Video: Sheridan Baker’s UX Design Career Change Story

In this video, Sheridan Baker shares the inspiring story of her career change into UX design.

From her days in fundraising at NYU Stern School of Business to her current role as a senior UX/UI designer at EY Design Studio, Sheridan shares her biggest career change takeaways. Learn why she chose UX, how she finds her flow, and her advice for UX designers on the job hunt.

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John Schärges

Senior Marketing Content Editor at CareerFoundry

John Schärges is an award-winning copywriter and internationally-published journalist. Over the course of his career, he has interviewed Oscar and MTV EMA winners and written articles for leading print media such as Cape Argus and the Financial Times. John has a decade of content management experience in the education industry, including serving on the editorial team for the GSB Business Review and as lead copywriter for Siemens GAMESA training campaigns. He currently lives in Berlin with his wife and daughter, but his grumbling transcends space and time.

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