Grow your design credibility at any tech company

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Grow your design credibility at any tech company

Hosted by Ryan Scott (Host) and Tommy Geoco

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What you'll learn

Adapt how you work to get credit for the value you create

From collaboration to the design process itself, learn how to adapt your process to get recognized for your work

What top mistakes that cause designers to lose credibility

Credibility is a finite resource. Learn to avoid common errors that make your perspective as a designer easier to ignore

How to move effectively to a new team or company

Making a change? Learn how to quickly identify and align what matters most to your new team or company

Live Q&A with Tommy

Ask Designer Tom himself your top questions about how he's succeeded at companies of different stages

Why this topic matters

Design work is never one-size-fits all. Early-stage, growth-stage and mature companies want and need different things from Design. To gain credibility and influence as designers, we must identify and adapt to those needs. Today, guest speaker Tommy Geoco and host Ryan Scott will chat about what it takes to adapt, succeed, and become influential as a designer at tech companies of any stage.

You'll learn from

Ryan Scott (Host)

Founder @ Accelerate Design, Former Design Lead @ Airbnb & DoorDash, UC Berkeley MBA

Ryan Scott is a multidisciplinary designer who has led cross-functional teams to launch some of today’s most recognizable products.

As an early employee at DoorDash, he spearheaded live order tracking, mobile group orders, and the launch of in-app food photos. At Airbnb, Ryan led major redesigns of checkout flow, messaging platform, search platform, and mobile website.

After earning his MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, Ryan now coaches and teaches critical business skills to emerging-design leaders.

Tommy Geoco

Author of UX Tools Newsletter (80k+ Readers), 14 yrs of product design experience

With over 1M followers on LinkedIn, TikTok and Instagram, Tommy Geoco is a leading voice in the design industry.

Over a 14-year career in Silicon Valley, he’s also experienced design at every scale. From co-founding multiple successful companies, to being a sole-designer at small startups, and leading teams at large companies, Tommy has seen what it takes for designers to succeed.

He currently lives in Phoenix with his wife and 4 boys, while building UXTools.co, a design education newsletter and platform with more than 80,000 readers.

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