Open ExperimentsInHonesty opened 5 months ago
**Guide**
Please read this guide https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YK7HAiW8-XPI57G8LfY2dgjxN7JknTE0262mhcvhLhQ/edit?usp=sharing to learn how to create your UX Experience Profile
### UI/UX CoP Meetings: Planning & Agenda
- [UI/UX Cop Lead / Org Agenda](https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/issues/187)
- [UI-UX CoP Meeting Agendas 2024 (Wednesday 6PM PST)](https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/issues/540)
### Handy Resources
- [Common FAQs for onboarding and new UI/UX members](https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/issues/319)
- [UI/UX: Onboard & Offboard: CoP Lead](https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/issues/244)
- [Tracker: Templates & Guides](https://github.com/hackforla/product-management/issues/128)
- [Tracker: Roll-Call of UI/UX CoP Co-Leads available for bi-weekly Onboarding](https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/issues/476)
### Guest Speaker Resources
- [Guest Speaker Question Tracker](https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/issues/355)
**Project Name**: UI/UX Community of Practice Wiki
**About the Project**: Organize the information architecture of the UI/UX CoP's Wiki. Ensure information and resources are organized and easily accessible for anyone who visits the wiki.
**Volunteer Opportunity**: UX Architect
**Duration**: 1-2 month project
**Meetings**:
- Scheduled 30 minute weekly meetings with the UI/UX CoP Co-leads
**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack channel link: [#UI/UX](https://hackforla.slack.com/archives/C017ESHSMNG)
- Slack name of person to contact in the channel:
- **Julia Gab**
- **Aparna Gopal**
- **Jennifer Nguyen**
**Resources:**
https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX
https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/wiki
**Project Name**: UI/UX Community of Practice
**About the Project**: Host weekly meetings, onboard new joiners, arrange talks, organize workshops, and guide new volunteers in their journey at Hack for LA and through their career development in UI/UX Design, Research, Writing and/or ResearchOps. Check out more info under Resources.
**Volunteer Opportunity**: Co-Lead
**Duration**: Ongoing
**Meetings**:
- Wed, 6-7pm PST (UI/UX CoP meeting)
- Wed, 7-7:30pm PST (CoP co-leads meeting)
**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack channel link: [#UI/UX](https://hackforla.slack.com/archives/C017ESHSMNG)
- Slack name of person to contact in the channel:
- **Julia Gab**
- **Aparna Gopal**
- **Jennifer Nguyen**
**Resources:**
https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX
https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/wiki
Add issues pertaining to questions or issues that require CoP Lead review to this column
Agenda & Planning for in-house UI/UX CoP projects
Add issues pertaining to questions or issues that require CoP Leads to review to this column
Description of In house project board view: Projects incubated within the UI/UX Community of Practice
# START HERE
We know this board is ugly!!!
- [Find a volunteer Opportunity](https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/projects/2#card-53063747)
- [Post a volunteer Opportunity](https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/projects/2#card-87993814)
- [Remove a volunteer Opportunity](https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/projects/2#card-53065904)
If you know some places where we should post these opportunities please [submit UX channels](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfB7lBSeYMhN8EBS46qdAVnd7N5Ocx5lPEwEvu9Gfl7bLbACA/viewform) after you check to make sure its not on the list of [existing UI/UX channels we know about](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TuDelZ_pCg1pc9murZaYMsnv7CgEwXvoVtH5Jkt32XM/preview)
#### Post a Volunteer Opportunity
---
Steps:
1. Get added to this board (reach out to Olivia or Bonnie to be added)
1. click on the plus sign at the top of the column to start a new card under the role type your project falls under
1. If the role type dosen't exist, please make a new column and add a description ([they can be found here](https://github.com/hackforla/civic-opportunity/tree/master/roles-1))
1. Use the following format (the character limit is 1024):
**Project Name**: [your project name replaces these brackets]
**About the Project**: [your brief description replaces these brackets]
**Volunteer Opportunity**: [your opportunity description replaces these brackets]
**Duration**:
**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack channel link: #
- Slack name of person to contact in the channel
[Read more about the project]([your project home page on hackforla.org website goes here])
**Resources:**
#### Find a volunteer opportunity
---
**Steps**
1. [Signup for the Hack for LA Slack Workspace](http://hackforla.org/slack)
1. If you don't already have a GitHub account, please [signup](https://github.com). We use boards like this to organize information quickly.
1. Read the role descriptions at the top of the columns, pick which is appropriate for your existing skill level
1. Read through the opportunities posted by the teams, pick one and communicate with the team by following the instructions on the opportunity cards.
