Honest Design Talks

By Anfisa Bogomolova and Ioana TeleanuArts Design

Honest Design Talks episodes

January 25, 2023 #70 Typical archetypes of designers
In this episode:
What are the typical types of designers?
Are some archetypes of designers more successful than others in their career?
Is there a relationship between the archetypes and the roles a designer lands in?
How can you understand your speciality and your strong sides?
What is The GROW model session?
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46 min
December 15, 2022 #69 Lessons learned in 2022
In this episode:
Anfisa and Ioana share the key lessons and achievements of 2022.
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43 min
December 06, 2022 #68 Growing design maturity within the company
In this episode:
- How can you assess the maturity of the company you are working in?
- How can a UX designer help to increase UX maturity of the company? What are the practices that can help with that?
- What is the criteria for design maturity in a company?
Mentioned in this episode:
The 6 Levels of UX Maturity article by Nielsen Norman Group
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45 min
November 30, 2022 #67 Collaborating with UX researchers
Discussed in this episode:
- Why researchers and not designers are supposed to do the research?
- At which stage of a company's development UX researchers need to be hired?
- How can designers efficiently collaborate with researchers?
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Mentioned in this episode:
Atomic research framework introduced by Wework
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48 min
November 22, 2022 #66 Getting started in UX design in 2023
Discussed in this episode:
- Is this the right moment in the current economic context to transition into UX design career?
- Is career in UX for me?
- What are the initial steps for transitioning into UX?
- How to choose the right course for you? Should I be a self-taught designer or do i need to take a course or a Bootcamp?
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Mentioned in this episode:
- 'Applying to hundreds of jobs w/Sarah Doody' episode
- 'UX&Product design tools' episode
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50 min
November 15, 2022 #65 UX Design Research Tools
Discussed in this episode:
- What kind of research do UX designers typically run?
- What are the most useful research tools on the market right now?
- How to choose between multiple tools that serve the same need?
- How can we recruit users? How to find users to run research with?
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Mentioned in this episode:
'The 2021 UX Research Tools Map' Infographic
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47 min
November 08, 2022 #64 Why did we choose a career in UX design?
Discussed in this episode:
Anfi's and Ioana's stories on how they started their careers in UX design.
Links:
FREE webinar: Smooth transition into UX by Anfisa
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Links:
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41 min
November 02, 2022 #63 Building UX design educational program
Discussed in this episode:
What is Instructional Design?
What are the guiding principles for designing the course?
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Links:
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39 min
October 25, 2022 #62 UX Design Horror Stories
This week we are having a special Halloween episode about the horror design work experiences we had in our careers.
Mentioned in this episode:
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31 min
October 18, 2022 #61 Why you are not getting UX job interviews?
Discussed in this episode:
Why you don’t get any feedback to your design portfolio after applying? How to stand out as an applicant? How do recruiters filter candidates?
What are the typical portfolio red flags?
What are the ways of finding jobs other than on job boards?
Why your portfolio should be intentional and what does that mean?
How can you apply the principle of progressive disclosure to your portfolio?
Should you include personas in your portfolio? Elaborate discussion on that topic

Mentioned in this episode:
Episode with Sarah Doodey on how to get hired for a UX position without applying to hundreds of roles
Anfi's mentoring page

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Links:
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49 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.