Renee Reid
Staff UX Design Researcher
LinkedIn
Education
UC Irvine
Masters Human-Computer Interaction and Design
Savannah State University
B.A, Marketing, Communications
Podcasts
47:59608: What a Staff UX Design Researcher Does at LinkedIn With Renee Reid, LinkedIn [Main T4C Episode]
Renee Reid is a Staff UX Design Researcher at LinkedIn, where she is the lead researcher in matters of identity, reputation and consumer flagship initiatives. Renee is also passionate about encouraging more women of color to enter the tech field. Prior to joining LinkedIn in 2017, Renee was a user..
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Career Path
Interview Highlights
“With the user experience design research, my role, I’m working with … designers, engineers, product owners, or product managers around understanding what is the right feature service experience that we’re trying to bring to the user, in this case, the member. How do they useit? What makes sense? What are the pinpoints? What are ways we need to help them accomplish their goals?”
Best Career Advice
“Take those chances and take them early and often.”
Career Challenge
“The standout experience is becoming a hostess and a waitress … I had so much pride because, again, here I was with my four year degree, I had worked for these big companies, had all these great experiences and I was going to be a hostess and a waitress … I had to put pride aside and, like I said, humble myself … I need a job. I have a mortgage. I don’t know what else to do. I have children I need to take care of and I need a job … It just turned out to be an amazing experience … I just knew to take a situation and still have hope.”
Skills
User Research, Usability Testing, Qualitative Research
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