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Mar 24, 2025

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1. Next industry events:

25 Mar, 2025 | UXCEL > WEBINAR [FREE]
How I Built a Design Team from 0 to 20: Lessons to Scale Faster

26 Mar, 2025 | CHAT [FREE]
Fireside Chat with Manosai Eerabathini

26 Mar, 2025 | WORKSHOP
#48 Website Accessibility and Usability Evaluation

27 Mar, 2025 | Careerfoundry > WEBINAR [FREE]
How can tech skills open new career doors?

27 Mar, 2025 | WORKSHOP [FREE]
How to Build a Portfolio Career

27 Mar, 2025 | WEBINAR [FREE]
Manager Skill Session: Strategic 1x1s

27 Mar, 2025 | Design Buddies > WEBINAR [FREE]
How to post on LinkedIn without being cringe

21 Apr, 2025 | UX/UI Hub > WEBINAR [FREE]
#10 Hub Meet: The Anatomy of Impactful UX portfolios with Réka Nagy Get help to land jobs and advance your career.

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Watch on Demand:

UX/UI Hub [FREE] > #9 Hub Meet: Ask Me Anything: Clients, Pricing & Positioning Ask your questions live – get direct answers.

PUSH Conf [FREE] > Benchmarking User Experiences: Measure the impact of your design and research decisions

PUSH Conf [FREE] > AI in the Creative Workflow: From User Insights to Usability Testing

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

Menna El-Borlossy from Egypt is a UI/UX Designer @Freelancer: (Junior)[Job Search] | Portfolio: https://behance.net/mennaelborlossy

Premkumar Metikala from India, Hyderabad 500032 is a Creative Lead @coursevita: (Mid-Level)[Job Search] | Portfolio: https://behance.net/metikala_premkumar

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📺 Courses

Brand Design 101
A workshop to help you make intentional, strategic design choices—even if you’re not a designer, on Wednesday, March 26.

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Product Design Course
From exploring the problem through the definition to design of the solution.

📚 Books

Surveys That Work
A Practical Guide for Designing and Running Better Surveys

Designing for Behavior Change
Applying Psychology and Behavioral Economics

A Practical Guide to Measuring Usability
72 Answers to the Most Common Questions about Quantifying the Usability of Websites and Software

💪 Challenges

Goodbrief
Over 11 million design briefs generated!

📝 Articles

Graphic design trends for 2025
Get a head start on the year ahead with our top trends to watch out for in 2025.

How (and Why) to Conduct a Heuristic Evaluation
Heuristic evaluations give you insight into the overall experience of your product, and where it falls short. Here’s how you can get started conducting one today.

Redefining Leadership Through Empathy
Indeed’s global head of UX operations uses this superpower to help others do their best work.

🔥 Miscellaneous

GoodPalette
Make beautiful color palettes for UI

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