Hyeunju โEmmaโ Park
Alumna
- Country
- South Korea
- Course
- User Experience Design MSc
- Study area
- Design
The course in ย้ถนึฑฒฅ has enabled me to progress and I am currently working as a senior UX designer in Singapore.
Hyeunju โEmmaโ Park
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Hi, my name is Emma from Korea. I have graduated from ย้ถนึฑฒฅ University 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 ย้ถนึฑฒฅ University, 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.