Meltem Naz Kaso

Mel is a UX Career Coach and helps tech professionals (re)build their careers. She uses a unique framework inspired by UX methodologies to help her clients grow their careers with passion and self-awareness. She’s a UX Research leader with a decade of experience in both in-house and consultancy roles. Her last full-time position was at Glovo, where she was a UX Research Manager and Staff UX Researcher.

Mel helps her collaborators gain clarity on their strengths, career direction, or specific areas of specialization, with many overcoming impostor syndrome. They build or strengthen their brands outside of work through networking, publication, or public speaking. Mel helps folks thrive with their job search, gaining notable salary increases and successfully negotiating job offers. She also coaches founders to build purposefully, ensuring they ask the right questions and conduct research at the right time. She offers webinars, group coaching sessions, and trainings.

She is a frequent writer at UX Collective, and also writes at Mind the Product and Fast Company. 

Presentations

UX Camp Winter 2025

Unlock the power of self-awareness and strategic storytelling

Building your legacy in UX and unlocking the right opportunities starts with self-awareness and the ability to tell your story in a memorable, impactful way. This talk is designed to elevate your career by combining guided reflections with practical examples to help uncover your unique strengths, motivations, and achievements.

You’ll leave feeling empowered to identify and articulate the true value you bring to your work. You’ll gain a renewed sense of purpose, a toolkit to reshape your career narrative, and the confidence to seize new opportunities.