User Experience & Product Design is the career up for discussion on today’s podcast. Our guest today is Simon Coxon. He is a specialist in the field with over 20 years of experience in the digital industry. He is the former head of UX & Design at Financial times (UK) and the current Principal Product Designer at Notnthehighstreet (UK). Some of his biggest clients range from BBC, Sony and American Express.
Tune in to learn about the evolution of the UX Design industry. Catch Simon talking about his journey, his challenges, his inspiration, the future of the UX industry and much more only on The Career Show.
Simon's Portfolio: http://www.snoh.co.uk/
Time Stamps:
- Introduction: (0:00)
- Childhood career dreams: (1:36)
- Early days of the UX Industry: (3:47)
- Evolution of using the internet: (5:10)
- Living during the dot-com bubble: (7:14)
- Motivation to join the UX Industry: (9:31)
- Lessons learnt from the early days of his career: (12:17)
- Dealing with a fast-paced UX industry: (15:22)
- Experiences at a UX Design Agency vs UX Employee at a company: (18:54)
- Reasons for moving between companies: (22:49)
- The secret to a great UX portfolio: (27:29)
- Experience while working at Financial Times: (32:26)
- Thoughts on failure: (35:48)
- Importance of teamwork in the UX industry: (36:51)
- Future of the UX industry: (38:35)
- Challenges in the UX industry: (41:34)
- Advice for Freelancers: (44:00)
- Important advice to note: (45:24)
- Conclusion: (48:04)
