creating the competitive edge: successfully establish, lead and mentor a student ux team
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Creating the Competitive Edge: Successfully establish, lead and
mentor a student UX team
Robert E. Kennedy Library California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Kaitlin Reynolds Student Assistant
Conny Liegl Staff Member
On being an employee
On being a student
Robert E. Kennedy Library
Cal Poly State
University SLO
My life and UX
My life and UX
Building the right team
across disciplines
Being part of an inter-disciplinary
team
Giving pointers,
not orders
Working on assignments
Teach only what you’re
good at
Trust to be a subject-
matter expert
Talk and sketch
together
Team relations and
meetings
Challenge and support new ideas
Experiment and learn by doing
Keep problems
away
Have fun, enjoy the
experience
Finding opportunities
Taking chances
Mythbusters Sounds familiar?
Student Myths
§ Students are only good for busy work
§ Students are lazy and unmotivated
§ Students need close supervision and need their hands held at all times
Leadership Myths
§ Training employees takes a long time
§ It’s not worth the investment for short-term student assistants or interns
§ You can’t use student assistants or interns in real-life settings
Project examples Student-led work at Kennedy Library
Library Maps Redesign Benjamin Kieffer, Graphic Communication ‘14
Library Maps Redesign Benjamin Kieffer, Graphic Communication ‘14
Library Maps Redesign Benjamin Kieffer, Graphic Communication ‘14
Website UX - lib.calpoly.edu Kaitlin Reynolds, Graphic Communication ‘15 Cameron Oelson, Graphic Communication ’17 Emily Wang, Graphic Communication ‘16
Website UX - lib.calpoly.edu Kaitlin Reynolds, Graphic Communication ‘15 Cameron Oelson, Graphic Communication ’17 Emily Wang, Graphic Communication ‘16
Website UX - lib.calpoly.edu Kaitlin Reynolds, Graphic Communication ‘15 Cameron Oelson, Graphic Communication ’17 Emily Wang, Graphic Communication ‘16
Website UX - lib.calpoly.edu Kaitlin Reynolds, Graphic Communication ‘15 Cameron Oelson, Graphic Communication ’17 Emily Wang, Graphic Communication ‘16
Thank you
Kaitlin Reynolds @kaitreynolds
Conny Liegl @connyliegl