Jess Eddy

Stand out, stay resilient, and get the design job you deserve

Landing a design role takes more than luck—it’s about resilience, strategy, and effectively telling your story. This guide will help you understand the importance of a strong personal brand, navigate interview challenges, and align your skills with employers’ needs.

Jess Eddy Nov 8, 2024 7 min read

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Mindset

Designers who do excellent work are “fast on their feet”

Designers who do excellent work are fast on their feet, embracing flexibility and adaptability as core traits. These skills help us navigate shifting priorities, collaborate effectively, and grow in our careers. Learn how to cultivate them and stay nimble as a designer.

Jess Eddy Oct 26, 2024 4 min read

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Professional growth

AI tools are creating new opportunities and leveling the playing field for designers

AI coding assistants and no-code platforms unlock new opportunities for designers, making it easier to experiment, prototype, and step into technical roles. As design becomes a key differentiator in a crowded market, now is the perfect time for designers to expand their horizons and skills.

Jess Eddy Oct 23, 2024 5 min read

Career development

Content, confidence, and context: how optics shape your career growth—a self-reflection guide

In many companies, success isn’t just about doing good work but how you’re perceived. Using Shreyas Doshi’s framework of content, confidence, and context, this self-reflection exercise helps you assess how you’re seen and where you can grow to advance in your career.

Jess Eddy Oct 18, 2024 4 min read

Content design

Why content designers are essential in the age of AI

AI is transforming content design, content designers must play a key role in shaping its use. More than just writers, content designers are strategists who ensure every piece of content is fit for purpose, context, and persona, ensuring content remains human-centered, ethical, and effective.

Jess Eddy Oct 17, 2024 4 min read

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Strategic thinking

Improve your strategic thinking skills: the most valuable tool for a designer

Strategic thinking is one of the most important skills for a designer. By mastering skills like pattern recognition, mental agility, and political savvy, designers can take practical steps to make smarter decisions and have a greater influence on their teams and projects.

Jess Eddy Oct 12, 2024 8 min read

Figma

Easily extract content strings with this Figma plugin

Extract content strings is a Figma plugin that helps you easily surface and extract content strings based on unique IDs in text layer names. This post explains how the plugin works, making it easy to copy, paste, and manage content for development and localization.

Jess Eddy Oct 5, 2024 3 min read

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Figma

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A practical guide to design documentation with real examples in Figma

This guide explores how to effectively document design decisions and provide context in Figma, creating transparency and improving collaboration throughout your design process. Discover how to establish a single source of truth, minimize miscommunication, and improve team alignment and efficiency.

Jess Eddy Oct 2, 2024 11 min read

Leadership

In just two minutes, Simon Sinek reveals why trust beats performance in leadership

Many companies inadvertently promote toxic leaders by prioritizing performance over trust. High performers who lack trust may achieve short-term results but can harm team morale and long-term success. Businesses should prioritize trust as much as performance when building strong teams.

Jess Eddy Sep 27, 2024 3 min read

Mindset

Confidence is quiet, insecurity is loud

Understanding that “confidence is quiet, insecurity is loud” shifts how we view ourselves and others. By focusing on growth and inner assurance, we can let go of the need for external validation and move through life with calm, meaningful confidence that speaks for itself.

Jess Eddy Sep 25, 2024 6 min read

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Principles and heuristics

14 ways to apply Jakob’s usability heuristics in user interface design

This article explores how designers can adapt and apply Jakob Nielsen’s 10 Usability Heuristics for both traditional user interfaces and modern conversational designs, such as chatbots and voice assistants. Learn practical ways to enhance usability and improve user experiences.

Jess Eddy Sep 21, 2024 5 min read

6 top UI design kits and why to use them

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6 top UI design kits and why to use them

Discover how UI kits can streamline your design process by enabling rapid prototyping, fostering team collaboration, and supporting platform-specific projects. Learn how they help you save time, maintain consistency, and experiment with new ideas cost-effectively.

Jess Eddy Sep 16, 2024 8 min read

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