UX/UI Design

Upgrading your UX or Service Design Portfolio

Your design portfolio should do much more than list your accomplishments: it should show off your growing skillset as your career develops. Check out our tips for building amazing portfolios at every stage of your career in UX, service design or design research.

How to Build a Stand-Out UX Design Portfolio

This post will walk you through how to build a UX design portfolio, what kind of content to include, real-life examples to draw inspiration from, and our best tips.

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A UX and Service Design Team gathers. A group of women wearing bright colours sit around a table with a coffee cup and papers. They are deep in conversation.

May 26, 2023

8 Key Elements of Effective UX and Service Design Teams

Written by Kristin Swan, Outwitly’s Director of Strategic Design, this post covers the importance of clarity, communication, and collaboration in UX and service design teams, and the five cultural components teams need to thrive.

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Successful team of UX and service designers wearing bright coloured shirts touch hands in the centre of a circle promoting fun, collaboration, and excitement on their team.

May 04, 2023

The Secret Sauce Behind Great UX and Service Design Teams

This post is a collaborative effort from Outwitly’s Design Team! We dive into what makes a great UX and service design team. Successful design teams require many elements– from individual skills and expertise to team dynamics and communication. Read on for key takeaways and top tips for success.

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Girl in a yellow shirt with glasses on her shirt holds open a book. She is a UX design student about to graduate and is studying in a library.

April 05, 2023

How to Get Started in UX and Service Design out of School

Our best tips for transitioning your post-grad academic skills to a career in UX & service design. Learn how to bridge the gap and kickstart your career!

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Independent contractor is on a call with stakeholder for a project in UX and human-centered design. She is wearing an orange shirt and looking at a laptop.

March 23, 2023

How to Become a Contractor in UX and Service Design

Everything you need to know about the transition from being a full-time employee to contracting and freelancing as a UX designer, researcher or service designer.

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A group of women gover around an iPad, inspiring and empowering each other on topics like tech and UX design.

March 08, 2023

Inspirational Women in Tech and Design

Happy International Women’s Day, 2023! This post introduces you to eight influential women in the tech and design world you’re sure to be inspired by. Plus, explore our list of 30+ books, blogs, and communities for women in tech.

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A group of attendees at a human-centered design (HCD) conference or UX conference.

February 23, 2023

The Top UX Design and HCD Conferences of 2023

Check out our list of top-ranked conferences for UX design and research and HCD in 2023! There’s sure to be an event for every design practitioner out there.

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UX designer and UX researcher join an established product team and learn how to integrate themselves effectively.

February 06, 2023

Tips for UXers When Joining an Established Product Team

Use these practical tips to maximize your success as a UX designer or researcher joining an established product team. Get ahead with our expert guide!

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Two design researchers are working together to analyze data they gathered from UX and design research.

October 21, 2022

Data Analysis for UX and Design Research

This post covers all things data analysis! We dive into the process of making sense of data, methods for analyzing data, and tips for analyzing data.

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Adopting a beginner's mindset in UX, design thinking, and human centered design.

September 16, 2022

Why you need to adopt design thinking’s “beginner’s mindset”

This post dives into what it means to have a beginner’s mindset, how to get experts like stakeholders comfortable with adopting a beginner’s mindset, and our favourite activities for inspiring this kind of thinking!

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A UX designer is drawing a new wireframe.

August 09, 2022

10 Must-Have Soft Skills for UX Designers

UX Design is an intricate discipline that requires practitioners to possess a variety of soft and hard skills in order to succeed. This post will break down the list of the top skills we think all UX designers should have in 2022! Plus, a comprehensive list of our favourite design & prototyping tools.

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June 27, 2022

How to Make Your COTS Solution Successful

Are you struggling with your COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) software solution? This post helps uncover the root cause of failing COTS solutions and contains tips for making sure your COTS solution will be as successful as possible.

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