The Product Design Podcast

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

November 02, 2021 Seth Coelen Season 1 Episode 13
The Product Design Podcast
Jadene Aderonmu - Strategies to land your first job as a product designer
Show Notes

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 
πŸ’‘ The benefits of getting your portfolio tailored to the job you want 
πŸ€” How to prepare for an interview in product design 
πŸ’ͺ Finding a design mentor that works for you

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