Volunteer Openings
Looking to help out UX Wizards in some way? If you don't have something in mind, take a look at the listings below or jump to one using the right sidebar šš¼
Note: We're in the process of figuring out how best to share our open positions, so for now feel free to check out this Google Doc also! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mUPJP_EwIhlEjrSYn_fjd0N77nsQZ66I5IdHeS-tyHQ/edit
Webflow Designer:
Looking for:Ā 1-2 people
Contact:Ā Keri F.
The Hackathon team is looking for a landing page, this is a longer-term project as weāre still in the planning stages.
Writers/Researchers for a Blog
Contact:Ā Keri F.
I want to create a small series of blog articles that compare tools that are around and other similar things that are useful for our trade.Ā I.e. Figma/Photoshop/other tools in terms of prototyping ability, ease of use, cost etc.Ā
Designers (Junior!)
Looking for:Ā 1-2 jr designers
Contact:Ā Keri F.
This is a project for āØjr designersāØ who want to get their hands dirty learning Figma or Sketch. To start, weāll be making a weekly post (literally a āmenuā of this weekās events), but over time we will templatize this and get experience with components and design systems. The output will be one piece per week, based on our existing calendar. Youāll receive guidance!
Speaking Events Coordinator
Looking for: 1-2 people
Contact: Keri F.
We want to have some talks, and it would be super useful to have a point person for this. Talks that we have in the āhopperā - Josh Gold/Linkedin Talk
Hackathon Planning 2022
Looking for: 3-6 more people (Currently Keri, Sidney, Max)
Contact: Keri or Sidney
Want to help organise our next remote ux design challenge? Weāve run 5 of these in the past, they typically āsell outā within an hour of being announced. For this project, weāre trying to streamline our event and bump it up from a 25-person event to potentially a 60-person event, making it our largest hackathon yet!
Weāre currently meeting every other Friday at 4:30pm
Volunteer Archivist/Yearbook Team Member (New!)
Looking for: 1-2 more people (currently Archana, Ann and Max)
Contact: Keri, Ann, Archana or Max
Be on the yearbook team, creating a yearbook to celebrate our upcoming 4th birthday! We currently have 3 people, and weād like two more!
Weāre currently meeting every other week
Event: UX Chicken
Looking for: Co-host and/or Planner
Contact: Keri, Laura, or Kaisen
We'd like to do another UX Chicken - basically a lighthearted event where we literally get chicken and hang out together in-person or virtually (up to you) and maybe... watching a movie? chatting? Some kind of activity! We need some help picking out a movie or Zoom-friendly activity and figuring out logistics.
Event: UX Mixer Trivia
Looking for: Trivia Question Maker, Presentation Slides Maker, and/or 2 Co-Hosts
Contact: Keri Fullwood
Our next mixer is a trivia night and we need help coming up with 12 questions / answers and co-hosts for during the event to help shuffle people in and out of Breakout Rooms. If you just want to help with question or slide making that's totally fine!
Admin: Slack Emote Adding
Looking for: 1-2 people
Contact: Laura Williams
Need someone to add fun emotes to our Slack! Iād give you admin privileges, and you can go at it. Would be discussing if we need to drop any or update some.
Event: Book Club
Looking for: Lead and organizers
Contact: Laura, Keri, Seiko, or Kaisen
Book Club needs someone to spearhead it! We are up for however you'd like to run it.
Project: Podcast Art Designer
Looking for: 1-2 people
Contact: Keri Fullwood
Weād like to have a designer on board to help us create some original art for each episode of our podcast!
Event: Remote UX Challenge
Looking for: Lead and organizers
Contact: Keri, Seiko, or Kaisen
The Remote UX Challenge (RUXC) is a virtual Design Jam / Hackathon and one of our most popular and high-impact events. We are open to however you want to run it - in the past it has been done as a week-long challenge or over the course of a weekend. We will help you form your organizing team and can let you know what has been done previously.
We hear most of the work is setting it up but then during the event it's smooth sailing for the organizers (less so for the participants š), and then you can say you've run your own hackathon! We should also be able to set you up with Adobe prizes (contingent on sponsor approval).
Next Steps
Did you find an interesting team / project to join?
Please reach out to the designated person listed.
Do you have event / project ideas?
If it's a public event or project that might be posted on MeetUp, please reach out to E-board (Keri, Laura, Seiko or Kaisen).
If it's an internal event just for Wizards already in our Slack then just let us know what you need! You can also ask in the Slack #events channel if other Wizards would be interested. Don't feel like you need to do it alone either; you can always ask if anyone would be willing to help organize whatever you have in mind. We're all friendly here!
Want to get involved but nothing here speaks to you?
Ask yourself: What is something I've wanted to do but would be more enjoyable with others?
For example, maybe you need help with interview practice and are interested in gathering others to join you. Or maybe you've always wanted to read a book but need the accountability of a book club. Maybe you just want to learn from others about their favorite UX techniques and would like to plan a themed discussion. If you want to do it, I'm sure someone else does too. Just let us know!
