Ladies that UX in English

Today, we are going to meet Aanchal Jiwrajka. Aanchal is a Senior UX researcher based in Canberra, Australia, currently working at Canva, working on the enterprise markets, conducting research on how users manage software and their teams. And also APAC Director at Ladies that UX.

Growing up in four countries has made her very observant about people’s behavior and comfortable with ambiguity at a very young age. She enjoys connecting the dots between cultures and decode the patterns and trends.

Let's meet her, shall we?

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In today's episode, we’re going to meet Irmi le Roux. Irmi is a UX Specialist who, in 23 years, has built a career focussed on usability, healthy experiences, and service to the customer. She founded Root Cause Care, her social platform, and Clarity Studios, the digital studio, both with the focus of health and wellness at the root cause level. Root Cause Care speaks on basic health knowledge, reminding people of simple building blocks of health. Clarity Studios partners with clients to bring about wellness in various forms.

Let's meet her, shall we?

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In today's episode, we’re going to meet Emma Carter. Emma is an exceptional design leader with over two decades of experience in the industry. As an accomplished speaker, mentor, and author, she has penned the best-selling book Beyond The Logo and has an upcoming release, DesignedUp.

Emma's journey began with running a successful design agency in the UK, where her entrepreneurial spirit led her to be shortlisted for Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011. Eventually, she was drawn to the sun and sea of Brisbane, where she joined ThoughtWorks and rose through the ranks to become a Principal Experience Design Consultant.

As a passionate design advocate, Emma works tirelessly to help organisations enhance their design maturity and create a “ Total Brand Experience”.  Through her branding, visual, and experience design skills, she integrates a human-centric approach to problem-solving with cross-functional agile teams.

Shall we meet her?

In today's episode we’re going to talk not with one but 2 lovely ladies - Mariana and Lana. Mariana has 5 years of experience in UX. With her background in Fine Arts, she started working in a start-up as a Junior Designer, then moved on to work at NOS as a UX/UI Designer, and moved back to the start-up world by joining Unbabel almost 2 years ago as a Product Designer.

Lana is a product designer working in Lisbon, Portugal. She has 6+ years of experience in the field, having worked in B2B and B2B2C SaaS industries like Translation tech, EdTech and Fintech. Currently: Building the world's translation layer at Unbabel.

Very interesting, aren’t they? Shall we meet them?

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In today's episode we’re going to meet Luz Riquelme, she is currently a Senior UX Designer at Parser, in Santiago, Chile. She's a creative, resourceful and energetic digital designer, who worked for more than 13 years building digital products. She led design teams, supporting them in her professional and personal growth.

Furthermore, she enjoys sharing her knowledge to help improve people’s lives, Luz believes that by helping others she's contributing to building a better world. She's a Figma Advocate, a Mentor and specialist in Design Systems.

In today's episode, we’re going to meet Christine Sheller.

Christine Sheller is a highly accomplished leader in the design and user experience field, with a wealth of experience in building and managing teams. As the Senior Vice President of Experience Research and Design at O3, a leading consultancy specializing in CX, she is responsible for overseeing all aspects of UX research and design to ensure that clients receive exceptional customer experiences. She’s also an Adjunct Professor at ArtCenter College of Design.

Christine's expertise in design and UX has been honed over the years, as she has held leadership positions at prestigious organizations, where she has created award-winning teams that have achieved outstanding results.

In addition to her professional work, Christine is also an active participant in the design community. She has served on the board of AIGA Philadelphia and has been instrumental in launching the in-house initiative and a design scholarship fund for the chapter, which has helped to foster new talent in the design industry.

Today, we will dive into a variety of topics, including Christine's background and how she became interested in the field of design, the differences between working in-house and at an agency, her approach to leading and managing a design team, and the importance of career pathing for designers.

Stay tuned for an insightful and engaging conversation with Christine Sheller.

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In today's episode we’re going to meet Peace Ojo. Peace Ojo is a talented Product Designer from Nigeria with a passion for using design to solve real-world problems. With several years of experience in the industry, Peace is known for her focus on creating designs that are not just visually appealing, but also functional and user-friendly.

As a designer, she understands the importance of striking a balance between form and function, and her goal is always to create designs that work seamlessly and effortlessly for users. Currently, she works as a Product Designer at Smartcomply, where she continues to use her skills to create innovative and user-centered designs that help businesses thrive.

Throughout the episode, we'll be discussing her experiences as a designer, and how she's managed to stay ahead of the curve in a rapidly evolving design industry. Let's dive into this fascinating conversation!

