Authenticity and Your UX Career ft. Lena Kul

About this episode

Dale Husband interviews Lena Kul about authenticity in UX careers and her insights on job searching.

We're back with this fascinating interview with Lena Kul- Lena is a seasoned design and UX research recruiter, formerly the lead at Miro, where she built a top design team in Europe by hiring product designers and UX researchers from the FAANG companies and other leading brands like Shopify, Booking.com, Spotify, and Zendesk. To deepen her expertise in the field, Lena spent a year as a UX researcher at Miro. She now runs /kuːl/ , successful a boutique recruitment and job search advising agency that helps designers and UX researchers excel in their job searches and career transitions. Lena actively shares insights on LinkedIn and recently launched her Maven course, "Master Your Product Design and UX Research Job Search," helping over 60 professionals stand out in a competitive market To find out more about her course visit: Master Your Product Design and UX Research Job Search Podcast Affiliates: 🎉 Get 10% off your first month on UXTweak – the all-in-one UX research platform – with code DALE10

People in this episode

Host: Dale Husband

Guest: Lena Kul

Topics covered

• UX career
• design recruitment
• job search strategies
• professional development
• UX research

Keywords

• UX research
• design team
• career transitions
• job search
• recruitment

Sponsors

UXTweak

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Miro, Shopify, Booking.com, Spotify, Zendesk, /kuːl/

Products: Master Your Product Design and UX Research Job Search

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