{"id":44183,"date":"2018-02-09T04:49:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T11:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/5-lessons-learned-as-ux-designer\/"},"modified":"2018-02-09T04:49:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T11:49:00","slug":"5-lessons-learned-as-ux-designer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/5-lessons-learned-as-ux-designer\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Lessons Learned as UX Designer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Talking on design feedback, perfectionism, cross-functional collaboration, the importance of design systems and lastly, how to stay on top of things when fighting for the good of users in dynamic, rapid growth environments.<\/h4>\n
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It is 4 years since I joined the User Experience Design team at Quadient<\/a> (formerly GMC Software<\/em>). It was a great journey full of new experiences where I had an opportunity to work with amazing people while building a great\u00a0product.<\/p>\n

And since I recently made a new step forward in my career, I thought it might be interesting to reflect on the past and share my lessons\u00a0learned.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Background Context<\/h3>\n

However, before we move on to the lessons learned, I’d like to introduce you first to the products I worked\u00a0on.<\/p>\n

I am very confident that you came across with those products indirectly.<\/p>\n

Quadient creates a platform used by many of the world\u2019s biggest enterprises, like banks and insurance companies. You may regularly receive account statements or insurance quotes made by Quadient tools, <\/strong>in the form of printed document, email, SMS or any other kind of multichannel communication, without even realising it!<\/p>\n

On top of that, Quadient has already been named as a leader of the Customer Communication Management software for the fourth consecutive year, and it is positioned far ahead of HP<\/em>, Oracle<\/em> and Adobe;<\/em> without any doubt this is due to a strong contribution from the design\u00a0team.<\/p>\n

Lessons Learned<\/h3>\n

Here they are! I split them into small parts for easy reading. Enjoy\u00a0;-)<\/p>\n

1. Why to do reality checks in your design process?<\/a>?\u2014?4 min\u00a0read<\/h4>\n

Design research, feedback, ideas validation and importance of user testing in order to stay on\u00a0track.<\/em><\/p>\n

2. Being Comfortable with Non-Perfection
3. Staying Aligned with Team
4. Speaking the Same (Design) Language
5. Fighting for Users?\u2014?Staying\u00a0Humble<\/p>\n

The remaining parts will be published in February and March 2018?\u2014?stay\u00a0tuned.<\/em><\/p>\n

Wrapping Up<\/h3>\n

I found writing these lessons learned and sharing 4 years of UX design experience a very good exercise to do?\u2014?a retrospective with myself, at the end of this chapter of my\u00a0life.<\/p>\n

For those interested in learning more about my design process at Quadient, you can check it out here?\u2014?in my portfolio<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I hope my lessons can be useful for you as well! Tell me what you think in the comment section below! I\u2019d love to get a conversation started around this\u00a0subject.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s Next?<\/h3>\n

As I mentioned above, I have made another step in my career and have joined the design team at Kiwi.com<\/a>!<\/p>\n

To learn more about what we are up to, feel free to follow the Kiwi Design Team<\/em> on Medium<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> and Dribbble<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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