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Awkward Silences#122- Exploring UX Research Career Options with Marieke McCloskey of LinkedInWhat are the best UX career options? How do you vet a potential employer to ensure it’s the right fit? Should you join a smaller firm that offers plenty of autonomy and flexibility, or does it make more sense to work for a larger company with a ton of resources? Erin, JH, and Marieke McClosky, Director of UX Research at LinkedIn, address these questions, examining UX research as a career and a practice as they discuss Marieke’s journey as a UX researcher. In this episode, we discuss:Navigating a career path in UX...2023-03-2942 min
Better ProductSeries Wrap-Up: How to Use Data with Christian and AnnaData is often a complicated topic wrapped around confusing jargon and direction on how to analyze it effectively. Our series on how to use data provides a narrative on the subject, highlighting organizations thinking differently from the implications AI has to why your gut has to guide more than just the vision. The wrap-up episode pulls out key takeaways from the guests featured in the series, including Kat Kennedy from Degreed, Marieke McCloskey from Humu, Dennis Mortenson with x.ai, and Kendra Clarke, sparks & honey. Series Takeaways: Understanding data is an evol...2021-02-2307 min
Rosenfeld Review PodcastUser Science: Product Analytics & User Research with Marieke McCloskeyWant to help make better product decisions? You’ve got to combine qualitative human insights from user research with data analytics and experimentation. Questions about how many users do something goes to analytics, questions about which design might work better goes to user research. But what if you partnered with those other teams to answer the questions together? In her session at Advancing Research 2021, Marieke McCloskey, UX Research Lead at Humu, will share how, as a qualitative UX researcher, she’s partnered with analysts to identify high-growth opportunities and gain a deeper understanding of users.
In this episode of the Rose...2021-02-1728 min
Better ProductGoing from Product Focused to User-Centric with Marieke McCloskey, HumuOften we approach ideas and products without a full understanding of the users. How do we focus on the users first instead of the product? “You can validate bad ideas done well, but you can't really tell whether the idea itself was good without research.” Christain Beck In the conversation with Marieke McCloskey, Lead UX Researcher at Humu, we break down the misconceptions many founders have about research while sharing ways to maximize its impact earlier in the process.2021-02-0226 min
Better ProductSeries Kickoff: How to Effectively Use DataWhat we’ve set out to discuss in our newest series is the real power of data. The issue in today’s world isn’t access to data - rather - it’s this feeling of “more is more.” Yet, the power of data doesn’t come from more. It comes from being able to tell a story with it. The reality of data is that most people collect it but don’t know what to do with it. What you’ll learn in this series has little to do with collecting data, instead, it’s taking a look at maximizing i...2021-01-2103 min
Insights UnlockedThe parallels between UX/CX and employee experienceUserTesting's Chief Insights Officer, Janelle Estes, and Head of UX Research at Humu, Marieke McCloskey, discuss the parallels between UX/CX and employee experience.2020-11-0231 min