Jadene Aderonmu - Strategies to land your first job as a product designer

The Product Design Podcast

In episode 13 of The Product Design Podcast, Seth Coelen interviews Jadene Aderonmu, a Senior UX Designer at a digital design consultancy in the UK called Methods! She transitioned from a degree in traditional graphic design to a career in product design, where she also enjoys focusing on user research. She also spends time creating content for her design advice-based YouTube Channel and helping others as a Design Mentor!

Jadene shares several tips on how to move into a career in product design when you have a degree in a different area of design. We are so excited for you to listen to this episode!

During our interview with Jadene you will learn:

🎨 How Jadene transitioned from a traditional graphic design degree to web-based user experience design
🧠 Web accessibility: Why is it so important in product design
💡 The benefits of getting your portfolio tailored to the job you want
🤔 How to prepare for an interview in product design
💪 Finding a design mentor that works for you

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Make sure to follow Jadene Aderonmu after the podcast to stay on top of what she is up to!

• Twitter: @hellojadene
• Instagram: hellojadene
• YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/hellojadene
• Jadene's Superpeer Link: https://superpeer.com/hellojadene

Additional mentioned links:

• Methods: https://www.methods.co.uk
• Siteimprove: https://siteimprove.com
• Wave Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool: https://wave.webaim.org

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