#23 - Personal Brand, Networking, and Being Proactive | Mitchell Clements

Mitch Clements is a Mentor, Speaker, and UX Manager @ SimpleNexus. Mitch shares his career journey, switching from an Android engineer to UX. He shares what a personal brand means for an employee, and how you can influence change in a company. Also, we talk about networking by helping design communities, actionable job search advice, and much more. Enjoy 👍 Episode Links: Mitch’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchell-clements/ ADPList Mentorship Platform: https://adplist.org Product Hive Mentorship Platform: https://www.producthive.org Front Design Conference: https://www.frontutah.com/ Book “Articulating Design Decisions”: https://amzn.to/3JcuADt Podcast Info: Podcast website: https://podcast.kirillv.com Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3JFr2u8 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3RukfVO RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/c09a45dc/podcast/rss Outline: (0:00) - Preview (1:15) - Introduction (2:28) - Mitch’s career story (7:10) - Transitioning to a UX manager (10:28) - Building a personal brand as an employee (13:06) - Contributing to different design communities (18:14) - ADPList and Product Hive comparison (22:13) - Launching a mobile app for portfolio (25:48) - Benefits of being a part of a company (28:44) - Economy impact on the team (31:23) - Change management is hard (33:53) - Find stakeholder advocates to influence change (37:43) - Anyone can initiate change (43:47) - AI impact on the design profession (52:10) - AI and critical thinking (55:01) - Resume and portfolio advice (59:07) - Networking for job searching (1:04:39) - Experiment with your job search process (1:07:15) - What would you do if money wasn't a question? Kirill V Links: Newsletter: https://www.kirillv.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirillvechtomov/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/_kirillv Youtube: https://youtube.com/@_kirillv Support me: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kirillv