Product Design Defined with Gabriella Freda
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This week we will be talking to Gabriella Freda who started her career training customers how to use the software/app. Because she was doing deep dives into where customers were regularly getting stuck, she saw opportunities on how to redesign to make the application better.
This willingness to learn a new skill and change her career trajectory completely changed her role and now is a product designer. Gabriella will tell us how talking to customers about how they are using the application and about their needs is key to how she designs products now. I am excited to introduce you to Gabriella this week and have her share her story.
I hope you will join us LIVE for Episode 489 on Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 7:30pm GMT / 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT / 9:30am in Hawaii. Sign up here to get the link delivered to your inbox. https://creativesignite.com/signup
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Questions
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Gabriella, can you give everybody a little background about you and your career path and how you got into product design?
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How do you define Product Designer?
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What was it about training customers that made you realize you had insights into how you could design it better?
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How hard was it changing career paths essentially and moving to UX? What kinds of classes did you take and which were the most challenging and why?
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What is the fun part of Product Design?
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What does the team look like you normally work with? What kinds of other roles are normally on a team with you? What do you like about working on a team and working collaboratively?
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How do you manage working on multiple teams or on multiple products at the same time?
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When you are looking for jobs what type of experience do you need to have to apply for product design positions? What are other titles you might call yourself?
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What types of things have you done as a product designer?
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In all your experience you must have seen some red flags when working or when interviewing. What are some of the red flags of teams or companies?
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What are some questions you would ask if you were interviewing for a position?
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What does overseeing a product look like? What is a typical day like as a product designer?
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What has been your favorite project or proudest achievement so far?
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What are the challenges of working remote when on a team with other designers? What kinds of things have you had to overcome or work-around?
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What kinds of companies hire product designers?
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