News & Updates

In 2023, we asked the UXPA International community to help re-envision the “Designing the User Experience” poster that has adorned the walls of UX professionals for over 20 years. Thank you all for your participation and helping to educate the next generation of UX professionals! Original “Designing the User Experience” UPA Poster Participants were encouraged to represent the most current user-centered design process and best practices which included the following: Steps in the UCD process: Represents the best practice activities in the user experience research and design lifecycle. Examples include: stakeholder interviews, contextual inquiries, card sorts, prototypes, etc. Successes: Highlighting the milestones that help a team move forward in the design process toward a successful product launch. Traps and pitfalls: Addresses things to …

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Sara MastroUXPA International President Alain Robillard-BastienUXPA International Vice President What a year it’s been! From a successful UXPA 2023 conference in Austin, TX, to another great mentorship cohort, we have been busy and we will not stop! There was also some change this year, as we had some UXPA BOD colleagues move on from their roles. We want to thank Abby Goodrum for all the great work she did as Director of Education, which includes our Webinar Wednesdays. We welcomed Joshua Randall into the role a few months ago and already he has hit the ground running. Stay tuned for more program offerings from UXPA International! With Alain now serving as Vice President for our Board, he and I are …

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Michael Rawlins The entire UX community was shocked and saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Michael Rawlins, a devoted husband and father, tireless advocate for the UX field, past UXPA International Board member and one of the founders of the Connecticut chapter of UXPA. We spoke with Eileen Redmond, one of Michael’s good friends, and the current president of UXPA Connecticut, about his impact and legacy. UXPA International:Please introduce yourself and would you tell us how you first met Michael? Eileen Redmond:I first met Michael at Aetna, almost 25 years ago. I was a business analyst at the time. We worked in the same general area, and he sat near the printer. He always had his headphones on, …

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Joshua Randall Director of Education Join us in welcoming UXPA International’s new Director of Education, Joshua Randall! He is a Senior User Experience Designer at The Home Depot and past President of UXPA Cleveland. We asked Joshua a few questions so our members can learn more about our newest Board Member! 1) How did you get started in UX? I began my career in market research, then moved into I.T. business analysis. While a BA, I started asking questions like, ‘Who are we building this for?’ and ‘How well does this meet their needs?’ My eyes were opened when, at a BA association meeting, we had a guest speaker who was a UX designer. She recommended some books to me …

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Dear UX Community, We have received a number of messages from the UX community, including UXPA members, about our choice to have the venue for the UXPA 2024 International Conference in South Florida, and we wanted to provide an explanation of the event location. As a small, non-profit organization that tries to vary the geography for our annual conference, we are forced to contract our conference venues many years in advance. Our selection of The Diplomat Beach Resort for the 2024 conference took place 4 years ago. The financial penalties for canceling or moving our conference at this late juncture are substantial, and it would put our organization in significant financial distress. Additionally, we believe that by pulling our conference …

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Claudia BruckschwaigerUXPA Europe Regional Director We are so excited to announce that Claudia Bruckschwaiger, managing partner at Swohlwahr in Vienna, Austria, has accepted the position of Europe Regional Director. Claudia is also serving as Deputy Chair of the Accreditation Board for theInternational Accreditation Program for UX Professionals and we all recently got to meet in person at UXPA 2023 in Austin, Texas last month! We asked Claudia a few questions so our members can learn a little about our newest Board Member! 1) How did you get started in UX? Starting out as a user interface designer in early 2000 was my first step into UX, with a brief detour into the gaming industry. User experience and demand-driven design had a huge impact …

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