Guide #011: How to encourage your organization to build and adopt a design system
Treat your design system like an internal product. Appoint a point person who can act as the product owner and primary evangelist.
Guide #010: How to demystify strategy work and elevate its role within your agency or in-house creative team
Create the conditions on your team for a successful strategy to emerge. Coach your team to develop and maintain an environment that nurtures infant idea.
Guide #009: How hiring managers can create a more inclusive recruitment process
Keep a pulse on the industry and communities relevant to the role. Establish a strong partnership with HR/Recruiting and create a consistent candidate experience.
Guide #008: How to uncover client needs when designing a SaaS product
For digital product agencies with clients that sell complex software, how do you help them fix an existing product or pivot to a new market?
Guide #007: How to develop a framework for evaluating design solutions within a digital product team
See what went right and what didn’t, and then translate what worked into a process.
Guide #006: How to start a code-first Design System
Think reusability and shareability outside of your immediate projects. Try not to overextend yourself by building every use case
Guide #005: How to use a product brief to drive unity and innovation within your organization
Share your product briefs widely. Good ones will serve as training material for new employees and historical reference for new projects.
Guide #004: How to elevate the role of design as an agency or in-house partner
Nurture relationships with strategy-defining partners so that you can join projects as early as possible. Get your stakeholders to express their hopes and fears. When they envision a great outcome, what is driving that?
Guide #003: How to Help Your Product Team Become More Data-driven
Create an environment where diverse perspectives constantly analyze your data. The more discussion you have about these numbers, the more nuanced and savvy your team will become.
Guide #002: How to Onboard New Product Team Members Remotely
Onboarding is your chance to start new employees off on the right foot. Plan in advance and continue the process over the first few weeks.
Guide #001: How to become a better team player as a product designer
Design is a collaborative sport. Ultimately, communication is the skill that will enable your team to win.
Guide #00B: How to build a Design System that scales across brands
Building a Design System to scale across brands requires flexibility, but also consistency. Get good at communicating regularly with DS users.