#### Remove a Volunteer Opportunity
---
**Steps**
1. Confirm that you are the UX or PM lead for your project and that your PM(s) wants this opportunity removed.
1. Edit the opportunity by click the three dots ... on the top right corner of the card.
1. Add ~~ at the top and the bottom of the card (eg. ~~strike this text out~~)
1. Move to the filled column
#### UX Community of Practice Lead
This role's responsibility is to make sure that new UI/UX volunteers at Hack for LA, get setup on the communities of practice and find the right project to join for their skill set.
**UX Researcher**
This team member plays a critical role in the design process. They are responsible for providing answers to challenging and often unexplored questions about a product’s design. In order to do this, they will conduct research, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and assist the entire user experience team in ensuring that the consumer has an experience with a product that is fun, intuitive, accessible, and joyful.
#### UX Research Team Lead
This role needs to be filled by someone who has a lot of time to devote to recruiting, training and managing the UX Researchers for the research your team is about to conduct. You will not have to create the training, but you are welcome to participate in its creation.
#### UX Program Designers Role
This role is for experienced program designers. You will likely be creating a program that interfaces with the identified stakeholders and their communities. You will not have to manage the team if you do not want to, your role will be to design the surveys and co-create a training to teach junior UX Researchers how to conduct it.
**Project Name**: UI/UX Community of Practice
**About the Project**: Host weekly meetings, onboard new joiners, arrange talks, organize workshops, and guide new volunteers in their journey at Hack for LA and through their career development in UI/UX Design, Research, Writing and/or ResearchOps. Check out more info under Resources.
**Volunteer Opportunity**: Co-Lead
**Duration**: Ongoing
Minimum 3-6 months commitment
**Meetings**:
[Meeting times](https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/wiki/CoP-Leads#meeting-times)
**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack channel link: [#UI/UX](https://hackforla.slack.com/archives/C017ESHSMNG)
- Slack name of person to contact in the channel: [UI/UX CoP Co-leads on the Current Team](https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/wiki/CoP-Leads#current-team)
**Resources**
UI/UX CoP's [Wiki](https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/wiki) & [README](https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/commit/2ad4f8c44de41272b0dec9c96c673dab36077c99)
![CTJ-vertical-logo](https://github.com/hackforla/CivicTechJobs/assets/38144130/3b602e30-f10f-463d-9667-6535fe6b5a99)
**Project Name**: Civic Tech Jobs
**About the Project**: Civic Tech Jobs will be a platform to help prospective Hack for LA volunteers find interdisciplinary projects. Our custom-built Content Mgmt System will allow projects to be able to list the skill set they need to move their project forward and will match volunteers by availability, skills, and, role, and program area.
**Volunteer Opportunity**: We are looking for an experienced UX Researcher to help out with ongoing usability research needs such as scoping, executing, and reporting for user testing.
**Duration**:
- We are looking for 6-10 months of commitment volunteering 5-10 hours a week
- You should be available to attend monthly all-team meetings on the third Tuesday at 5 PM PST & UXR team meetings on Friday at 12pm PST.
**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack channel: #civictechjobs
#### Content Design/UX Writing
Are you a creative thinker? Do you have an interest in storytelling? If you answered yes, then HfLA is looking for you! As a Copywriter, you will have the opportunity to craft the content for the website. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team within HfLA on creating the overall voice of the project, marketing materials, product descriptions, and direct email communications. As a Content Writer, we would rely on you to be creative, innovative, and able to easily adapt to rapid changes in stakeholder preferences. [Read more](https://github.com/hackforla/civic-opportunity/blob/master/roles-1/content-strategist-ux-writer.md)
[Context Strategist (UX Writer) Job board is here](https://github.com/hackforla/marketing/projects/4#column-12753383)
#### Design Lead
Design Leads work on strategy and are people leaders as well and producing great looking imagery
#### UX/Product Designer
Do you believe the user should always be at the center of product design? Do you have a knack for interviewing and talking to users to identify their needs? If you answered yes then HfLA wants to talk to you! As a UX designer, you will have the opportunity to collaborate on identifying and ideating on the user journey, identifying pain-points and potential gain points, in order to build a world-class experience for a Hack for LA product. [Read more](https://github.com/hackforla/civic-opportunity/blob/master/roles-1/ux-designer.md)
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/37763229/161393864-7a6de0b4-afb7-4bb2-8c30-31fb836cd9ff.png)
**Project Name**: tdm-calculator
**Volunteer Opportunity**:
We are looking for UI/UX designers to help us improve our website by:
-Creating designs in Wireframe, High Fidelity, and Prototype format using Figma Tool.
