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samizdatstudio

Men affected by the pandemic, could I be of any help?

I'm fortunate enough to work in a niche field (remote healthcare management) so my job has been relatively unaffected by working from home. For a couple of months, some of us in upper management had to give up 20% of our pay to make sure that the people with lower salaries got paid in full, but that's all evened out now and things are more or less back on track.

I do have some spare time on my hands though, so I just figured I'd offer some help, if my skillset can be of value to anyone that was affected - if you lost business, were furloughed / downsized etc, or if you're starting a small side-business to earn a little extra. I do Ui/Ux and graphic design for hospital networks - designing apps to manage health records, coordinate physician schedules, remotely monitor patients in isolation wards, AI for sending alerts and facilitating secure digital consultations, that sorta thing.

I'm not saying I can design an entire app for you, but if you need a new logo or business card or e-flyer, or if you wanna put out ads for stuff you're selling, maybe a cover for a book you've been working on, a graphic for a T-shirt you're planning to sell. Technical drawings, interior layout plans, product packaging, anything quick and simple like that, I'd be happy to help out - free of charge. Let me know. I also transcribe medical reports so if you have anything that needs proofing / editing, I'm down for that too.

Posted Jul 15, 2020, 10:54 AM UTC

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onefoxyman•

Generous and kind offer brother. Wow.

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[deleted]•

Hello, i want to ask you how did you learned ui/ux, and how can someone use that skill to work online. Iv been learning flutter lately, and i want to try to focus on the ui/ux part of it. So any advice will be appreciated, thank you.

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samizdatstudioOP•

Hey there! I studied design in college, but most of my ui/ux education happened on the job over the years. I started out mainly focusing on visual design - doing branding, print media, digital marketing ads and stuff, and gradually leaned into web and mobile app design. I think if you're just starting out, it's important to distinguish for yourself whether you want to focus on design or development. It's possible to excel at both, but most of the time people are more proficient with one or the other, cause they're pretty different areas of expertise. It's sorta like being an architect vs a builder. There are certain overlaps like a sound knowledge of structural engineering, but you'll rarely find the same person doing both jobs, unless it's relatively simple.

UX (user experience) involves researching your target group, separating your product from competitors, mapping out a users experience through profiles/personas, figuring out common areas where different demographics have issues, mapping opportunity points for improvement, and generally making sure that everything follows an intuitive and straightforward logic. UI (user interface) is more about figuring out what function is served better by what element; ie whether a button makes more sense or a tile or a list, what kind of arrows, icons, fields, containers etc are best suited for what a user would try to do, how different screens connect to each other, and generally making sure everything looks nice and modern and is easily readible.

Toolkits like Flutter are primarily for the actual coding, which comes in much later, well after the entire app has been conceived, planned, designed and prototyped. If you're already familiar with app development, then the design aspect shouldn't be too difficult to pick up.

If you wanna do some simple online courses on design (typography, layout, general Ui stuff etc), you could check out edx.org or coursera - they have free courses from renowned international universities. It's a little more involved that something like Skillshare.com which is just like a curated set of videos from an expert. If you do an actual course on edX, there are simple tests to track your progress, and if you pay a nominal fee, you can get a Linkedin compatible certificate for it, which can validate your competence and potentially help you find more work in that field. If you wanna start off small and do some simple gigs, you could create a profile on Upwork or Fiverr or any such freelancing platform. Or check out the designjobs subreddit too.

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[deleted]•

Thank you for your well formed answer! i have experience in mobile marketing overall, and ASO, and other domains that use graphic design, but the main issue that i found with all what i did in the past is that i do not learn an actual skill, i just learn what it takes to make money and apply it and the issue with that is the constent changes of methods. when i started to do projects of apps in flutter/dart i got interested in UI/UX so yeah i think i will give it a try! thank you for your advises, cheers.

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