JULIA DEBARI
Designer Doer
About
I'm Julia,
nice to meet you.
I'm deeply passionate about UX Design and design education. With that comes a love of building up others to be excellent UX design practitioners in craft and process. I'm an experienced manager with a relentless drive for continuous improvement in all of my endeavors. My management style is motivational and I approach individuals with a coaching attitude.
A bit about my work experience...
I started in the tech industry back in 2000. I didn't go to a bootcamp of any kind. I haven't changed careers. I worked at a startup during the dot-com bubble in San Francisco. I loved what I was doing and the people. In 2001, we all were laid off, but the company did not shut down. The CEO and CFO stayed. It was a SaaS company so it didn't take a whole lot to run the company. After two weeks, I was asked to come back. After that, for the next three years, I did a little bit of everything to keep that company running. It was called Balthaser Online.
After three years, I left because I was exhausted. I slept four hours a night, working two jobs and going to school. Over the years I kept trying to find "my place." I tried startups and enterprise companies, agencies, and in-house. I didn't feel like I fit anywhere until 2016 at GrowthX Academy. I loved working at GrowthX Academy until we ran out of money and had to shut down. Back on the hunt again for a place to fit in.
What's it like to work with me? I work really hard and I get a lot done. I like to do a lot of different things. I don't want to just do wireframes or UI. I don't want to just do research. I like being a generalist. I like learning new things. I like that challenge of when you don't know something and you have to figure it out.
As far as UX skills, I have done everything from discovery research to taxonomies, to wireframes, to UI design, to UX writing. I can do vision statements and usability testing. I am a full-on generalist.
If there is something I haven't done then I want to try it. I have done Design Program Management and Design recruitment. I am forever curious and want to know all I can about the UX Design industry.
I do a lot of mentoring and volunteering. Want to thank me? You can "buy me a book" through Buy Me a Coffee. Thanks!