What are you working on?

Interview with Liz, a UI/UX designer and cowork advocate

I’m currently employed as a full-time UX/UI designer for Elemica, a supply chain management company. Right now, I’m most passionate about continuing to build out a coworking platform for women who work remotely.

It’s called Ladies Work Remote, and we meet up on a weekly basis to cowork in local coffee shops.

My mission is to make sure that remote working women have a place to meet with like-minded professionals in their city.

One of the drawbacks of remote life is that you are often isolated from coworkers, especially when you move to a new city. We currently have two chapters in Atlanta and in DC, and we are looking to expand!

Liz is a traveling UI/UX designer—see her strategy for thriving as a digital nomad and her efforts to promote coworking.

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Interview with Digital Nomad Sage, an entrepreneur and UX consultant

I’m working on many things at the moment. I started a Kindle Publishing business late last year and have been selling e-books on Amazon. I love it because I didn’t have the inventory/customer issues that I had with Amazon FBA.

It’s truly passive because most of the hard work is in the content creation that you do in the beginning.

I’m also working on my blog, Digital Nomad Sage. I saw a niche opportunity there and wanted to teach others how to start an online business and how to live the digital nomad lifestyle.

Although it’s also an Affiliate Marketing project of mine, the main purpose is to mostly give free content through blogs to help people out.

I want to influence others to become digital nomads and remote workers because the benefits of being one are many!

As for UX projects, it varies. There are some months where my boss doesn’t need my help, so I focus on my own projects. When he does need help, the projects last about a month and a half.

UX Research can be pretty grueling, especially when you have to do benchmarks of various companies, but it’s super exciting to compare business services and learn in-depth about them.

I had to learn UX hands-on and quickly because I didn’t have any formal training prior to being hired. I’m nearly finished with a UX Design Bootcamp from Springboard to better prepare myself as a UX Professional. I’ll then have the confidence to tackle my own UX projects for clients.

I will always help out my boss whenever he needs help, though. It’s my duty as he mentored me in UX and I will always want to pay it forward to him for changing my life.

From e-books to blogging, Digital Nomad Sage has become an expert on making money online—see his advice for developing an online business.

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Interview with Paul, a remote product designer who has found his zen

I’m a Senior UX Designer with a focus on Design Operations. A key focus of my role is to understand how we can truly connect designers distributed across regions so that we can work together to share knowledge and success stories.

Recently, I, along with a colleague based in Texas, ran a remote design sprint session with the team. The purpose was twofold —connect the team with a common project while also seeing how we could adapt the design sprint to a remote setting.

Another project I am part of is developing our design system to support our mission to elevate design in Global Payments. This allows us to deliver unified experiences across all of our products, solutions, and services worldwide.

I’m also interested in what the prolonged remote working ‘experiment’ will mean for the future of how we work. I’m part of an initiative in our Dublin office conducting research to gather insights and data on the impact of remote work to help inform future decisions.

The COVID-19 pandemic drove Paul to embrace remote work. See how he has adapted his routine to this new normal, and the one tool that keeps him organized.

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Interview with Betsy, a head of content and remote work routine expert

Currently, I have a few main projects, and all of them are done remotely.

First, I am in charge of content for a non-profit called M2B ministries. My role is to oversee the podcast, website, newsletter, and to help create new courses and products for our customers.

Second, I write a weekly article for a remote company called Zidisha. Zidisha is in the microfinance space and provides peer to peer lending for entrepreneurs around the world.

My third main project is my blog, BetsyRamserJaime.com which is about helping remote workers thrive. I've learned so much over the past six years about working remotely from building community and overcoming loneliness to sticking to a routine, avoiding distractions, and much more. I enjoy sharing my remote work experience and encouraging others.

Lastly, I love connecting with people from all over the world so I also teach a few Business English classes each week.

Betsy Ramser is a content manager, blogger, and teacher who helps other remote workers thrive while creating a daily routine that works.

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Interview with Saibu, an HR content writer for a remote company

I am a content writer at Remoteteam.com, a comprehensive HR tool built by remote professionals for remote companies and virtual teams.

I write content, help with social media management, and develop email newsletters.

On my side, I’m starting a newsletter soon as a side hustle.

My newsletter will focus on funding for emerging technologies, especially in Africa. It’s an area that I have previously worked while getting gigs with other companies during my early remote years, which has caused me to really love this sector.

Hear how Saibu, a thriving HR content writer, navigates the complexities—and perks—of working with a remote team from Ghana.

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Interview with Laura, a communications specialist and travel writer by night

At WebDevStudios I manage the website content and blog posts for our family of companies, as well as our social media. I spend a lot of time editing blog posts that other team members write and curating and scheduling content for social media.

I also assist with marketing initiatives, and right now I'm helping with the development of a promotional offer for one of our brands. After work, I'll be working on a travel article about Las Vegas, which is where I live.

Laura Coronado discusses her method for juggling her career as a communications specialist by day and her side hustle as a freelance travel writer by night.

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Interview with Tyler, a director of customer success models how to start a remote work career

Hubstaff is a time tracking, project management, and proof of work solution tool built to accelerate remote work and empower more kinds of work to go remote. As director of customer experience, I lead the customer success and customer support functions.

From networking to land a remote work gig, to building out an exceptional remote work tool stack, Tyler has quickly figured out how to thrive in remote work. See his tips for starting strong.

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Interview with Laurel about helping companies transition to remote work

As most freelancers, I have my hands in several cookie jars.

I write remote work education content for leadership training companies like Workplaceless; I advise US state governments with remote work initiatives about how to navigate the virtual work industry; I write articles and presentations about remote work for brands like Yonder, Remote Work Hub, Remote.com, and Re.Now; and I am a distributed business operations consultant for remote-friendly companies around the world.

I like to think that it's the best of both worlds—that I get the independence and flexibility of a freelancer, but the collaboration of corporate environments.

Laurel is an advocate for remote work and helps companies learn how to work remotely through her consulting and writing.

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Interview with Kirsten and Jay-Allen, remote team coaches & collaboration experts

We just created an online course, designed to improve remote meetings. Available here. Our book is also available for preorder on Amazon: The Remote Facilitator's Pocket Guide.

We're both currently working as team coaches at eyeo. We're also involved in running company-wide, remote events, such as our Remote Open Space, which happened at the end of January.

Outside of work, we support and train teams and individuals to bring about healthy collaboration in their remote spaces. We also host a session once a month where a group of facilitators can come together and practice remote facilitation and get feedback.

Remote team coaches, Kirsten and Jay-Allen, offer three pieces of advice for new remote workers and reveal the one question every remote job seeker should prepare to answer.

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Interview with Vaishali, a content marketer and a productivity tool expert

I am a content marketer, and I work with the remote marketing team at Time Doctor, a SaaS time tracking and productivity tool for companies and freelancers. I specialize in link building and content promotion.

Vaishali persevered until she found the right remote work job for her lifestyle—check out how she uses productivity tools and time management strategies to stay productive.

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