UX placement opportunities 2022 – 2023
Speaker: Damon Rodgers (UX designer)
Who will be conducting the interviews?
Andrew Rossborogh (Lead UX/UI designer) he will interview for the role; he is a good mentor and was in Kyles university class.
What does he want to see?
Research –> Analyze (crazy 8s) –> Design –> Prototype –> deliver, test and reflect.
Who is FinTrU
- Finance and security.
- creating solutions for Investment banks that will be used throughout the world.
- employer and company of the year.
- Mental health support.
- Hybrid working.
- Coffee bar.
What we get
- How to combine UX thinking with design execution.
- Planning and running user tests.
- Designing and prototyping elegant solutions for complex problems.
- Supported by an assigned mentor.
- Employee assisted program – they will fund you to study after degree.
- Performance related rewards.
- Training and development.
- Competitive salary.
- 23 days and 10 bank holidays off.
- Can skip 1st year graduate program.
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing strategy.
Placement students
- Patrick Boutilier
Who are they looking for?
- User research (survey, interview and usability testing).
- Passion for quality.
- Prioritize and plan your work.
- Attention to detail.
- Figma.
Portfolio
- Examples of work including screen designs/prototypes.
- How you can frame the problem you were trying to solve – research.
- The process – decision making.
- Ability to talk through your portfolio with confidence.
- Ability to reflect on what you learned and how you grew.
How to apply:
Go to FinTrU website and apply there – apply to portal – then they select who they interview – then look at portfolio.
Interview question
- Can you tell us your UX process relating back to your portfolio.
I also attended a career talk given by FinTrU; here are the notes I made: