Sweden

Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa

✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 Diversity & Inclusion

Tiago Almeida

Senior Product Designer — Design System

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

General mentorship

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

Choosing metrics and team goals

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

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

Fostering a good team culture

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

Managing burnout

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

How to get promoted

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

Negotiating a job offer

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

Dealing with imposter syndrome

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

Breaking into tech

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

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

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

Design career path

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

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Giving effective feedback

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

Working with engineers

Learn the best ways to answer technical interview questions with frameworks

Acing technical interview questions

Decision making as a software engineer or lead - how to become better at making the right choices

Making better tech choices

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

Conducting effective customer interviews

What are design systems and how to work with them?

Building successful design systems

Talk to other immigrants about the nuances and challenges of working in the tech industry.

Tiago Almeida🇸🇪