-Presenting the design to the team.
-Handing off the design to the developers.
**Duration**: Open-ended
Team Meetings: Wednesday 7-8 PM PST
**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack channel link: [#tdm-calculator](https://hackforla.slack.com/archives/CKY65G266)
[Read more about the project](https://www.hackforla.org/projects/tdm-calculator)
<img width="482" alt="Finalized Logo" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/29762834/165822892-edadce5d-9c69-42e1-80d3-ec18e7b37fa4.png">
**Project:** Tech Work Experience (Internship)
**Mission:** Our goal is to design and execute an internship project website geared toward high school and college students to help them develop the hard and soft skills required to successfully land STEM careers.
**Your Role:** You'll have the opportunity to build the Design System and collaborate with cross-functional teams. Together, you'll build and ensure our platform is intuitive, consistent, and engaging.
**Commitment:** This is an ongoing opportunity.
**Express Your Interest:**
- Reach out on Slack: [#internship](https://hackforla.slack.com/archives/C01VAUPU788)
- Contact: Karina Sato
For more info, dive into our [project overview](https://github.com/hackforla/internship/wiki/Volunteer-Overview) and [design process](https://github.com/hackforla/internship/wiki/Design-Process-Overview).
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/37763229/94065214-afd7bc00-fd9f-11ea-93c6-6ad264e38b3e.png)
**Project Name**: Brigade Organizer's Playbook Extension Project
**Volunteer Opportunity**: ***Immediate need*** We are looking for a UI/UX designer to help us design a website to showcase the results of our project. This is an excellent portfolio item- MVP will be used initially by an audience of about 100 growing to a market of 30K volunteer users. You will have direct access to stakeholders and will have direct input on what goes on every page.
**Duration**: Ongoing
**Meeting schedule**: Monday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PST
**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack channel link: [#bop](https://hackforla.slack.com/archives/C051M4JU562)
[Read more about the BOP project](https://www.hackforla.org/projects/brigade-organizers-playbook)
#### UI/Visual Designer
The UI designer collaborates on defining the look and feel of the product, visualizing, and creating graphics including illustrations and layouts. You’ll be the one to shape the visual aspects of the website, product materials, exhibitions, and more. Your graphics should capture the attention of those who see them and communicate the right message. [Read more](https://github.com/hackforla/civic-opportunity/blob/master/roles-1/ui-designer.md)
![image](https://github.com/MERLTech/MERL-Center-public/assets/75643389/81132611-3425-423e-b59f-54fa23e1cd01)
**Project Name:** The MERL Center
**About the Project:** The MERL Center is a Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning open source community under Civic Tech Structure.
**Volunteer Opportunity:** We are looking for a designer to help bring member articles to life using their expertise. The articles will be published on the official MERL Center website and will be an excellent opportunity to showcase your talent.
**Duration:** Min 2 weeks to ongoing
**Schedule:** No regular meetings. Schedule 30 min appointments as needed between 7am-11am, M-Th
**Who to communicate your interest to:** Rabia Shaikh on Slack
**Resources:** [Example of a MERL Center article with visuals](https://merlcenter.org/caseStudies/oss-usage-east-africa/)
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/37763229/234732722-d02f91c0-4373-48c6-b1c2-afeeb07108ed.png)
**Project Name**: Incubator
**About the Project**: Incubator hosts budding Hackforla software on an AWS platform built with infrastructure as code.
**Volunteer Opportunity**: A logo/graphics designer for creating a logo that represents the project in terms of "Dev Ops", "Platform Engineering", and or "Distributed Systems".
**Duration**: As long as needed
**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack channel link: #ops
- Slack name of person to contact in the channel: Jason Ebueng
**When we meet**
Wednesday 6 PM PT (Team meeting)
[Read more about the project](https://github.com/hackforla/incubator/wiki)
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/37763229/234732722-d02f91c0-4373-48c6-b1c2-afeeb07108ed.png)
**Project Name**: People Depot
**About the Project**: PeopleDepot aims to provide a single source of truth as the backend infrastructure and data store for Hack for LA projects, including data about people, program areas, and projects. The goal is to serve as a repository of information for other internal infrastructure projects (e.g., VRMS, Hack for LA Website, Civic Tech Index, Tables, etc.)
**Volunteer Opportunity**: Designer for logo, website, marketing materials, etc.
**Duration**: As long as possible
**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack channel link: #[people-depot](https://hackforla.slack.com/archives/C02PTACSRJQ)
[Read more about the project](https://github.com/hackforla/peopledepot#readme)
**Meeting Times**
- Thursday 5:00pm PST
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/64277558/224377226-53e75fc1-cc01-48f3-b8cc-5d312acd1dbe.png)
**Project Name:** Guides Team
**About the Project:** The Guides Team project is creating guides and templates from the effective practices at HfLA. The project seeks to further grow HfLA’s peer learning and iterative culture, and ultimately improve outcomes for the entire civic tech ecosystem.
