United States

UX Design

Content Design

Product Design

Interaction Design

Generalist Product Management

AI/ML Engineering

Creative writing

Content Creation

AI Design

AI Product Management

AI Ethics

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Dan Littlewood

Product Designer

Substack

Public Speaking

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Time management

Critical-thinking

Empathy

Team player

Presentation skills

Conflict resolution

Stakeholder management

Project management

Accessibility

AI/ML

Branding

Conversational AI

Design systems

Machine learning

UserTesting

Asana

ChatGPT

Figma

Miro

Notion

Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe After Effects

Leadership

Negotiation

Human computer interaction

Information architecture

Referrals

Prototyping

Product roadmap

Product strategy

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Learn essential burnout prevention techniques and replenish physical and emotional energy.

Managing burnout

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

Dealing with imposter syndrome

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

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

Building an effective team

How to maintain trust, commitment, accountability deliver results while handling conflict

Avoiding common dysfunctions

Strategies for maximizing your design internship or co-op program.

Getting the most out of my internship

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

How to ask for a promotion and negotiate for salary raise?

Negotiating a job offer

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

Design career path

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

Talk to people who've broken into the tech industry and learn their stories.

Breaking into tech

Learn the best ways to answer technical interview questions with frameworks

Acing technical interview questions

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

How to define and execute a successful launch and managing stakeholders expectations. (eg. MVP)

Launching new products or features

Methods of prototyping and solution validation. When to use which kind of prototype (eg. Webflow, Notion, etc)

Prototyping methods and tips

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

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

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

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

How to create personas, and leverage them in design.

Creating and leveraging user personas

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

Tips on how to work and collaborate with engineers and developers.

Working with engineers

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

Onboarding new users

Best practices for documenting projects, epics, and stories

Writing product requirement documents

AI for Chat and Messaging in Microsoft Teams

Product & UX design for Google Meet users.

Product design lead with video solutions for enterprise on Microsoft Stream. 

Also: Future innovations / User centered design for digital products focused on community experiences for mixed reality & 3D creation.

Creative concepts for social and experiential campaigns.

Clients Include: Samsung, eBay, Energizer, Edge Shave Gel, Heineken, Unilever, Pond's, Wildlife Conservation Society, iRobot, and Strongbow.

Provided Visual Design for client presentation. Client: Google

Motion graphics for in-house and external brand videos, Site Mapping, Wire Framing, and UI Design for multiple devices and operating systems. 3D logos using Cinema 4D. Branding and Visual Identity. Additional International clients include; Intel, Acer, You On Demand, Emirates Airlines, Sony Mobile, and RPMC.

Creative and Interaction Designer. Art Direction and Interaction and Web Design of Social Media brands, fashion, and non-profit organizations. Clients include, Dias; social media, The North Face Purple Label x Nanamica fashion brand, and Aids Global Awareness National campaign.

Visual Design, UX and UI for Micro Site and website. Clients included: Listerine, Energizer, and Nokia.

Dan Littlewood🇺🇸