In this insightful episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, hosts Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donatello are joined by Sahar Chung, Director of Product Strategy at Multiplayer. Sahar shares her unique career journey, from her early days as a NASA contractor to becoming a leader in the UX field. The conversation delves into the evolution of UX research as a strategic partner, the importance of building inclusive methodologies, and the critical role of relationship-building in design. Learn about Sahar's co-founding of Confetti Q&A, a platform for community-driven discussions on industry challenges. 

Watch the podcast here.

On Friday November 1st 2024 from 12 to 3 PM Eastern we will gather sensemakers from around the world to pay our annual respect to the delicate art of sensemaking, and bask in the camaraderie of others who make sense of messes and feel the frustration of how long change really takes.

Once the room is nice and warm, it will be time to introduce this year’s brave sensemakers, each of whom will share a short story about a mess where a critical element was time. They have harrowing tales of what it takes to wrangle bibliometrics, how to sell a taxonomy to an organization built on lacksnomy and what to do after you sold it, what it takes to be your authentic self out loud and why sometimes it isn’t safe to do so, what to do if you ever get permission to govern content only to discover its managed in an Airtable, and how hard it is to make sense of modern dating culture.

On March 26th, our mentorship team held a virtual panel where we chatted with UX professionals about navigating a challenging UX job market.