How to break into Growth Design

Hosted by Gaurang Alat

351 students

What you'll learn

Growth vs. Product Design

Understand the basics of Growth Design and how it differs from traditional Product Design

Essential Growth Skills for Designers

Learn the skill set required to excel as a designer in the Growth domain

How to Get Hired as a Growth Product Designer

Tips on landing your first role in the Growth Design space

Why this topic matters

Growth Design is one of the fastest growing design specializations. Learn how top companies like Rakuten and Thumbtack use Growth Design to optimize key metrics through rapid experimentation. Perfect for product designers looking to specialize or UX professionals ready to increase their business impact.

You'll learn from

Gaurang Alat

Sr. Growth Designer at Rakuten Rewards (ex Thumbtack)

Gaurang is a Senior Growth Designer at Rakuten Rewards. He has been tackling problems in the Growth space for the last 4 years ranging from 0–1 projects to optimization experiments.


Gaurang brings a wide breadth of skills to the table that he has honed over the past 7 years working as a Product Designer in the eCommerce and Marketplace domains. Outside of work, Gaurang enjoys photography and brewing single origin coffee.



Previously at

Thumbtack
Victoria's Secret
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