011 - Imposter Syndrome, Ethical Design, and Working in Different Industries with Alicia Warren of Rippling

Today, I’m talking to Alicia Warren.-Alicia is currently the Product Design Director at Rippling, an all-in-one HR & IT platform. Before Rippling, she was a UX Lead at JPMorgan Chase. In addition, she’s an adjunct professor at Columbia College Chicago teaching experience design and design operations. On top of all these, she’s a city co-organizer for Ladies that UX, a welcoming community promoting women in UX.-When I first saw Alicia’s profile, what stood out to me was her diverse work experience in an array of industries such as academia, higher education, and more. But, her road to product design was not easy. As you heard in the beginning, in her early days, she was once unemployed for a full year and seeing where she is now as a director of product design, her journey has been nothing but inspirational.-We delved into a variety of topics such as imposter syndrome, the impact of working in different industries, ethical design, and so much more. I really appreciated the vulnerability Alicia showed during this chat, and I’m sure you’ll enjoy this one. And also, Alicia told me post-interview that Rippling is planning to hire new grad designers and interns towards the beginning of next year! So definitely check out the job board link in the show notes! Now, without further ado, here’s my conversation with Alicia Warren.===Highlights⭐ How to cope with imposter syndrome⭐ Ethical design & real-life examples⭐ Responsibility as a director of product design⭐ Teaching experience design at college⭐ Her early day struggles & how she overcame them===Links🔗 Dan Brown’s “Eight Principles of Information Architecture”🔗 Rippling’s job board===Not Just Pixels is a student-led UX Design podcast that strives to help you grow as a designer and get that next design internship or job. This is the podcast I wished I had as a design student, and I hope you’ll get something valuable from this show.===Have a great day! :)