We're excited to have hosted two UX Research Nights (#uxrn) around LA! The most recent was in Pasadena at ADP (uxrn.in/pasadena) and before that in Santa Monica (uxrn.in/sm). You can find slides from the events, mentor links, and resources for UX Research in Southern California in this post below, and also:
- 34 photos from the event!
- All the tweets that went out with #uxrn
- If you ever want to learn about Ethnio, talk to Shirin our head of customer success
Slides from UXRN2 Oct '18 in Pasadena
- Gloria Kim – UXR in a nutshell (PDF)
- Lex Roman – UX Research 4 Designerz (12mb PDF)
- J.D. Buckley – Measuring the Value of User-Centered Design (36mb PDF)
LA UX Researchers Willing to Mentor:
- Lex Roman – Schedule a call here
Growth Designer - Gloria Kim – Schedule a call here
Senior User Experience Researcher, Pocket - Jonathan DeFaveri – Grab time on his Calendar here
User Research Manager, Genius Sports - Joel Miller – Reach out via LinkedIn
UX Lead, Amgen - Nate Bolt – Grab time on his Calendar here
Founder, Ethnio
Sponsors
- ADP Innovation Lab – Our host. Thank you!!!
- Bluebeam – Powerful construction design and management software. Check out their latest Product Design openings!
Slides from UXRN1 Aug '18 in Santa Monica
- Jonathan DeFaveri: Reasonable size PDF
- Nate Bolt: Fairly giant PDF
- Priya: Slides?
LA UX Research Groups & Events:
- UX Research Meetup
- IxDA LA
- DesignLA App
- UXPA LA
- AIGA LA (sorta kinda)
LA Companies with Full-Time UX Researchers:
- AT&T
- ADP
- Genius Sports
- Headspace
- Bird
- Disney
- Blizzard
- IMDB Pro
- Remote from Amazon, FB, Netflix, Google
- ???
UX Research Education in LA:
- General Assembly (UX Intensive? Research Class?)
- Art Center: Art of Research
- UCLA Informatics
- New USC Masters
General UXR Groups & Events
These aren't LA-based, but great resources for UX Research
- Mixed Methods
- Ethnography Hangout
- Research Ops Slack Channel (scroll down and apply in the form)
- UX Research Toronto Conference (Twitter account)