Focus on the experience you want to create and let everything else support that.

Hiring UX

• Hand Shake Poster. Visual sample below.• Slide divided in half to represent two sides

What kind of CEO are you?

• Poster of parachute

Contracting vs. In House

• Salary/Fees• Every hour of design generates 3-4 hours

of dev work

Contracting vs. In House

• Salary/Fees• Every hour of design generates 3-4 hours

of dev work

The Job Description

– Don’t use: Graphic Designer, web developer, User Researcher, Information Architect or Usability Engineer

– Use: UX Designer, UI Designer, Product Designer, Interaction Designer

The Job Description

– Don’t use: Graphic Designer, web developer, User Researcher, Information Architect or Usability Engineer

– Use: UX Designer, UI Designer, Product Designer, Interaction Designer

The Job Description

– Don’t use: Graphic Designer, web developer, User Researcher, Information Architect or Usability Engineer

– Use: UX Designer, UI Designer, Product Designer, Interaction Designer

Finding a GOOD design is HARD.

• Maybe a needle and haystack? Or binoculars?

Good Designers are… (each bullet below can be a separate slide or not.)• Must have visual design skills• PASSIONATE about technology• Creative• Understand Brand• Should not be expected to code• HUGE PLUS if they’ve shipped something

GET HELP FROM A PROFESSIONAL.

(this could look like a cheesy retro ad)

WIREFRAMES/SKETCHES/STORYBOARDS

Startup Designers Do: High fidelity Visual Design Comps

COMMUNICATOR

(Did I mention that good designers are hard to find?)

• Put this headline in parens. Maybe make the type small so that it seems like a whisper

BUT…

• Design is not done when it ships• Iterate, iterate, iterate• Design will FAIL most of the time• Iterate, iterate, iterate

Local Resources

• AIGA – Professional Association for Design• IxDA – Interaction Design Association• IDSA – Industrial Design Association

Online Resources• http://www.alistapart.com/• http://www.coroflot.com/ • @odannyboy• @lukew• @jmspool