Not Just Pixels

Today, I’m talking to Charlie Weston . - Charlie is currently the Senior Product Designer on the Migrations team at Atlassian . He leads a team focused on improving small-medium businesses and enterprise customers’ experiences while migrating between server, data center, and cloud environments at Atlassian. If you did not understand a single word I just said, don’t worry at all. Before Atlassian,...

Today, I’m talking to Alicia Warren . - Alicia is currently the Product Design Director at Rippling , an all-in-one HR & IT platform. Before Rippling, she was a UX Lead at JPMorgan Chase . In addition, she’s an adjunct professor at Columbia College Chicago teaching experience design and design operations. On top of all these, she’s a city co-organizer for Ladies that UX , a welcoming community...

Today, I’m talking to Adekunle Oduye . - Adekunle is a UX Engineer at Plaid , where he's helping to build Threads , Plaid's official design system. He also co-authored the Design Engineering Handbook by InVision and is passionate about design systems, prototyping, and front-end development. When Adekunle isn't building software, you can probably find him reading up on Stoicism or planning his next...

Have you ever wondered how to land a UX Design internship at Amazon ? Well, today we’re gonna try to answer exactly that. - In this episode, you’ll hear from three design interns currently working at Amazon: 1. Lara Federspiel - Rising senior studying UX Design at SCAD 2. Andy Hsu - Rising senior studying Arts, Technology, and Business of Innovation at USC 3. Emily Hsu - Rising junior studying Com...

Today, I’m talking to Heidi Finn . - Heidi is currently the Sr. Director of Product Design on the Commerce team at GoDaddy , a domain register and web hosting company. Before GoDaddy, she worked at PayPal as the Sr. Design Manager and co-founded two startups - TripCraft and Videoo . - In our conversation, we delved into a variety of topics, including designing for commerce, the pros & cons of...

Today, I’m talking to Mike Mai . - Mike is currently the principal UI designer at Pegasystems primarily working on design systems. He started out with a strong design background, graduating with a BFA in Graphic Design at Massachusetts College of Art . There, he learned all the design fundamentals that helped him become the accomplished designer he is today. - Last spring, he was my mentor when I...

Today, I’m talking to Aimee Franco . - Aimee is currently a Product Design Manager at OpenTable , an online restaurant reservation service company. If you’ve ever tried to reserve a restaurant, you’ve probably heard of this company before. - She started out her career as an industrial designer, later transitioned into UX, and worked at companies such as Caremerge , CDW , and now at OpenTable. In o...

Have you ever wondered how to land a UX Design internship at Meta ? Well, today we’re gonna try to answer exactly that. - In this episode, you’ll hear from three incoming design interns at Meta: Parth Mehta - Masters student at University Washington (Information Management) Mira Dhingra - Junior at Georgia Tech (Industrial & Product Design) + Runs a lifestyle/design channel called madebymira H...

Today, I’m talking to Heather Cassano . - Heather is now the Senior Director of UX at Google , leading the Google Play Team with over 100 people. Before this, she was a product design leader at tech companies such as Facebook, Google, Pearson, and Yahoo. - Oof, honestly, in the beginning, I was quite nervous talking to Heather considering she’s in such a high-level position. But now, I’m so glad t...

Today I’m talking to Eli Gold Ferrer . - Eli is now a Product Design Manager on the Payment & Services Team at Upwork , the world’s work marketplace. Before this role, he was a product design leader in companies such as Wabtec, Home Depot, and more. - During our conversation, we went over a variety of topics such as the power of storytelling, being a design manager, working with cross-function...

Today I’m talking to Yaya Ya-Ting Wang . - Yaya started out her design career studying Industrial & Interaction Design at Syracuse University. Then, after completing a 3-month design bootcamp, she began her product design journey at Conde Nast , a global media company and home to iconic brands such as Vogue, The New Yorker, and more. And now, she’s working at Adobe as a Senior Product Designer...

Today I’m talking to Poyi Chen . - Poyi recently joined Meta as a product designer. Before Meta, he was a UX Manager at Chegg . And if you’re a student, you’ve probably heard of this education tech company, whether you were trying to rent textbooks or look for homework answers. Outside of work, he loves to give back to the design community through mentorship. - In our conversation, one of the thin...

👋 HI THERE! - Welcome to the Not Just Pixels Show ! - My name is Guo , and I'm a rising junior studying Engineering Psychology at Tufts! And I'm the host of the Not Just Pixels Show! - This show has two simple goals. We want to help you: Grow as a UX Designer Land that UX Design internship or job - This is the design podcast I wish I had, so I hope you'll get something valuable out of this show....