So how does a UX designer not only get a job but make sure it’s a good one? As you might guess, it requires more than hard skills and proficiency in prototyping tools.
Read MoreHow to Get a Job at Spotify
Spotify! I've been looking forward to this interview and I’m happy to finally share it with you. As some of you may already know, I worked at Spotify for almost three years. So I couldn’t resist reaching out to my friends and asking for their wisdom about landing a design job at Spotify.
Read MoreTHE HOW TO MOVE TO NYC E-BOOK FROM TOBIAS VAN SCHNEIDER
THE "HOW TO MOVE TO NYC" E-BOOK FROM TOBIAS VAN SCHNEIDER
WNW Member Tobias van Schneider is a German award-winning Designer currently living in New York City. We highly recommend spending some time to learn from Tobias's work for the likes of Red Bull, BMW, Google, and Sony. He's also made his mark as the former Lead Product Designer and Art Director at Spotify, and the founder of Semplice, a fully responsive portfolio system based on WordPress and built for designers. Also, just take a look at that legendary beard, which clearly suggests great wisdom.
And now, you can not only learn from his creations but also from his journeys. If you're a creative looking to make the move to NYC, make sure to check out Tobias's "How To Move To NYC" e-book.
As Tobias explains, "I moved to New York seven years ago. The process was painful and difficult. I learned most things the hard way: finding a job, getting a visa, calculating my cost of living, choosing an apartment. That's why I wrote this e-book, to tell you how I did it. No bullshit, no stress." Buy your copy here.
"You can find some information on the internet but it's either scattered, outdated, or written in complicated and confusing language. This e-book puts it all in one place in simple, no-nonsense terms. All lessons are based on personal experience or collected from NYC friends and legal experts. Each chapter is designed to be one step in your journey. You'll receive a 110-page PDF you can print or read on your computer, your iPad, smartphone or Kindle. Easy."
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10 MEMBERS YOU NEED TO KNOW: SEMPLICE LABS
10 MEMBERS YOU NEED TO KNOW:
SEMPLICE LABS
In the introductory post of our new "Members You Need to Know" series, we spoke to WNW Member #1412 Jon Contino, who shared a list of five members whose work leaves him with equal measures of reverence, wonderment, and pure jealousy.
This time around, we asked Semplice Labs to do the honors. Semplice is an incredible portfolio builder that is made for designers by designers, founded by WNW Member #1830 Tobias van Schneider. It discards standard portfolio templates in exchange for a platform much more powerful and flexible. Below WNW Member #10656 Lu Yu, part of the Semplice team, shares her inspirations and gives us a list of ten WNW Members that amaze her in different ways.
Growing up, who were your heroes (creative or otherwise)?
Definitely my parents! When I was little my family had little income. We lived in a dark single room apartment for many years. My father was a very smart man: he had the courage to quit his job, took the risk to open his own business with debts, and worked as hard as he could. After countless sleepless nights he carried us out of poverty. And my mother has always backed him up. Also, my mom was the one who introduced me to art and design. My parents taught me to work hard, always in pursuit of something better; they are my biggest heroes!
Professionally and personally, who would you say has had the biggest impact on you?
As a designer myself & working on Semplice, a portfolio-building tool for designers, I go through many portfolios every day. This has been the source of inspiration for me and definitely has a huge impact on my work. So I would say every designer in the Semplice family has their impact on me.
You're hosting a dinner party. Who are your dream guests, alive or dead?
I would REALLY love to invite our awesome Semplice team members to my party. All of us work remotely, from different countries all over the world. Our office is Slack and some of us have not even met in person yet. I wish one day we could all get together. It’d be fun!
LU YU'S TOP 10
Anatoliy Gromov
"Anatoliy is one of our first members, so I have seen how his work has evolved. A hard working designer with a lot of talent!"
Pawel Nolbert
"I mean - it’s Pawel Nolbert! His work is pure beauty and I still can’t figure out how he did them ;) I respect him as an artist as he keeps on experimenting with new styles."
Ryan Romanes
"I truly admire Ryan’s aesthetic taste and his perfect execution. Every single image in his portfolio wows me!"
Marina Esmeraldo
"Marina’s talent is incredible. Her work makes me smile every time. Love her distinctive style."
Verena Michelitsch
"I can pretty much put an ‘=’ between Verena and pretty, elegant work. She keeps her portfolio simple, because her work already does the rest."
Annika Weller
"Annika has the magic of turning serious corporate projects into playful, fun and pretty artwork."
Cathrine Understrup
"I can’t really find the difference between work and play in Cathrine’s work. She’s not afraid to experiment."
Diego Aguilar
"If there’s anyone that makes me feel jealous, that’s Diego. With clients like Spotify, Nike, Mars, he is definitely rocking the Semplice club."
Christina Michelitsch
"Few people can pull off a style like Christina. She has the eye and her work is full of excellent ideas."
Nidia Dias
"Anyone stereotypical would probably find it surprising that those stunning graphics are created by a female designer. Well, Nidia does it and does it well. I’m proud of her."
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WORK: AUTHENTIC WEATHER
WORK: AUTHENTIC WEATHER
WNW Member #1830 Tobias van Schneider is a multidisciplinary designer born in Germany, raised in Austria, and currently living and working in New York City. Focused on Branding & Interactive Design he has worked with companies such as Red Bull, Spotify, BMW, Google, Wacom, Sony, Fantasy Interactive, Stinkdigital, Toyota, Ralph Lauren, Bwin & more. We spoke to Tobias about his app, Authentic Weather, which just released an update.
"If there is one thing we all have in common around the world, it’s complaining or talking about the weather. It’s pretty much the #1 casual conversation starter. Authentic Weather aims to just be that weather app that speaks your language and shows you what you really want to know. We think Authentic Weather is actually human."
What is the concept of Authentic Weather?
The concept is simple: tell people what they really think about the weather.
There's a huge saturation when it comes to weather apps, most of them show beautiful statistics about the weather, but in reality no one cares. We just want to get the weather, straight in our face. Authentic Weather is like your grumpy friend: it's happy when the weather is nice, but in a pretty bad mood if that's not the case.
How does it work?
With Authentic Weather we get your location, then return you the weather information. Depending on the actual weather status and in combination with the temperature we show you a phrase that fits the weather the best. So basically, if weather = raining & 11 degrees, we have a pool of weather phrases we randomly select one. In the future those phrases will become even more context aware.
With the new camera mode we just introduced, you can now look through your camera & see what Authentic Weather has to say. Then you can share your picture with the weather phrase on top of it to Twitter, Facebook or Instagram to tell your friends.
How did you develop Authentic Weather and what's been the response?
We've developed Authentic Weather for iOS & Android. We see Downloads going up the last 7 months and getting amazing feedback from our users. Trending in the Top10 most Paid Weather apps happened quite often the past few months, and we want to make sure that Authentic Weather is YOUR favorite new weather app. We're already working on a lot more features and content updates to make sure that there is only one weather app for you - Authentic Weather!
