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Start, Grow, Lead: A Guide to Navigating Your User Research Career


Truth be told—if you’re working in the emerging user experience space, there is no “one path” to success. While this allows for a wide variety of opportunities, it can be tricky to figure out exactly how to grow in the field.

To help you pave the way, we’ve put together a user research career roadmap. In it you’ll find all of our best resources and pieces of advice from leaders across the industry.

So whether you’re landing your first UXR job, earning that promotion, or elevating your entire team, you can use this guide to take that next step forward.

What's inside:

  • Tips for optimizing your resume, interview practice, and whiteboard challenge preparation
  • Advice on switching your career direction (switching from academia to UX, finding your UX niche, and shifting to freelance)
  • Core UX skills you should learn
  • Advice on driving impact in your work
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