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In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Debbie Levitt, Founder and Principal of Delta CX, The Mary Poppins of CX/UX, a UX expert who has been in the industry for decades. Our guest shares insights on how CX and UX work together in creating great user experiences and strategies for finding a sweet spot between user needs and business objectives. We also dive into the importance of value in design and how it can make or break a business. Debbie's recent book, "Customers Know You Suck", explores this topic in-depth, and she shares her thoughts on how designers can keep value at the forefront of their work. Finally, we discuss the future of CX and UX and what UX designers should be doing to prepare for these changes.

Tune in for a thought-provoking conversation with one of the industry's leading experts.

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In today's episode we’re going to talk with Sophie Mitchell, she is a UX Design Manager with extensive experience in designing and building accessible, digital products for both agencies and client-side. She enjoys working further upstream with senior stakeholders helping to shape business requirements and define the problem. Equally, She loves the individual contributor work, working across the full UX lifecycle from brief, requirements understanding, research and discovery, ideation, design, prototyping, testing, and analysis. Keeping the users at the heart of her design decisions, both user insights and best practice guidelines and principles are used to inform each step of a project.

Sophie currently leads a team of 4 UX Designers at Dext, a SaaS accounting and bookkeeping software that has multiple products to help accountants and bookkeepers be more efficient in their workflows and practices. The UX Design team is part of a larger team of 12 including Research, UI, and Content. Her role at Dext is two-fold; She is accountable for the overall user experience across our suite of products and collaborates with senior stakeholders to support the product direction and strategy. She is also the UX Lead on our core product, leading complex projects from discovery through to going live involving large groups of cross-functional stakeholders, and managing conflict in the team.

Amazing, right? Let's meet her, shall we?

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In this episode, we'll be discussing how to work effectively with other designers in a team, as well as how to thrive as a solo designer. Sofia Ruiz has a wealth of experience in championing design within companies of various sizes and will be sharing practical tips for communication and collaboration. We'll also be exploring the unique challenges and strategies for success when working alone. Don't miss out on these actionable tips for improving your design practice!

Sofia Ruiz is a senior designer with an exciting background. Starting her UX career in Sydney, Australia, she's gained experience from both agency and in-house teams in various industries, including startups and scale-ups in e-commerce, education, security, and fintech. Currently, Sofia is based in Vancouver, Canada working as a Senior Product Designer at Atlassian, the software company behind Jira, Confluence, and Trello. We can't wait to hear more about her journey and the insights she has gained along the way.

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In today's episode we’re going to meet Frankie Kastenbaum, she’s a Senior UX Designer with experience working in startups, design agencies, and multiple corporate firms. 

Aside from her daytime job, Frankie is also a content creator who produces educational content on Instagram and LinkedIn. Her exceptional work as a Content Creator has earned her recognition from LinkedIn, where she was twice named a Top Voice in Design for 2020 and 2022. 

Frankie is passionate about supporting the next generation of UX designers and she is dedicating a significant amount of time to mentoring junior designers.

Can't wait to meet her! Shall we begin!? 

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Madalena Costa - Chapter Leader at Ladies That UX Lisbon

In today's episode we’re going to meet Bettina D’avila, she is currently a Senior/Lead Product Designer with nine-plus years of experience. Her music and cultural project management background have enabled her to explore opportunities for cultural and social empowerment. She has worked in various industries, such as fintech, e-mobility, e-commerce, and e-health, in Brazil, London, Munich, and Paris.

Currently, Bettina is based in Lisbon, freelancing at Mozza collective. Here, she can help early-stage start-ups bring their first products to life.

Bettina holds a bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, and a master's degree in Social Sciences, and she writes about design on Medium.

Can't wait to meet her! Shall we begin!? 

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Madalena Costa - Chapter Leader at Ladies That UX Lisbon

In today's episode we’re going to meet Madalena Costa, she is currently a UX/UI Designer based in Lisbon, she works at Glanceable where she designs for the user and delivers for the business. She always had a passion for design and marketing, and as a UX/UI designer, she gets to combine both of those passions in her work. She believes that great design is more than just making something look pretty, it’s about creating solutions that meet the needs of both: the user and the business. She believes that her background in marketing gives a unique perspective on how to effectively integrate marketing into design, resulting in exceptional customer experiences.

