Hyeunju “Emma†Park
Alumna
- Country
- South Korea
- Course
- User Experience Design MSc
- Study area
- Design
The course in º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ has enabled me to progress and I am currently working as a senior UX designer in Singapore.
Hyeunju “Emma†Park
ì €ì˜ ëª©í‘œëŠ” 코스 ë§ˆì¹˜ìž ë§ˆìž ì·¨ì—…ì„ í•˜ëŠ” 것 ì´ì—ˆì–´ìš”.
하지만 ì˜ì–´ê°€ 네ì´í‹°ë¸Œê°€ ì•„ë‹Œ 외êµì¸ìœ¼ë¡œì„œ ë¹„ìž ì„œí¬íŠ¸ë¥¼ ë°›ì„ ìˆ˜ 있는 ì·¨ì—…ì„ í•˜ê¸°ì—는 ì—„ì²ë‚˜ê²Œ 뛰어나지 ì•Šì€ ì´ìƒ 힘들다는 ê²ƒë„ ì•Œê³ ìžˆì—ˆì–´ìš”.
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ì œ ìƒê°ì— ì œê°€ ìž¡ 오í¼ë¥¼ ë°›ì„ ìˆ˜ ìžˆì—ˆë˜ ì´ìœ 는, 첫째, 실무 경험, 둘째, í¬íŠ¸í´ë¦¬ì˜¤, 셋째, ë””ìžì¸ 테스트 ê²°ê³¼ ì˜€ë˜ ê²ƒ 같아요.
첫번째와 ë‘ë²ˆì§¸ì˜ ì´ìœ 는, ì œ 프로ì 트중 ì´ì»¤ë¨¸ìŠ¤ì— ê´€ë ¨ëœ í”„ë¡œì 트가 ìžˆì—ˆê³ , 테스트 ë‚´ìš©ì—는 코스ì—ì„œ ë°°ì› ë˜ ì „ë¬¸ì„±ê³¼ 지ì‹ì„ 최대한 ë³´ì—¬ì£¼ë ¤ 했어요.
ì§€ê¸ˆë„ ì‹±ê°€í¬ë¥´ 회사ì—ì„œ 1ë…„ 넘게 ì¼ í•˜ê³ ìžˆìŠµë‹ˆë‹¤.
Hi, my name is Emma from Korea. I have graduated from º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ in 2019 and studied User Experience Design in Master.
Before studying a Master at the university, I had 2 years of practical experience in UX design at a Global IT company. As I did not have any academic background in UX, I decided to pursue a MA degree to enrich my professional career. During my time in º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ, I was able to make a lot of good friends and upgrade my skill sets. It was a year course, but the curriculum was so efficiently structured so that I was able to achieve not only theoretical knowledge but also practical experience working with real companies.
My goal was getting a job just after my course finished. However, as a foreigner, non-native English speaker, I knew that it was going to be difficult to get a decent job supporting a work visa unless you are outstanding than others. To tackle this reality, I always worked on updating my portfolio during the course and kept preparing my resume and CV so that I could apply for a job whenever the chance came. Also, I kept my LinkedIn up to date as well. (I also looked for help at the university job centre)
Maybe because of my effort, I received a recruiting message via LinkedIn from an Ecommerce company in Singapore. And I was able to get a job offer in the end.
I think the reason I got a job offer from them was: (1) my practical experience before the course (2) portfolio, and (3) Design test result. For points 2 and 3, I had a project in my portfolio related to Ecommerce and I applied what I learnt from the courses to show my professionalism and knowledge I have.
I have been currently working as a senior UX designer at the same company, Shopee, in Singapore.