Ottawa’s Jennifer Fraser will present in 2014

We’re excited to announce our first local speaker for UXcamp Ottawa 2014

Crossing the Glass Bridge: What Squid Game can Teach us about Systems Thinking, Data Science & UX
Nov 5, 2022 1:40pm / 30 MINUTES

Hiring is hard.
The prospect of growing your team is exciting, but hiring the right person to grow your team is hard. But, that’s what we do as UX professionals, we tackle hard problems, and hiring the right person, can be thought of as just another one of those hard problems. So, before you jump to a conclusion and rush to post that job description to build your clone army, maybe you should pause, and (as you would do with any other design problem) make sure you have defined this hiring “problem” properly. In this talk, Jennifer is going to reflect a bit on the nebulous term of user experience and the various skill sets that fit within its container, as well as step through some techniques to help you understand who you should really be looking for to grow your team.

Speaker Bio: Jennifer Fraser

Jennifer Fraser is the Director of Design at Macadamian, a design and development consultancy based in Gatineau, QC. There, she coordinates a team of interaction and visual designers, is accountable for design resourcing, and leads projects across a variety of form factors, from desktop to handset and tablet, on many platforms including: iOS, Android, Windows Phone 8 and BB10.

Jennifer has more than than fifteen years working as a User Experience Designer, and has designed products for many different target markets, from creative professionals to large government agencies. She also had the opportunity to work closely with various technology partners, such as Microsoft, Wacom, Samsung and Blackberry.

When she’s not delivering projects, she is frequently speaking or running workshops at industry conferences. Her more recent stops include: UX Week 2012, MoSo 2012, M3 2012, Agile2013 etc. In addition, Jennifer actively contributes to UX-related thought-leadership pieces and has been a member of the jury at the prestigious Spark Awards in 2013.

Jennifer has both a Bachelor and Master of Architecture from Carleton University, and worked as an architect in a former life, which may, or may not, relate to her passion for designing and building cocktails.

You can follow Jennifer on Twitter @jlfraser