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Sharing a new addition to Open Design Docs: 🎉Job Descriptions for recruiting! 🎉 https://lnkd.in/gHE6z3Qt These comprehensive, ready-to-use JDs, are written utilizing the Level Competencies, to streamline your hiring process and ensure you attract the right design talent for your team. 📋 Easy-to-use templates to simplify design recruitment. 🛠️ Includes: ux design, writing, research, design ops and key creative roles Check them out and let me know your thoughts! #DesignLeadership #Hiring #OpenDesignDocs

Ghost job posting alert at Apple! My fellow UX Writers out there, how often has this “UX Writer position at a company in Cupertino” been reposted? I’ve had dozens of recruiters over the past year reach out regarding the role and then, radio silence. To be clear, I have over 5 years of UX Writing experience and a solid portfolio. I think it’s time to start flagging down definite ghost job postings. It makes zero sense to bring on a UX Writer for just a few months. No way someone can adapt and make an impact in such a short time. Companies need to be mindful of precious applicant time and our intellectual property. Don’t give us false hope. Lastly, stop offering contract work for anyone in Content Design—rude. 😢 #ghostjob #ghostjobposting #layoffs2024 #uxwriter #uxdesign #apple #contentdesigner

🤦♂️ (kind of) A rant from my personal experience - This is a great illustration of the problem with 99% of job boards and job alerts out there - lack of relevance. "UX Writer" is a completely different job from "UX Designer", and I am not interested, at all (no offence, UX Writers =) I love y'all ☺️). Almost all job boards use a simple matching of the job titles and generic keywords like "UX" or "Design", and the result is terrible. I am solving this problem (and a few others) with the highest bar for job posting quality control - by manually checking every single posting I add. Yes, it's tedious and slow, but automated search queries are not that smart (yet). So, you are either bombarded with dozens of emails with hundreds of irrelevant jobs to find a handful of good ones... OR you follow https://UXRemotely.com to receive the highest quality of jobs for UX/Product Design roles (only remote). #UXJobs #ProductJobs #UXDesign #ProductDesign #RemoteJobs #Remote #HiringDesigners #NowHiring #Global #WFHJobs #UX #Jobs #RemoteUSA #RemoteCanada #RemoteWork #Talent #TalentList #Candidates

2225 Phone calls in a month to form a team with Zero Rupees!!! My story of forming a team is super crazy! Initially, I was only looking for a job on Hirect. So that I can earn money before building a great team for Zero Loss. But the twist here - Soon I registered as an employer instead of an employee because we are a registered company and I saw so many people looking for on Hirect That's when I thought - Arrey! I could use this platform to hire for Zero Loss! So to test that, I posted job listings seeking UI/UX designers and content writers. And I received 100+ applications! I interviewed all of them. By the end, I found myself explaining the concept of Zero Loss in 30 to 40-minute calls, and sharing our vision with potential candidates with clarity. I was talking to so many people on a single day. I checked on an app and the analytics confirmed the volume—it was massive. Surprisingly, the conversations didn't tire me; instead, they fueled my passion for Zero Loss. Sharing my ideas for the first time and receiving positive feedback was exciting. To me, Zero Loss is about bringing together passionate people ✅ From diverse backgrounds,  ✅ Ages and  ✅ Locations that share a common goal of environmental betterment. It's about showing how even the smallest actions can create significant impacts. Within weeks, a team of 15 members was formed. ▶UI/UX designers ▶ web developers ▶content writers, and  ▶a strategic team Before we even started to market our product. Because they have faith in our vision ❣ Maintaining such a large, unpaid team is challenging. Motivating them without tangible results or compensation is difficult. But with the right people and the right vision, I am here to do what it takes. I invite you to stay tuned for more updates on our journey with Zero Loss. Let's continue making a difference together!

Coming from a software industry background and thinking of joining GM? Reach out, I’ll give you the inside scoop on the culture and how they approach design

