Mentor for people who want to switch to UX / UI design
Doing my best to contribute to the growth of UX in Romania, by training and mentoring people willing to make a change in their lives and determined to join this industry, design and develop the best experiences and products; training them into this field, by sharing what I also learned till now about the industry and solving problems.
More than 60 people attended the UX course, and almost 50% of them transitioned succesfully to the UX field working with companies like Adobe, UX Studio, Cisco, Luxoft, freelancing and more.
Covered subjects:
Introduction in UX
Research (qualitative & quantitative; analytics; reports, etc.)
Product goals, objectives and success metrics
Problem framing
Personas / empathy mapping
Stakeholders/ expert interviews
Ideation/ brainstorming / affinity mapping
Prioritisation techniques
User journeys/ user maps
UX collaboration (clients, stakeholders, front-end, team, etc.)
Sketching
Wireframing
User interface design
Design systems
Design reviews
Usability testing
Microinteractions
Deliverables
Prototyping
Portfolio
Getting hired
and more
Projects developed by the students:
integration to local platform ghiseul.ro to help people fill in official documents
web app to help people manage their digital legacies
mobile app for people who want to adopt or contribute to the wellbeing of abandoned animals
mobile app to help people manage all their paper documents
mobile app to educate kids about economy, money and finances using gamification
mobile app to motivate people to exercise using AR/ VR
web app to promote and support people who want to have an “Almost zero” lifestyle
mobile app to promote and help citizens with recycling through gamification
mobile app helping pet owners connect with vets and their medical emergencies
mobile app to help people with medical conditions to eat properly and completely adapted to their diets
web app to connect entrepreneurs
web platform for people who want a divorce and can’t find the proper information or support for the process
mobile app to help people prepare their meals, with what they have in the fridge at a particular moment
and more