I’ll be sharing my experiences in creating my career to be a remote designer, productivity, routines, and healthy habits.
“Every day of our lives, we are on the verge of making those slight changes that would make all the difference.” Mignon McLaughlinOne small step forward is still one step forward. Working to build a life as a remote designer is a sequence of a lot of small steps.
Why do I believe in working remotely?
I believe in freedom, the freedom to focus on my professional growth, my lifestyle, my health, and my life. I want to do more of what makes me happy and this freedom makes me happy.
How do I do it?
As I mentioned, one step at a time :) I’ve been a User Experience designer for over 6 years. In UX we use a methodology called Design Thinking to solve problems for products.
I’ve used this creative problem-solving methodology to design a lifestyle that works for me.
What’s the result
- Healthy routines
- Productive work
- Exploring hobbies that inspire
- Improving creativity
- Resting properly
What do I do remotely?
I don’t only design interfaces or better experiences — I do that too. But more specifically I am a design thinker, a creative problem solver for products and humans looking to grow and transition their careers.
1. Experience Designer
Remote design is all about actually doing my work only difference is I do it remotely. I’m an experienced UX and UI designer with a focus on usability and microcopy.
The tools I use to help me out! This is ever-evolving :) Read my article on “get started with these tools”
Usability Researcher & Storyteller
I focus a lot on my strengths as a usability researcher and UX writer. I improve product usability and creates storytelling in plain language for users to understand concepts easier.
Mentorship
I mentor aspiring designers either fresh out of varsity or individuals that are transitioning to a career in design. Feel free to hook me up on RookieUp or find me at the Design Courses below.
2. Life Designer
Life design is designing a lifestyle that focuses on creating healthy habits, routines, identifying productivity, and coaching design thinking.
This helps me to focus on what’s essential and how to prioritize my time for family, hobbies, and growth in my career.
Coaching
I coach humans that’s interested in changing the way they work and to find what’s important to them in a career.
Currently career coaching at Allora Collective
Talks
2020 —As a skill mentor and teacher at the Institute of Product leadership I had the opportunity to virtually present my insights on UX Design & Product Design Career Paths with Pinkesh Shah, Ex-Global VP of Product Management at McAfee.
2019 — I’ve had the privilege to speak at the UX South Africa Conference. I spoke about Life Design and how to design lives through the design thinking methodology.
2017 — I’ve also introduced UX & UI to web developers and engineers at a local meetup.
→ I’m always keen to do more talks if you would like to get in touch please feel free to email me or catch me on LinkedIn.
