Conferences for web and digital professionals
If you’re keen on speaking at Product (in either the product design or product management track), or Design Leaders, the companion event focussed on design leadership challenges, CFPs close in a couple of weeks.Most of the sessions we select from our CFP are 20 minutes long, and focus on a single topic–it’s just the right amount of time to cover one thing in some […]
A bit quieter this week, but a couple that crossed my desk where you’d be working with folks I admire on interesting projects. Lead User ResearcherDTA The Digital Transformation Agency are looking for a lead user researcher (there are a number of other roles open there as well).As a Lead User Researcher, you will take […]
wherein boomers learn about the renegade If you have younger kids, tweens or younger teenagers, perhaps more so if you have a daughter, you’ll be at least familiar (if not very very familiar) with Tik Tok, a social app which focuses on short form videos that are largely shared algorithmically, and which has predominately become […]
Jobs of the WeekProduct Manager (12 month contract)PwC, Sydney PwC are seeking an experienced Product Manager with a history of delivering digital products that customers love. This is a role for someone with a strong agile delivery background and has a proven track record managing multiple stakeholders. They will be passionate about the future of Fintech […]
Every morning in my final year at high school one person in the year read out the notes for the day. Being a religious school, this finished by asking some saint or other (I can’t remember if it was a saint whomever was reading the notes chose, or whether this came pre-chosen) to pray for […]
Hiring Juniors? First up, a reverse job ad. Two students, nearing the end of their degrees at Sydney University and who’ve got some impressive experience under their belts, one a mobile dev, one full stack, are looking for part time work as part of the requirements to complete their degrees. Contact us if you’re keen. […]
We’re a bit design heavy this week, across content, events and jobs. We begin with me. Actually an interview of sorts, more of a rambling conversation (that’s been edited thankfully) with Aaron Walter, now Vice President of Design at Invision, long time head of design at Mailchimp, and someone I’ve known and been fortunate enough consider […]
Our weekly newsletter (sign up down below) has for years featured links to articles, podcasts, videos, and more of interest to the sort of folks who come to our events, across design, product management, front end engineering, and people/talent/culture. But for some reason I’ve rarely the reposted these to our site. So for 2020 I’m […]
In what I plan to be a regular post, I’l bring together an (Australia centric) list of events, meetups and so on that I think might be worth attending. To start off, a couple of events that have crossed my desk, quite coincidentally both associated with ThoughtWorks (I plan to expand this to upcoming Meetups […]
When I come across jobs, on LinkedIn, or elsewhere, I like to amplify those I think look interesting, and are at places I know are good places to work (for instance, we’ve had speakers from the organisation, or I know people who work there and find it a great place to work).Follow me at LinkedIn to see them as […]
If you wear multiple hats, need to be across every aspect of what your team is working on, or just plain want more of our great presentations, you can get a season’s pass to two, three or all of our conferences in 2020. You’ll get an amazing price, a place at the speaker dinner for […]
While it’s an arbitrary moment in the earth’s orbit around the sun, January is a time for reflection, and resolutions. A time to plan the year ahead, and to hone our aspirations for what this next orbit might bring. When it comes to our careers, we’re constantly being assessed on our knowledge and capabilities. But […]
As 2019 draws to a close, we’re well and truly planning our events for 2020. We’ve details of all our 2020 events, but… …if you are looking to spend any remaining 2019 training budget, or to lock in the best possible prices for 2020, we have some extra special offers for you before December 31st […]
If you work across disciplines, or if you play a leadership role, and need to keep up with developments across our industry, then our season passes are exactly what you need. Choose a pass across 2, or all 3 of our major 2020 events, and you get a Gold ticket which includes conference video, speaker […]
We’ve just announced dates and locations for our entire 2020 season of conferences, for what will be our 15th year of Web Directions. Changes for 2020 We’ve streamlined our events for 2020, combining our Product and Design conferences into a single 2-day, 2-track conference, which retains the name Product And after 3 great years, we’re folding […]
I have yet to have an end-to-end conference experience that was as professional as what was provided by Web Directions
Joe Toscano Founder, designgood.tech
Australia's conference for JavaScript Developers and Front End Engineers.
Melbourne June 4 & 5 2020
DetailsAustralia's conference for Product professionals. With dedicated product design and product management tracks.
Melbourne July 1 & 2 2020
DetailsA conference for the whole digital team–featuring product, design, front-end dev, and new people/talent/culture tracks.
Sydney November 5 & 6 2020
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