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☰ Ben Sykes - Designing Experiences For Humans ☺

ABOUT BEN


   

Teaching | Mentoring | Speaking



Given the scale of life in the cosmos, one human life is no more than a tiny blip. Each one of us is a just visitor to this planet, a guest, who will only stay for a limited time. What greater folly could there be than to spend this short time alone, unhappy or in conflict with our companions? Far better, surely, to use our short time here in living a meaningful life, enriched by our sense of connection with others and being of service to them.
— Dalai Lama XIV

 

TEACHING
MENTORING
SPEAKING
Workshops:

  • Innovation Games
  • Interviewing Bootcamp
  • Defending Your Design
  • Finding Your Dream Job
  • Creating A multi-national company in less than 2 hours
  • Interaction Design Basics
  • AdWords Basics

Lectures:

  • Getting hired as a ux designer
  • Hiring & managing designers
  • Lean UX & client management
Conversations:

  • 1 on 1 weekly check-ins
  • Scheduled hangouts & skype calls
  • Hiring process & salary negotiation
  • Portfolio review & development
  • Meeting career goals
Talks & Topics:

  • Grunt Proof – Mission Critical Usability From The Battlefield
  • Behavior Design Checklist
  • Defending Your Design
  • Winning Hearts & Clicks – A pragmatic approach to persuasive design

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Ben is an insightful and talented UX Designer. He understands the user experience as just that, a ch…
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Ben Sykes was an incredible attribute to GA’s UXDi course as we finished up and started searching fo…
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