The benefit.design Podcast - A podcast for creatives.: Recent Episodes
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A podcast for creatives. Join host Kanika, as they dive into the world of design, sharing tips and advice on how to jumpstart your career, advance your skills and stand out. Each episode will feature interviews with designers and professionals in the industry who will share their valuable insights and experiences on building a successful career in design. You'll also learn about the latest design trends, techniques, tools, and networking strategies to help you connect with other designers and professionals in the field.
Thank you for listening to the benefit.design podcast!
HOST: Kanika Rao
GUEST: Rhea Manocha
Watch other episodes here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM0rWoAQT-O-q42GkFhTDmEleSiqqw3lW
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ozbYf0cJcXmYSJsWSOULq?si=b46f090ffbf445bd
Donate Today: https://www.benefit.design/donate
Partner Organizations: https://www.benefit.design/nonprofits
:00 - Introductions :32 - Rhea's design journey 2:24 - Day to day as a UX Designer at Microsoft 3:51 - Research & Design connections 5:10 - Advice to find your niche 6:47 - What fulfills you and how did you out? 8:44 - Don't be afraid to build relationships 10:37 - How to find opportunities early in your career? 10:32 - How has your role shifted as benefit evolves? 12:44 - Lessons learned from founding journey 15:35 - Life outside of work 16:57 - Advice to Jr. Designers 20:02 - Closing Questions
A podcast for creatives. Join host Kanika as they dive into the world of design, sharing tips and advice on how to jumpstart your career, advance your skills and stand out. Each episode will feature interviews with designers and professionals in the industry who will share their valuable insights and experiences on building a successful career in design. You'll also learn about the latest design trends, techniques, tools, and networking strategies to help you connect with other designers and professionals in the field.
Season 1: Episode 4 - 2022
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Thank you for listening to the benefit.design podcast!
HOST: Kanika Rao
GUEST: Jingle Chen
Watch other episodes here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM0rWoAQT-O-q42GkFhTDmEleSiqqw3lW
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ozbYf0cJcXmYSJsWSOULq?si=b46f090ffbf445bd
Donate Today: https://www.benefit.design/donate
Partner Organizations: https://www.benefit.design/nonprofits
:00 - Introductions :29 - Journey into UX Design 3:10 - UX Design Degree Program 7:15 - Day to day role as a UX Designer at McGraw Hill 10:32 - Lessons learned from hardware startup 18:53 - How have you prepared for your first role 26:27 - Advice for Jr. Designers about portfolios 31:35 - Closing questions
A podcast for creatives. Join host Kanika as they dive into the world of design, sharing tips and advice on how to jumpstart your career, advance your skills and stand out. Each episode will feature interviews with designers and professionals in the industry who will share their valuable insights and experiences on building a successful career in design. You'll also learn about the latest design trends, techniques, tools, and networking strategies to help you connect with other designers and professionals in the field.
Season 1: Episode 3 - 2022
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Thank you for listening to the benefit.design podcast!
GUEST: Nick Fink
HOST: Kanika Rao
Partner Organizations: https://www.benefit.design/nonprofits
Donate Today: https://www.benefit.design/donate
00:00 - Introductions 00:41 - Nick's Journey Through 20+ Years of Design 04:03 - Early career roles and intro to UX 07:40 - Defining your mantra for your career 10:15 - Learning through roles and focusing your interests 16:40 - Healthy approaches to imposter syndrome 23:40 - Learning from failing 27:15 - Situational leadership 29:04 - Sharing knowledge for networking 39:52 - Understand recruiters and mentors 59:05 - Closing questions 1:01:00 - Growth mindset and failures
A podcast for creatives. Join host Kanika as they dive into the world of design, sharing tips and advice on how to jumpstart your career, advance your skills and stand out. Each episode will feature interviews with designers and professionals in the industry who will share their valuable insights and experiences on building a successful career in design. You'll also learn about the latest design trends, techniques, tools, and networking strategies to help you connect with other designers and professionals in the field.
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Thank you for listening to the benefit.design podcast! A podcast for creatives. Join host Kanika as they dive into the world of design, sharing tips and advice on how to jumpstart your career, advance your skills and stand out. Each episode will feature interviews with designers and professionals in the industry who will share their valuable insights and experiences on building a successful career in design. You'll also learn about the latest design trends, techniques, tools, and networking strategies to help you connect with other designers and professionals in the field.
Partner Organizations: https://www.benefit.design/nonprofits
Donate Today: https://www.benefit.design/donate
00:00-00:20 - Introduction 00:21-02:19 - How did benefit.design start? 02:20-04:11 - Where did the name come from? 04:12-10:06 - What is your day to day role? 10:07-11:20 - benefit.design Community 11:21-14:59 - How have you evolved as a leader? 15:00-17:12 - New team members 17:13-19:32 - Future of benefit.design 19:33-20:49 - End of year for benefit.design 20:50-27:30 - Lessons learned in Industry 27:31-29:14 - Closing
A podcast for creatives. Join host Kanika as they dive into the world of design, sharing tips and advice on how to jumpstart your career, advance your skills and stand out. Each episode will feature interviews with designers and professionals in the industry who will share their valuable insights and experiences on building a successful career in design. You'll also learn about the latest design trends, techniques, tools, and networking strategies to help you connect with other designers and professionals in the field.
Season 1: Episode 1 - 2022
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