day in the life of a UX designer
In this episode:
How does a typical day of a UX designer look like within a context of startup, freelance and corporate company?
What are the typical routines outside the work?
Links:
Sign up to the next Design Thinking workshop list by Anfisa
FREE webinar: Smooth transition into UX by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
Links:
🎓 Into UX design online course by Anfisa
🎓 Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy by Ioana
🧡 Want to support us?
Sign up here to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo
Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes.
🗂 Our instagram
👩‍💻 Anfisa’s instagram
👩🏻‍💻 Ioana’s instagram
41 min
February 09, 2023 #72 Design processes: expectations vs. reality
In this episode:
What design processes do companies use these days?
How do processes differ between start ups, big companies and freelancing projects?
Mentioned in the episode:
'How design (generally) works at tech companies' article
Links:
Sign up to the next Design Thinking workshop list by Anfisa
FREE webinar: Smooth transition into UX by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
Links:
🎓 Into UX design online course by Anfisa
🎓 Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy by Ioana
🧡 Want to support us?
Sign up here to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo
Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes.
🗂 Our instagram
👩‍💻 Anfisa’s instagram
👩🏻‍💻 Ioana’s instagram
35 min
February 01, 2023 #71 Should we be worried about tech layoffs?
In this episode:
How to handle a layoff? What should you do if you got laid off? What can you do to make it easier for you?
Should we be really scared about layoffs and job market freeze? Does it impact the amount of jobs on the market?
Mentioned in the episode:
Website about layoff statistics
Links:
Sign up to the next Design Thinking workshop list by Anfisa
FREE webinar: Smooth transition into UX by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
Links:
🎓 Into UX design online course by Anfisa
🎓 Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy by Ioana
🧡 Want to support us?
Sign up here to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo
Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes.
🗂 Our instagram
👩‍💻 Anfisa’s instagram
👩🏻‍💻 Ioana’s instagram
47 min

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Honest weekly conversations about Product Design careers, challenges, portfolios, mental health, and all things tech + design. Ioana and Anfisa together have 20 years of experience in the Product Design field and trying to share their main lessons to help anyone who's looking for a safe space with sincere and practical career advice.