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Ever peeked at a designer's portfolio and thought, this is outdated'? 🤔 Chances are, you're not alone. But what's the solution? 🤔 Social media! It's where designers can share their latest work, their process, their whole design brain. 🧠 So if you're a designer, get social. If you're hiring, look beyond the portfolio. It's time we all updated our approach. 💡

Heads of marketing can’t stop hiring creative designers. But it usually doesn’t work because… Creative designers are trained in a pixel obsessed design system. Trained to design for aesthetic, not impact. They might have ideas, but ideas come in different forms: --- Some ideas are simple, like what to make for dinner. --- Some ideas are personal, like designing a poster of your childhood home. --- Some ideas are high-impact solutions to help grow the business—that’s what a design scientist does. A design scientist integrates into your team, offering practical, effective solutions for your customers and your business. It’s important that your call-to-actions and user journeys meet customer expectations, reduce drop-offs, and improve conversion rates. What’s your strategy for creating customer-centric, high-impact designs?

Senior designers are in high demand, but only a few stand out. Here are 5 insights from leading a design staffing agency: 1. Less demand for researchers, more for strategic roles 2. Requests for specialized roles like “design producers” 3. Tons of applications, but only a few match our criteria 4. More demand for permanent, not contracting roles 5. Most positions are private, and only shared with us A few examples of our previous searches are: - A ResearchOps lead, not a DesignOps lead - System(s) designer specialized in tokens - Head of Design for a 20+ design team - Fractional brand designer for an early-stage startup The market for designers evolves quickly. More specific demands than in 2023. - Many permanent roles - Fewer research roles - Many specific roles Companies want generalists. But select for specialists.

I’ve been reflecting on a post I came across earlier today that suggested dismissing designers who showcase their work on platforms like Behance, Dribbble, or Notion. Generalizing our opinions without solid reasoning isn’t just unhelpful—it can be detrimental, especially when it impacts someone’s career. We need to consider the different stages of a designer’s professional journey. For those just starting out, platforms like Behance and Dribbble aren’t just portfolio sites; they’re gateways to a global community. These platforms provide invaluable exposure, foster healthy competition, and offer learning opportunities that are crucial for early career development. Asking a newbie designer to build a personal website right away might actually isolate them from this vibrant ecosystem. Imagine walking into a bustling market to buy a product. If the maker doesn’t position themselves among competitors, how will they identify their weaknesses and improve? Opening a shop in an empty area with no competition means relying solely on direct customer feedback, which might not provide the full picture. Being in a competitive marketplace allows for benchmarking against others, understanding customer reactions in a broader context, and refining based on concrete metrics. Typically, after gaining 3 to 5 years of experience, designers start to hone their unique strengths. This is often when they choose to create their own websites, presenting their work in a more personalized and professional manner.

Current most in-demand design roles: (For what I am working on, might be different for others) - Design Engineers - Founding designers - "Craft-led"* product designers *What they mean by craft-led is visuals and strong product/design taste. Designers who I see in demand: - Understand business + product - High empathy for customers - Can handle ambiguity - Critical thinking ability - Lead through the work - Can work with Eng to ship work - "Deep generalists" - Impeccable visual skills Not a lot then? P.S. There is of course a need for specialists still.

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If you have creative in house, this works for execution and rollout (i.e. you need volume and speed that only a finely tuned production engine can provide). If you can do the grunt work in house or campaigns are more targeted needing fewer assets then we're equally strong at creative ideation and advanced creative production such as games, tools, 3D, world-class motion graphics (i.e. you need more creativity and depth your team can't provide). It's turning the dials you need around creativity, depth, volume and speed to make a unique combination that helps you do more with less internal resource. We play both of those roles well!

🎨 Designers! Ever wondered what really gets a hiring manager’s attention? 🤔 I’ve shared some insights in my latest blog post: Getting Hired as a Designer: A Hiring Manager’s Perspective. Check it out and let me know what you think! 👉 https://lnkd.in/dTRg6jWv Let me know in the comments if you have any suggestions on question. #DesignCareers #HiringTips #PortfolioEssentials

Government/public sector staff! Settle an argument for me - and it's not just a content design discussion. I'd love to hear from project and delivery managers/product owners. Right now government guidance is that you need "a designer" for Discovery phases. How do you interpret this? I've seen departments and agencies interpret this as graphic or interaction design, but in Discovery you haven't yet picked a solution. Service design makes more sense to me, but there's an argument for saying that a content designer would be invaluable in designing problem statements and journey mapping - there's so much overlap, although I've not seen many content designers move into service design. What do you think? What's your experience of working in (and hiring for) Discovery?