Hustle: The Future Product Designer (feat. Adam Saint)
The Funsize Show
English - January 22, 2015 21:47 - 45 minutes - 20.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsCareers Business Arts Design product design design leadership innovation project management funsize software applications ios android web Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The list of the product designers responsibilities goes on and on. When is it too much for one position to handle with quality? Maybe there's a different way to look at it all together.
With many of today's industry leading studios closing up shop for one reason or another we are left with a lot of questions. Why are they closing? What does the future hold for design agencies? Funsize sits down with Greg Storey, former partner at Happy Cog to discuss these questions.
Show Notes
00:00 Introductions
04:30 Product designer responsibilities
08:20 Specializations and generalists
10:20 Design is planning
14:18 The role has changed
17:15 Elevate your thinking beyond deliverables
19:50 "Design with intent"
21:40 Can a product designer be a product manager?
26:00 Affect of design in early stages of product vs post-MVP
34:22 Design with humility and diplomacy
37:32 Values to look for when hiring a designer
40:00 The future product designer
Links
Adam on twitter
Bench.co
@mantwan @rickmesser @funsize
Anthony's talk adapting to change
Anthony's tweet about designers needing to learn project management
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