Learn UX: Aligning UX Value

Ep. 41: This episode is the second in our special mini-series called Learning UX, hosted by Leo Zhang. In this mini-series, Leo talks in-person with local UX leaders about their careers and topics they’re passionate about. This episode Leo is talking with Kimberly Wiessner, about her career spanning design, creative direction and product strategy, and about bringing teams together to align on UX value. From Leo Zhang: In our second Learn UX episode of the mini-series I wanted to bring on a friend with a knack for aligning, teaching, and driving UX work across different teams. Kimberly Wiessner is a Principal Product Strategist at REI and is going to be talking about a topic she is very passionate about: the relationship between UX and other teams in an organization. Kimberly Wiessner, currently in a Leadership role within the Digital Product Strategy team at REI, has done everything from founding her own agency, being a Global Creative Director for HSBC, guiding design direction as Director of Innovation at USAA, to now working as a Principal at REI. Throughout her career, Kim has been passionate about bringing teams together in creative ways. In this episode we tap into her knowledge bringing teams together in various UX settings and take lessons away on how you do this at your workplace. Kim Wiessner is a high-performing leader with a passion for orchestrating customer experiences. A natural ability to see the big picture, absorb strategy, and provide clear direction toward action. A passion for influencing organizational change and aligning cross-functional teams. Positive energy that inspires others to work through ambiguous problem spaces. A customer-centered mindset and approach to design thinking and product discovery. Delivery-oriented team leader and ego-less task smasher. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlywiessner/ ******** If you enjoy this podcast, there are some really simple ways you can help us: follow us on twitter - like and reshare our posts subscribe to the newsletter for updates and bonus content share this episode, or any of our episodes, with a friend. rate & review us on Apple Podcast or iTunes on desktop! Listen Apple | Spotify | Google | Website Connect with UX Cake! uxcake.co | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Linked In Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/uxcake. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.