Canada

Russell Smith

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

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

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

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

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

Keeping your sanity, career growth and job satisfaction.

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

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

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

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

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

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

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

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

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

How to conduct interviews, what to ask, and how to analyze your results? (eg. user interview)

What are design systems and how to work with them?

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