S2 Episode 3 - Jessica Robison - Research is the Recipe for a Good Design Introduction Jessica Robison is the Product Design Leader at Tamr and is a pro at providing digital design solutions for data-driven enterprises. Her work in the retail and lifestyle sector nurtures her in-depth understanding of user preferences, thus making her a deft designer who is always ready for challenges. An advocate of civil rights and animal welfare, Jessica has raised the benchmark for domains like client management and data science. Discussion Points Which domain do you really think actually gave you the most satisfaction creativity-wise? 07:56 Rapid fire questions 13:59 So what sort of extra learnings were required? What the challenges have been so far for you? And how did you overcome those? 20:45 You are a mother of two beautiful children, and then how does it go that you balance your career with perfection, and then you have to make sure that everybody is in place and they're very young, right?               28:51 But then how does that actually is to use you as a professional? Do you think that you look at things differently now than before? 31:28 Any advice that you would like to give to a new person who is starting out in the field of design? 37:11 Show notes Because if you can anticipate where they're coming from, what they need, and what kind of visual cues they might need. That's really kind of where the sweet spot of UX is, right? Like, that's what makes a good UX designer. 07:18 If you are really smart and scrappy about how you figure out what your tasks are, you know what people need. 9:45 You have to know your user, but you also have to know that maybe the way the user is doing something isn't because that was what was given to them. And that's not necessarily the best way for them to do that. 22:01  I think that sometimes the challenge is that we capture too much, or not that we capture too much data, but we show too much data. 24:07 I want the initial way someone interacts with data to be pretty basic, and then allow them to dive deeper if they want, rather than showing everything all at once. 25:05 Making sure I connect with people is really important. Because, you know, I again, like I don't get to go to every happy hour. 32:47 I understand that like, early in the morning, I'm better at administrative tasks, and later in the day, I'm better at creative tasks and just kind of understanding that and then making sure that my work follows suit my work day. 34:44 The thought that you can just do a Bootcamp class and then get a senior designer role is pure advertising. 38:57 Contact LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/jessica-robison-5622368/   Instagram instagram.com/jrdesign.co/  Company website: jrdesignstudio.co   Email [email protected]  Portfolio/ website: jessblitzrobison.com/about  #design #peoplemanagement #uxdesigner #uxproduct #designpodcast #uxbanter #userexperiencejourney