Introducing UX Career Coaching 🚀
Join me for personalized tips, actionable advice, and a supportive community focused on unblocking your UX career.
In my last job, I had my farewell email sitting in my drafts folder for about a year before finally hitting send.
Each month that passed, I went back and updated the part that mentioned how long I’d been at the company. But let me backtrack and share my story.
When tech layoffs hit between late 2022 and early 2023, I said farewell to most of my UX Research team—super talented, hardworking folks. That’s when it hit me: relying on just one job wasn’t for me anymore.
Even the best people can lose their jobs unexpectedly. So, in February 2023, I started exploring new opportunities. As of March 20, 2024, I have two goals:
1️⃣ Use my knowledge, experience, and skills to help people in UX succeed.
The uncertain, unpredictable, and often scary times in the tech industry show that it’s more important than ever to own our narrative. Developing a unique perspective and successfully sharing it with others is what builds consistency in our career journey. It keeps us competitive and positions us as the best version of our professional selves.
That’s why I want to tap into my background as a former investigative journalist and a Staff/Manager UX Researcher to help you with your UX career.
Maybe you feel like you’re doing all the right things—but you’re still not getting the job offers, recognition, promotions, or clarity you need to move forward.
I help UXers like you:
✅ Reframe limiting beliefs that may be holding you back
✅ Eliminate behavioral issues that are hurting your performance
✅ Gain influence and buy-in without using formal authority
✅ Communicate with impact
✅ Strengthen work relationships
✅ Navigate career transitions and leadership challenges
✅ Craft personal branding for career success
Join me 🩷
👋🏽I’m Meltem…
I have a decade of experience in UX Research, and I’m here to offer affordable, actionable, and personalized learning opportunities in writing for people in tech by:
📸Posting videos and audio on Substack
✍🏽Writing articles on Medium
🙇🏻♀️Coaching sessions for career development in tech (Book your 1-1s)
🩷Hosting webinars and building community (Stay tuned!)