United States

UX Design

UI/ Visual Design

Branding and Identity Design

Design Operations

Product Design

Interaction Design

Growth Design

UX Research

new york university (NYU)

Brian McConnell

Sr. Director, Product Design

Quantitative research

Monetisation

Product strategy

Qualitative research

Communication

Collaboration

Critical-thinking

Leadership

Project management

Data visualisation

Human computer interaction

User research

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Sketch

Stakeholder management

Conflict resolution

Understanding factors that lead to a motivated team - recognition, communication and more.

Keeping team members motivated

Understand the process of training, motivating and directing your team members.

Managing people

How to create a positive workplace culture that drives collaboration and productivity?

Fostering a good team culture

Steps to building and maintaining a strong, cohesive and effective team.

Building an effective team

How to determine what is a good balance of skill sets for your organization's needs

Building balanced teams

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

How to successfully prepare and position yourself for a job promotion?

How to get promoted

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Design career path

How to set up the team for success by defining and measuring team's performance.

Choosing metrics and team goals

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

Manage team expectations and get the most out of your meetings.

Running effective meetings

Identify and define potential product problems and generating possible solutions.

Identifying problems vs solutions

Learn how to properly present your work and share ideas and opinions.

Presenting your work with impact

How to work with team members with different skill sets but towards a common goal?

Working cross-functionally

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

Building a design process

Managing being the only designer at your company and working with non-designers.

Being the only designer

Explore different generative and evaluative research techniques. User research synthesis and presentation.

Conducting good user research

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

Improving design skills

Navigating the working relationship with PM's and engineers as a designer.

Working with product and engineering

How to set up product analytics and metrics to track success?

Leveraging Product Analytics

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Giving effective feedback

How to define an ambitious product vision and how to best communicate it to stakeholders?

Creating a product vision

What is a successful user onboarding flow and how to achieve it?

Onboarding new users

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Led Growth Design for the launch of Disney+ & ESPN+ including all signup, onboarding, and profile surfaces.
Launched & grew STAR+ by designing a fan-centric sports experience.
Built a team that designed Enterprise SaaS tools for content, data, commerce, and developer productivity.
Co-authored a career framework, performance evaluation playbook, and hiring & onboarding processes.
Developed and mentored leadership at the Director, Manager, and Lead Designer positions.

Scaled a design team of 2 up to 26 designers & researchers across the US and EU through recruiting, culture development, and mentoring new design leaders.

Led the design of 6 new streaming services for global entertainment brands.

Drove feature innovation and reduced development costs through rigorous UX Research, cross-functional partnerships, new prototyping technology, and designing efficient resource management models.

Founded teams for Growth Design, UX Research, and Enterprise SAAS Design.

Managed a cross-functional team of 7 people including engineers, UX designers, and Content Designers.
Built a patented monetization platform with programmatic integration and targeted ad-serving capability. Patent: US20170195373A1

Designed podcast authoring creative tools with advanced engagement analytics, script writing education, and audio processing.


Designed a mobile listening experience and refreshed podcast cover artwork.

Implemented a global redesign, instituted user-centered design practices, hired and managed design contractors, and defined the standards of quality.

UX lead on the launch of Cinchcast, an enterprise conferencing & webinar product.

Founded & led a 4-person digital agency mostly serving music industry clients.

Managed the finances, daily operations, program management, and business development for the firm.
Saved a client $100k/pa in operational costs by rebuilding their content supply chain.
Increased sales 100% for three record labels by revitalizing their web presence and fan engagement.
Founded a social network for music fans earning a six-figure revenue from advertising, event ticketing, and referral programs.

Brian McConnell🇺🇸