How to Work with Product Managers as a Senior Designer | Collaboration tips
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As you level up your career to Senior-level roles, you're probably questioning where the line is between product and design, which can ultimately lead to creating an overlap between you and your Product Manager (PM).
Throughout this video, you'll learn how to embrace that overlap with your PM and work through practical tips and tools to establish lines between each role to build a successful working partnership.
Guest speakers:
Miranda Slayter, Principle Designer @bookingcom
Tregg Frank, Product Designer @meta
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//TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Introduction
01:58 - Building empathy (Miranda Slayter)
03:00 - Mobbin
04:30 - Product & design overlap
05:06 - Establishing lines (Miranda Slayter)
06:51 - The role of design
09:41 - Product as your partner
11:11 - Overlap (Tregg Frank)
13:00 - Speaking the language of your PM
14:38 - Creating understanding (Miranda Slayter)
16:21 - Recap
17:35 - Wrap-up
// MORE
Join my community!: https://www.femke.design/community
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//GET STARTED IN UX
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As you level up your career to Senior-level roles, you're probably questioning where the line is between product and design, which can ultimately lead to creating an overlap between you and your Product Manager (PM).
Throughout this video, you'll learn how to embrace that overlap with your PM and work through practical tips and tools to establish lines between each role to build a successful working partnership.
Guest speakers:
Miranda Slayter, Principle Designer @bookingcom
Tregg Frank, Product Designer @meta
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WORK WITH ME
📚 Take my course: https://www.course.femke.design/?utm_source=youtube
🚀 Join Level Up Club: https://www.femke.design/level-up-kit/?utm_source=youtube
💬 Book mentoring: https://www.femke.design/mentoring/?utm_source=youtube
STAY CONNECTED
📬 Subscribe to my newsletter: https://www.femke.design/newsletter/?utm_source=youtube
🎙️ Listen to my podcast: https://www.designlife.fm/?utm_source=youtube
🌐 Website: https://www.femke.design/?utm_source=youtube
📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/femkedotdesign/
🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/femkesvs
//TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Introduction
01:58 - Building empathy (Miranda Slayter)
03:00 - Mobbin
04:30 - Product & design overlap
05:06 - Establishing lines (Miranda Slayter)
06:51 - The role of design
09:41 - Product as your partner
11:11 - Overlap (Tregg Frank)
13:00 - Speaking the language of your PM
14:38 - Creating understanding (Miranda Slayter)
16:21 - Recap
17:35 - Wrap-up
// MORE
Join my community!: https://www.femke.design/community
Website: https://www.femke.design
Podcast: https://www.designlife.fm/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/femkesvs
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/femkedotdesign/
My logo animation is done by Austin Saylor: https://www.austinsaylor.com/
My brand is designed by Black & White studios: https://www.blackandwhitestudios.nz/
//GET STARTED IN UX
Visit this link for a list of curated UX Design resources and tools: https://www.femke.design/resources