Brazil

Product Design

UX Design

UI/ Visual Design

Industrial Design

Service Design

Interaction Design

Growth Design

Tiago Gerken

Staff Product Designer

Product strategy

Problem-solving

Critical-thinking

Project management

Adobe XD

Figma

HTML

JavaScript

Notion

Adobe Creative Suite

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

General mentorship

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 ask for a promotion and negotiate for salary raise?

Negotiating a job offer

Learn the career path and progression for product managers.

Product management career path

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

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

Breaking into tech

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

Choosing metrics and team goals

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

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

Leveraging Product Analytics

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

Best practices for documenting projects, epics, and stories

Writing product requirement documents

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

At Pingback, as Staff Product Designer I:

Led the product design team from the conception to delivery phases ensuring it meets our users’ and company’s goals.

Helped to identify opportunities to improve our user experience and design process and to explore new technologies and design trends.

Mentored and led the less experienced designers to improve their design skills;

Closely worked with managers across the company to plan and manage projects, assets, and budgets in the strategic planning

Tiago Gerken🇧🇷

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