#43 Expert Spotlight: Maigen Thomas

Discover Maigen's dedication to mentorship, motivation, and UX career growth. Explore her expert insights, hands-on templates, and practical strategies to elevate your design journey!

Feb 10, 2025

Get to know the expert

Maigen is the founder of Level 11 Technology, an Apprenticeship Agency. She has 10+ years of experience in enterprise software design and product development, and almost as many years of experience teaching and mentoring, most notably as a UX/UI Bootcamp Instructor at UC Berkeley.

HOW MAIGEN IMPACT OTHERS

Workshop Recording + Templates
How to Get PAID to Get UX Experience

Become a supporter
Creating space for Mentorship and Motivation

Portfolio Review for Hireability
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Youtube Maigen Thomas
All about motivation and mentorship

Design Skills Matrix
Filling out this is going to help you to land the right job for you and your best skills

Basic Storyboard Template
A simplified template you can use to generate a storyboard

Prioritization Matrix
Organize the usability issues you discovered when conducting a Heuristic Evaluation

Design Process Timeline
A general resource for answering the questions: "What's your design process?" or "How long will that take?"

Concepts: Gestalt Laws
Breaking down complex concepts into simple, actionable insights for jr. designers

Creative Matrix Template
Bring your team together and start brainstorming!

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1. Next industry events:

11 Feb, 2025 | WEBINAR [FREE]
How to Brand Your Business in Today’s Market

12 Feb, 2025 | WORKSHOP [FREE]
Fixing Frustrating Design Patterns For 2025

12 Feb, 2025 | UXCEL > WORKSHOP [FREE]
Using Curiosity and Surprise to Create Captivating UX

12 Feb, 2025 | WORKSHOP
#43 Website Accessibility and Usability Evaluation

13 Feb, 2025 | Figma > WEBINAR [FREE]
State of the Designer 2025: What’s working, what’s not?

14 Feb, 2025 | PORTFOLIO REVIEW [FREE]
Website Design Launch and Celebration

15 - 16 Feb, 2025 | CONFERENCE > Online & Dubai
DDX Innovation & UX Conference

17+ events in the App | Recommend an Event

2. Expand your professional network with designers that are open to connect:

Joshua Alvarez from San Antonio, TX is a Product Designer @SupplierGateway: (Mid-Level)[Job Search]

Alexia Martinez from Chino, CA is a Product Designer @On a career break.
Challenge? Transferring my skills from physical to digital product design. / Wants to learn: accessible design and how to design for EdTech.

Maya Alroy from Berlin, Germany is a Product designer: (Junior)[Job Search] | Portfolio: https://mayaal.design

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3. Job Opportunities via @OpenDoors:

Junior Graphic Designer - The Utah Jazz(US)

UX Designer - The Cake(US)

Digital Designer I - Dotdash Meredith(US)

Service Designer - Contact Energy

UI/UX Designer For A Personal Injury Firm- In Office - Torklaw(US)

22+ new jobs posts in the App this weeek | Recommend a Job

4. Stay informed and enhance your skills:

📺 Courses

UX PORTFOLIO
Customizable frameworks and templates for UX designers in any situation for designers who want to create unique portfolios.

Figma Ninja
Speed up your Figma skills. Figma Ninja is a game-like experience to learn the basics of Figma and get really fast with shortcuts.

Practical Product OKRs
Help product teams to use Outcome OKRs as an effective tool to focus on changing behaviors, instead of feature ideas.

📚 Books

Surveying the User Experience
Design and Analysis of Surveys for UX and Customer Research

The Mom Test
How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

Designing for Behavior Change: Applying Psychology and Behavioral Economics

💪 Challenges

It’s centered that
Is the dot in the centre of the __?

Kern type
A letter spacing game

📝 Articles

Content Strategy For a 200-Page Personal Website
Winning with content.

How Will AI Affect the Demand for Product Designers?
Let’s unpack each of the two scenarios and see how they will affect the demand for product designers.

527+ resources in the App | Recommend a Resource

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