Referral Request (Product Design New Grad 1yoe)

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newdesignr

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newdesignr
Dec 3, 2019 11 Comments

Hello friends,

I’m a recent Product Design grad from a top design uni with about a year of internship + contractor experience (Fortune 500, unicorn startup, etc) hoping to ask for a referral.

I offer user research, UX, UI, graphic, and motion design experience and HTML & CSS skills. I’ve been told that I’m extremely hardworking and that I have a great eye for design.

Please let me know if you’d be interested and I can DM you my portfolio link and resume to help you guage if I’m a good fit at your company. :)

Thank you for your time! I appreciate any help.

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  • New / Design
    zuOga15

    New Design

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    500 Startups
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    UX/Design lead at a startup in Boston. 13YOE. Focus on VR/AR/Mobile product design. Experience with both ad agency and product work.
    zuOga15
    Question for you - you claim to be great at research and UI design as well. Those are two wildly different ends of the design spectrum (in my opinion). Do you actually lean one way or do you really feel strong in all areas? Also where are you located I may be hiring in the near future :)
    Dec 5, 2019 3
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      newdesignr

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      newdesignr
      OP
      Great question and you're probably right. Product designers may not research as deeply and rigorously as user research specialists do, but some of the best product designers that I've met can conduct enough user research (user interviews, usability tests, etc.) to discover areas for improvement and quickly design and prototype solutions. It also allows them to empathize with other specialists in product development. I also feel that my ability and desire to talk to people first-hand and understand their needs, desires, and experiences with the product helps me design solutions with more nuance and clarity, but there are probably gaps in my technique and research toolbox. I'd say that I'm a T-shaped designer who's done user research and UI with positive results and is very interested in user research, but whose expertise lies in designing interactions/user flows/UI. I'd love to hear more thoughts on T-shaped designers and generalists. It's a very interesting question- hoping to learn more about other designers' experiences. Also, I'm in LA at the moment :)
      Dec 7, 2019
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      bosk2849

      New

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      500 Startups
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      UX/Design lead at a startup in Boston. 13YOE. Focus on VR/AR/Mobile product design. Experience with both ad agency and product work.
      bosk2849
      To your point about understanding user needs. I definitely agree this is important, it’s more the will or skill at doing the research and also being strong on the creative side of things. I love seeing insights from research and have done some of it myself but it’s not my boat. But, I wanted to hear from others, maybe it seems this is more feasible than I thought?
      Dec 10, 2019
  • SAP / Design
    sap191

    Go to company page SAP Design

    sap191
    DM me your resume if you'd like to work at VMware
    Dec 4, 2019 1
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      newdesignr

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      newdesignr
      OP
      Super interested in cloud computing. DM'd! :)
      Dec 7, 2019
  • Tesla
    s3xycani

    Go to company page Tesla

    s3xycani
    Message me your resume
    Dec 4, 2019 1
    • New
      newdesignr

      New

      newdesignr
      OP
      Messaged! :)
      Dec 7, 2019
  • New / Design
    MqGo51

    New Design

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    Vodafone
    MqGo51
    Hey I am in the same boat , want to connect?
    Dec 4, 2019 1
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      newdesignr

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      newdesignr
      OP
      DM'd! :)
      Dec 7, 2019
  • New / Design
    joops

    New Design

    joops
    Would love to connect with you. I’m moving back to LA after almost 2 years working as a product designer in a unicorn fintech startup and a SAP partner that builds B2B ecommerce sites - both based out here in Asia Pacific.
    Dec 7, 2019 0