Methodology

Design teams need time for design thinking

I strive to help teams function seamlessly by building better communication and creating a culture of collaboration, which allows my teams to focus on design thinking. I’m also big on Design Ops.

Lead to Inspire / Inspire to Lead

I mentor and grow teams while studying other people’s journeys. From this, I’ve learned the importance of putting other people first. With a people-focused design approach, I want to design products that have a meaningful impact on everyone while having fun doing so.

Standards I live by:

Team Mentor

Care about your teams desires and career development
Inspire them to take on new challenges and perform at their highest and best
Create a Culture of Collaboration
Identify your rockstars and your superstars and set them up for success
Foster inclusive and diverse teams with inspiration and guidance

Partner Relationships

Develop trust
Establish “quick wins” and remember your stakeholders have stakeholders.
Recommend innovations and inspire them to be different
Help them fail fast and forward
Invite the business folks into your creative process, some of them might like it

Infrastructure

Establish an inclusive and collaborative process that everyone can buy into
Give everyone a stake. It feels more like a team when everyone respects the process
Atomic UX toolkits, Design systems, component libraries, naming systems, file structure, design assets, and templates, templates, templates.

Communicator

Clearly communicate goals and timelines
Establish open lines of comm with all teams and partners
Bring others into your process, this stuff is fun