On Hiring Design Graduates; or, how to graduate from the HCII and get a sweet job making boatloads of money and building really cool products

Speaker
Jon Kolko
Associate Creative Director, Frog Design

When
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Where
Gates and Hillman Centers 6115

Description

It has never been a better time to be a designer, and even in the present economic state of the world, it’s a wonderful time to be joining the design workforce. This talk will discuss the state of design and HCI talent in the United States, and will describe the specific methods, capabilities, and portfolio materials necessary to secure a high paying job at a leading product design consultancy.

Speaker's Bio

Jon Kolko is an associate creative director at frog design in Austin, TX. His professional work involves the synthesis of complicated business and technological constraints in order to best solve the problems of Fortune 500 clients. The work spans the boundaries of information architecture, interaction design and usability engineering; the common underlying theme of these problems and projects is the creation of a solution that is useful, usable, and desirable. Kolko is the author of the text Thoughts on Interaction Design; he is also the 2008–2011 Editor-in-Chief of Interactions Magazine, published by the ACM. He sits on the Board of Directors for the Interaction Design Association (IxDA).

Speaker's Website
http://www.jonkolko.com

Host
Jenna Date