She's a user-focused designer and has a deep knowledge in psychology, behavior, and user needs. She pays attention to every detail of the user experience, including layout, typography, color, and icons, to deliver solutions that are easy and intuitive to use. She's also a great collaborator and effective communicator, able to work with teams of developers, researchers, and other stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes. She's always learning and improving her skills to stay at the forefront of new technologies, tools, and design trends. She's organized, with project management skills that allows her to efficiently handle multiple projects and priorities, and is also proficient in design software and technologies, delivering high-quality design prototypes and final products.

Can't wait to meet her! Shall we begin!? 

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Gabriela Bechara Zillig - Chapter Leader at Ladies That UX São Paulo

Maria Haynie -  Chapter Leader at Ladies That UX Salt Lake City

In today's episode we’re going to meet Havana Nguyen, she is a Senior UX Designer with a specialty in Interaction Design. She is a writer for UX Design Collective and UX Planet, has a Youtube series on career, and does illustration and comics as well. In her previous life, she ran a graphic design business and then worked as a consultant at a software company.

Some fun facts about her: She has a bachelor's degree in International Affairs and won an Outstanding Delegate Award for the 2011 Model Arab League conference in D.C. from the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. 

She has a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu which she's trained for 4 years, 

she is the Lead Character Artist on the award-winning series Kamikaze, previously featured on NPR, attends conventions to promote the series; 

also a mega geek, and currently serves as a Second Director of the Moderation department at Momocon, 

She is Public speaker who loves talking about UX, technology, career development, self-improvement, and inclusion, 

and she ran a highly popular Sonic the Hedgehog fansite that garnered thousands of visitors a week when I was a kid. 

Can't wait to meet her! Shall we begin!? 

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@terezaalux Tereza Alux Global Director at Ladies That UX 

@mariana.ozaki Mariana Ozaki EMEA Director & Milan Chapter Leader

In today's episode we’re going to talk with Emanuela Mazzone. She's an Interaction Design and Usability expert, with a PhD in co-design methods. Enthusiastic researcher in user experience, continually seeking new challenges for bringing users’ voice closer to business strategies.

Graduated in Italy on Human Computer Interaction, she’s been working in the academic sector for some years (first in the UK on Child computer interaction area, then in Spain on accessible virtual learning platforms) before moving into industry, first as a UX designer in telco mobile applications and finally as a UX researcher in a start-up dedicated to creating playful learning experiences for young children, Lingokids.

Amazing, hum? Let's meet her, shall we?

This episode was sponsored by Deeploy.Me specialists in recruiting UI/UX designers for enterprises.

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@marianaozaki Mariana Ozaki EMEA Director & Milan Chapter Leader

@liviagabos Livia Gabos Chapter Leader at Ladies That UX São Paulo

In today's episode we’re going to meet Lara Greenberg, she is currently the Director of UX at Notarize (a Series D company in the legal tech space). She built and now manages an incredible team of product designers, UX researchers, and UX engineers. Aside from growing the team and maintaining a thriving design culture, her work (along with others on her team) includes shaping Notarize's first-ever design system and creating an internal accessibility program. Prior to Notarize, she was a design manager at ezCater (an online marketplace in the food tech space and a "unicorn" Series D company), where she got her start as a design leader. She believes that creating an environment of psychological safety, trust, and warmth is crucial in empowering designers do their best work and in maintaining engaged UX teams.

Before her foray into UX around ten years ago, Lara studied linguistics in college and then obtained a graduate degree in speech-language pathology. She worked as a pediatric speech-language pathologist for several years with a simple mission: to help people find their voices. Lara worked with people with various communicative disorders, including traumatic brain injury, autism, dyslexia, cerebral palsy, etc., and helped them improve their speaking, understanding, reading, and writing. Working with children who use assistive devices to communicate led her to the field of UX, and she strongly believes in the power of technology to enable better communication and connection for people.

Lara co-organizes the Boston chapter of Ladies that UX @ladiesthatuxbos , with her two amazing co-organizers and friends, Olga Perfilieva and Katie Langerman. The group cares deeply about creating inclusive and insightful events for people to learn together, and to celebrate the women and non-binary folks in our field.

When she's not working or planning for LTUX, you can find Lara hiking, trying her hand at close-up magic, watching Star Trek, tending to her (too many) plants, planning her next meal, and practicing her (very) amateur food photography skills. Definitely an amazing lady. Let's meet her?

Can't wait to meet her. Lets begin?!

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@terezaalux (Tereza Alux) - Global Director at Ladies That UX

(Samantha Dougan) - Chapter Leader at Ladies That UX Richmond

In today's episode, we will know the history of one of the oldest chapters in North America and also the trajectory of the amazing ladies who are leading its activities.

