As a UX Designer, you work with different kinds of people such as Product Designers, Product Managers, Data Analysts, Executive Stakeholders, Architects, Software Engineers, etc.
🔅 Why is it important to build strong relations with them?
They know goals, tech constraints, and user needs better than us. With their co-ordination, we can build a much better product. They can provide a better context for our design.
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⭐ They know what we don’t.
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🔅 How to build that connection?
- Always seek feedback from your stakeholders, colleagues, users, etc. for improvements.
- Aligning their decision with project and organizational goals.
- Advocacy can provide secure support, and growth to you.
- Trust in your team for effective teamwork.
- With great relationships comes great influence which helps in user-centered design and shapes decisions.
🔃What to do when you join an organization?
- Explore→
- Take time to see what other members are responsible for, their work process, and what they do.
- Understand team dynamics and culture.
- Build connections with those you think will help you best personally and career-wise. ****
- Connect→
- Proactively reach out and introduce yourself.
- Seek for mentorship.
- Demonstrate enthusiasm and let them know you are here to learn and not waste their time.
- Build→
- Genuine relationship
- Seek feedback
🔅 Have hesitation while building connections?
You may face hesitation which is normal and fine.
- They will accept you with time, with the quality of your work and behavior. Don’t jump directly to the solution keep working step by step.
- Collaborate on the solution and demonstrate your value.
- Show them your working process.