🚨 We're #hiring! 🚨 Are you a super talented Creative Technologist (Art Director) and are based in Guatemala City 🇬🇹? If so, we'd love to meet you! Here's what we're looking for: ⚡️ 6+ years experience as an art director or designer leading digital and/or channel efforts. ⚡️Experience working in 2D/3D design software such as Adobe Creative Suite and Figma. ⚡️Understanding of technical challenges for creating scaled creative campaign concepts and the associated assets. ⚡️Effective understanding of SaaS products with an ability to marry scaled toolings with high-concept campaign recommendations. ⚡️Proficient in cloud-based presentation & collaboration tools (Google Workspaces, Highspot, etc) ⚡️Experience coordinating and guiding the work of other artists and designers. ⚡️Presentation and communication skills. ⚡️A deep understanding of social channels and how to develop campaigns that align with their audience distribution methods. ⚡️Strong creative and conceptual acumen. And this is what you'll be doing: 📍 Lead in the conceptual development, pitch and design/creation of campaign-ready assets for brands. 📍 Work with Creative and Production leadership to both build and route creative assets through the client's platform for campaigns across channels; including META, Snap, Pinterest, TikTok & Google. 📍 Be a channel expert; guiding, consulting, and collaborating with clients – and their agencies + creative leadership – to design successful strategies that scale through our client's technology. 📍 Provide clear direction and creative recommendations for clients to activate winning digital campaigns. 📍 Learn and become a client’s platform technology super-user; marrying Adobe Creative Suite and their platform to build digital advertising campaign assets across a global book of clients. 📍 Master the client platform’s creative features (Template Editor, Producer, AI Playground, and more) and use them in daily creative work 📍 Provide product feedback on the usability of the creative functionalities in the client's platform. 📍 Be a creative champion with a deep understanding of media and distribution; using it to inform your concepts and creative output. 📍 Foster a culture of innovation, joy, and experimentation. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/eqPn_YCx #ArtDirector #CreativeTechnologist #OportunidadLaboral

Does such talent exist on the market? I'm hiring for a unique type of talent into the team that who can do wireframe / prototyping quickly using UI/UX design tool such as Figma, meanwhile he/she should be having the in-depth know-how of AI or Machine Learning (which means better he/she is originated from tech background but have an outstanding aesthetic appreciation capability.). I'm not sure whether such talent would exist on the market. But I do know I definitely don't want to hire two separate individuals to create 10x communication burden trying to let artist/designer and geek talking at same channel.

Would you trust a single person to architect your building, run community consultations and planning approvals, design the interior, paint the walls, install the electrics, and pour the concrete foundations? Whilst this might work if you’re constructing a wooden shack in a remote location, it won't work if you’re building an award winning, carbon neutral, multi-story commercial and residential building in central London.    So why do some people think you can build a unicorn tech company and brand without specialist team members. Quite simply you can’t, even though we throw around titles like hybrid UX/UI Designers and jack-of-all-trade Product Designers. Yes, these professionals might be able to get you started, but you’ll soon hit a proficiency ceiling with many (no pun intended).   This idea that you must hire everyone in your team on a full-time basis is also a myth. Hiring specialist designers on a short-term basis can help bring in the expertise you need to build exceptional, market-leading products. Here’s a list of industry specialist roles you might need, even in short bursts:   UX Researcher, UX Architect, UI Designer, Visual Designer, Creative Director, Brand Designer, Service Designer, Design System (UI) Engineer, Interaction Designer, Motion Designer, Content Designer, Copywriter.

Curious to hear from full-time internal UX Researchers about the state of support and resources available to you in your current positions. Through all of these lay-offs I'm wondering if the workload has shifted at all. Is there more or less work coming to you and your team? Do you have budget to bring on new tools or freelancers? Do you have budget for hiring additional full-time researchers? As a freelancer I've mostly worked with Product Leadership, Design, Product Management, Product Marketing, and I'm curious if there are any opportunities to support overloaded full-time Researchers. Maybe a short term contract is easier to get approved, and would allow you additional resources for executing strategic or tactical research, managing research ops, establishing research practices, etc. without having to get budget approved for a FT hire. Let me know if you want to chat more! #uxresearch #fulltime #freelance #budget

July Hiring Insights 💡 Are you a design wizard with a keen eye for detail? Do you live and breathe creativity, transforming ideas into stunning visuals? Before you hit that apply button, let's talk about the little details...I've been receiving some amazing applications lately, but a few important details seem to be getting lost in translation. So, let's clear things up:  🔍 Full-time or part-time?  🏢 Remote or office-based?  📝 Contractual or permanent? These aren’t just minor details—they’re crucial pieces of the puzzle! Before you apply, double-check the job requirements and ensure it’s the perfect fit for you. After all, attention to detail is what makes great designers stand out! Remember, the devil is in the details... and so is the job offer! 😉 😎 #hiringinsights #UXTeam #UXthings #Designrecruiter #UXHirings #Hiringdeeds #HRthings #designers #UX #UI #UXTeamConnect