Samantha Dougan is a UX Designer and Researcher from Chicago. She has a background in event coordinating and marketing but has been in the UX field for the last year. Samantha is currently a UX contractor for a services company called Rocket Wagon. Zenia O'Leary was a digital art director for 10 years, has a background in advertising and marketing and about a year ago, Zenia changed careers and is now a UX designer at WorldStrides. And Allison Herbert, is a Product Manager at Synapse Studios and advocates for staying curious at the intersection of content, product, and continuous feedback.

Can't wait to meet them. Lets begin?!

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Havana Nguyen - Chapter Leader at Ladies That UX Atlanta

In today's episode we’re going to meet one of our regional directors, Katrina Liu. Katrina is driven to innovate for impact by designing and building experiences that deliver results while delighting users. She's a UX leader with 15+ years of experience in the field, solving problems with the right mix of research, information architecture, interaction design, visual design, and usability testing. she had partnered with companies and clients in a number of fields, including AT&T, Cricket Wireless, Samsung, Asus, and Highmark. She is currently working at Microsoft as a Senior Design Manager for the Azure Security Design Studio.

Moreover, In her spare time, she leads the Ladies that UX North America region and the Seattle meetup group. Managing Chapter Leaders and partnering with organizations like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Zillow, BestBuy, and Airbnb to put on events for the UX community. She loves coffee, bookart, and watercolor painting.

Amazing, huh? We can't wait to hear her story. Shall we start?

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In today's episode we’re going to talk with Tereza Alux @terezaalux , she's a design lead based in São Paulo, with great experience in creating products and services. She studied Industrial Design at FAAP, graduated in Digital Design at Istituto Europeo di Design, postgraduate in Communication and Media Studies at ESPM. On the personal side, Tereza is very curious, good humored and is always studying and sharing knowledge. She loves meeting people, talk about possibilities, experiences and desirable futures. She has a special affection for issues related to diversity, equity, education, childhood preservation, animal protection and entrepreneurship.She likes to make this world a little better than she found it, so she often acts as the change she likes to see. Currently she's a Design Leader at Petlove&Co, she´s also a UX Professor and Global Director for Ladies That UX. Let's meet her?

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In today's episode we’re going to meet one of our regional directors, Vania Teofilo. Vania is a UX strategist, Service designer and UX researcher and for the last 25 years, she has been working with methodologies, processes and tools based on creativity and interdisciplinarity. She has a degree in Design and a Masters in Digital Artefacts Design, both from the Federal University of Pernambuco. At this moment she works as a UX Researcher for a major Brazilian Bank.

Moreover, for the past year she has been responsible for directing the activities of Latin America. And before that, she was leading the Mentorship program for Latin America. Welcome, Vania!

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In today's episode, we’re going to meet one of our regional directors, Mariana Ozaki. She's a Senior Product & Service Designer based in Milan and has worked with digital products and services for the past 10 years. In this past decade, Mariana has created new solutions based on strategy, creative problem solving and collaborative design methods, creating and shaping new services, experiences and systems and helping businesses to thrive.

Besides, for the past two and a half years, she has been responsible for the activities of the Milan Chapter and since 2020 she has directed the activities of Europe, Middle East and Africa.

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In today's episode we’re going to meet Kavitha Krishnan, Director of the Ladies That UX International Conference, the Talk UX and Co-founder of Better By Design. She's based in Madison and has been organizing and conducting the conferences since the beginning of 2015. She's a User Experience Strategist, researcher, information architect, storyteller, community builder and a creative problem solver. She loves design research - observing, learning and understanding. She has experience researching, designing and testing hardware, software and web interfaces. She strives to create products that deliver value and positive experience to the end user, and also she has a relentless curiosity for learning about people and enjoy solving problems, organizing information and designing interactions for global audiences. Her unique perspective, informed by an international upbringing, training in Computer Science & UX and varied professional experience enables me to creatively connect the dots outside of the box.

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In today's episode we’re going to talk to one of Ladies That UX former directors, Clara Kliman-Silver. She is a UX Researcher who studies design tools, design systems, and artificial intelligence. Currently a Senior UX Researcher at Google, she has led UX research and design in a variety of spaces, including designer and developer tools, artificial intelligence, and healthcare. She also co-organizes Ladies That UX San Francisco, mentors new chapters around the country, and founded Ladies That UX Boston. Clara holds an Sc.B. in cognitive science from Brown University.

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