**Volunteer Opportunity:** The Guides Team is looking for a UI Designer to improve our design system and style guide for the project.
**Duration:** Ongoing
**Who to communicate your interest to:**
- Slack channel link: [#guides](https://app.slack.com/client/T04502KQX/C028T9XU9S5)
- Slack name of person to contact in the channel: Sarah Edwards
[Read more about the project](https://www.hackforla.org/projects/guides-team)
#### Roles that are currently not open but will be soon
#### Design Lead
Design Leads work on strategy and are people leaders as well and producing great looking imagery
#### UX/Product Designer
Do you believe the user should always be at the center of product design? Do you have a knack for interviewing and talking to users to identify their needs? If you answered yes then HfLA wants to talk to you! As a UX designer, you will have the opportunity to collaborate on identifying and ideating on the user journey, identifying pain-points and potential gain points, in order to build a world-class experience for a Hack for LA product. [Read more](https://github.com/hackforla/civic-opportunity/blob/master/roles-1/ux-designer.md)
#### These are volunteer opportunities that are now filled.
#### UI/Visual Designer
The UI designer collaborates on defining the look and feel of the product, visualizing, and creating graphics including illustrations and layouts. You’ll be the one to shape the visual aspects of the website, product materials, exhibitions, and more. Your graphics should capture the attention of those who see them and communicate the right message. [Read more](https://github.com/hackforla/civic-opportunity/blob/master/roles-1/ui-designer.md)
# START HERE
We know this board is ugly!!!
- [Find a volunteer Opportunity](https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/projects/3#card-53874287)
- [Post a volunteer Opportunity](https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/projects/3#card-53874282)
- [Remove a volunteer Opportunity](https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/projects/3#card-53874266)
If you know some places where we should post these opportunities please [submit UX channels](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfB7lBSeYMhN8EBS46qdAVnd7N5Ocx5lPEwEvu9Gfl7bLbACA/viewform) after you check to make sure its not on the list of [existing UI/UX channels we know about](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TuDelZ_pCg1pc9murZaYMsnv7CgEwXvoVtH5Jkt32XM/preview)
#### Post a Volunteer Opportunity
---
Steps:
1. Get added to this board (reach out to Olivia or Bonnie to be added)
1. click on the plus sign at the top of the column to start a new card under the role type your project falls under
1. If the role type dosen't exist, please make a new column and add a description ([they can be found here](https://github.com/hackforla/civic-opportunity/tree/master/roles-1))
1. Use the following format (the character limit is 1024):
**Project Name**: [your project name replaces these brackets]
**About the Project**: [your brief description replaces these brackets]
**Volunteer Opportunity**: [your opportunity description replaces these brackets]
**Duration**:
**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack channel link: #
- Slack name of person to contact in the channel
[Read more about the project]([your project home page on hackforla.org website goes here])
**Resources:**
#### Find a volunteer opportunity
---
**Steps**
1. [Signup for the Hack for LA Slack Workspace](http://hackforla.org/slack)
1. If you don't already have a GitHub account, please [signup](https://github.com). We use boards like this to organize information quickly.
1. Read the role descriptions at the top of the columns, pick which is appropriate for your existing skill level
1. Read through the opportunities posted by the teams, pick one and communicate with the team by following the instructions on the opportunity cards.
#### Remove a Volunteer Opportunity
---
**Steps**
1. Confirm that you are the UX or PM lead for your project and that your PM(s) wants this opportunity removed.
1. Edit the opportunity by click the three dots ... on the top right corner of the card.
1. Add ~~ at the top and the bottom of the card (eg. ~~strike this text out~~)
1. Move to the filled column
#### UX Research Team Lead
This role needs to be filled by someone who has a lot of time to devote to recruiting, training and managing the UX Researchers for the research your team is about to conduct. You will not have to create the training, but you are welcome to participate in its creation.
#### UX Program Designers Role
This role is for experienced program designers. You will likely be creating a program that interfaces with the identified stakeholders and their communities. You will not have to manage the team if you do not want to, your role will be to design the surveys and co-create a training to teach junior UX Researchers how to conduct it.
Overview
We need to prepare the Project Boards for the forced migration that GitHub is doing in August, so that it is already working well for the team by then.
Action Items
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Resources/Instructions
Project board URL: