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This publication serves to document our unique experience as designers at Yext. Here we aim to learn from the design community, as well as share our own findings and stories.
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The Anatomy of Well Designed Business Hours
The Anatomy of Well Designed Business Hours
The way you present your opening hours online can influence the way your users read them and ultimately engage with your brand.
Hannah Mussi
Mar 8, 2021
50 Shades of #DADCE0: Why This Color is the Secret Sauce for Your Design System
50 Shades of #DADCE0: Why This Color is the Secret Sauce for Your Design System
Stop searching for the perfect neutral. This color is your MVP. It’s versatile, accessible, and works seamlessly across modes.
Erin Pfiffner
Aug 30
Revamp Your Team Meetings: A Fresh Approach for New Leaders to Boost Morale and Drive Results
Revamp Your Team Meetings: A Fresh Approach for New Leaders to Boost Morale and Drive Results
Whether you’re inheriting a new team or looking to overhaul morale, these tips will show you how to transform your meetings into something…
Erin Pfiffner
Aug 20
Boost Team Morale in Just 5 Minutes: The Secret to Transforming Your Daily Stand-Ups
Boost Team Morale in Just 5 Minutes: The Secret to Transforming Your Daily Stand-Ups
Using fun sorting questions at the start of daily stand-ups can boost team morale and help everyone feel more connected and work together.
Erin Pfiffner
Aug 18
How We Use (and Why We Love) Our Themeable Design System
How We Use (and Why We Love) Our Themeable Design System
At Yext, we work with hundreds of clients. How can we create a design system that works with all of them?
Amanda Hsu
Aug 19, 2021
A Glimpse into our New Deliverable: The UX Audit
A Glimpse into our New Deliverable: The UX Audit
We’re working on something new and we’re excited to share it with you!
Michelle Li
Apr 5, 2021
How to Design with Developers in Mind
How to Design with Developers in Mind
Four ways designers can make a developer’s life easier.
Ming Ye
Mar 22, 2021
Yablonski’s ‘Laws of UX’ and How We Use Them
Yablonski’s ‘Laws of UX’ and How We Use Them
Class is in session! If user interfaces are like a science. What have we at Yext learned?
Kev Schoenblum
Feb 22, 2021
The Anatomy of a Great Website Hero
The Anatomy of a Great Website Hero
Website heroes contain images, headings, copy and calls-to-action to grab and retain the user’s attention. Here’s how to make them great.
Hannah Mussi
Feb 8, 2021
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How we created a self-guided handbook for new design hires
How we created a self-guided handbook for new design hires
Discover our core onboarding values and how we leveraged them to create a new onboarding experience.
Charlie Mouton
Jan 11, 2021
Designer Spotlight: Jay Sheets
Designer Spotlight: Jay Sheets
Get a close up look into the work and mind of our Senior Video Producer, Jay Sheets
Erin Pfiffner
Dec 14, 2020
How Much Do Design Job Titles Really Matter?
How Much Do Design Job Titles Really Matter?
We recently changed our titles from Visual Web Designers to UI Designers — discover the back story.
Erin Pfiffner
Nov 30, 2020
Give Design Critique that Creates Teamwork, not Conflict
Give Design Critique that Creates Teamwork, not Conflict
How to give and receive honest feedback from your fellow designers
Hannah Mussi
Nov 16, 2020
Building Virtual Water-Cooler Moments for New Hires
Building Virtual Water-Cooler Moments for New Hires
How can you and your team capture the everyday camaraderie of office life from home?
Kev Schoenblum
Nov 2, 2020
Embracing Imposter Syndrome as a Designer
Embracing Imposter Syndrome as a Designer
Is it all in my head? How to leverage self-doubt as a catalyst for growth
Michelle Li
Oct 19, 2020
7 Steps to Creating a Scalable Illustration System Fully In-House.
7 Steps to Creating a Scalable Illustration System Fully In-House.
How we built a solution for illustrating complex concepts at Yext.
Tyler Lee
Oct 5, 2020
Inside Yext: Reflections on my Remote UI Design Internship
Inside Yext: Reflections on my Remote UI Design Internship
First impressions, onboarding process, client work, intern project, and key learnings.
Ben Mendelsohn
Sep 21, 2020
Pieces of the UX Puzzle
Pieces of the UX Puzzle
No project can be completed unless all teams are aligned just right. But how do such different workflows fit together?
Kev Schoenblum
Sep 8, 2020
How to Create Great SVG Icons & a Checklist for Success
How to Create Great SVG Icons & a Checklist for Success
In today’s online world you can find icons everywhere. However, not all icons are great. This article hopes to reveal how to make great…
Tyler Anderson
Aug 25, 2020
Meet ELEVATE, Yext’s ERG for Black Employees
Meet ELEVATE, Yext’s ERG for Black Employees
The leaders of ELEVATE talk about what inspired them to launch an ERG for Black employees and the challenges that came with it.
Hannah Mussi
Aug 10, 2020
How Discovering and Sharing my Values Brought Clarity to my Work
How Discovering and Sharing my Values Brought Clarity to my Work
A breakdown of my newly discovered values and the behaviors that support and hinder my living out my values.
Charlie Mouton
Aug 10, 2020
The Start of Exploring Personal Values Together
The Start of Exploring Personal Values Together
How we leverage vulnerability and curiosity to grow trust within our team.
Charlie Mouton
Jul 27, 2020
Course Review: MIT CSAIL Human-Computer Interaction for User Experience Design
Course Review: MIT CSAIL Human-Computer Interaction for User Experience Design
Should UX Designers sign up for this course?
Hannah Mussi
Jul 13, 2020
What does ‘UI’ mean to Consulting Design at Yext?
What does ‘UI’ mean to Consulting Design at Yext?
Members of Yext’s Consulting Design Team must wear many hats to be successful. But what do those different jobs look like?
Kev Schoenblum
Jun 29, 2020
How to Incorporate Accessibility into Your Brand
How to Incorporate Accessibility into Your Brand
By following WCAG guidelines, it’s not hard for brands to ensure all users can engage with their Web pages.
Ashlyn Anthony
Jun 15, 2020
Why File Hygiene Standards Will Propel Your Sketch Efficiency
Why File Hygiene Standards Will Propel Your Sketch Efficiency
Find out how good file hygiene habits can help you and your design team!
Ming Ye
Mar 16, 2020
ProTool: A Deep Dive
ProTool: A Deep Dive
Breaking down our custom tool for building clean designs in Sketch.
Charlie Mouton
Mar 9, 2020
Why our Design Team Moved to Abstract
Why our Design Team Moved to Abstract
Why we ditched Zeplin, InVision and Github for the one app to rule them all
Tyler Anderson
Mar 2, 2020
Should I use a carousel on my website?
Should I use a carousel on my website?
Passé, sleek, klunky, engaging — all words used to describe carousels. Discover the truth.
Hannah Mussi
Feb 24, 2020
How to Capture Brand Identity in a Few Simple Steps
How to Capture Brand Identity in a Few Simple Steps
At Yext, it is paramount we faithfully apply a client’s branding to our wide suite of products. This article takes a look inside the mind…
Tyler Anderson
Feb 10, 2020
Productivity Hack: Super-Charge Team Meetings Using the 6 Thinking Hats Technique
Productivity Hack: Super-Charge Team Meetings Using the 6 Thinking Hats Technique
Discover the power of parallel thinking and save your team from avoidable decision-making pitfalls.
Erin Pfiffner
Feb 3, 2020
Designing Luxury Pages Using Our Design System
Designing Luxury Pages Using Our Design System
Bending our components in ways it hadn’t been bent before, and finding holes we needed to fill.
Hannah Mussi
Jan 27, 2020
Klepto Chrome Extension + Sketch Plugin
Klepto Chrome Extension + Sketch Plugin
Optimizing the CSS-to-Sketch Workflow
Yana
Jan 20, 2020
UX laws we adopt on the regular
UX laws we adopt on the regular
UX laws every UX designer should keep in mind
Ming Ye
Jan 13, 2020
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