How to Become a Staff Product Designer

Eugene is a design leader with 12+ years of experience, including roles at Apple, Bumble, and Badoo. He spent seven years interviewing designers and reviewing portfolios as a hiring manager and has led more than 500 career consultations. He teaches on Maven and hosts this conversation with Nik Lakeev.

Nik is a Berlin-based Staff Product Designer at Bolt, where he shapes the Driver App used by millions of drivers across 47+ countries. Before Bolt, he was the founding product designer at fitness startup Totalfit. Earlier, he worked on Movavi Clips, a mobile video editor, and on one of the largest real estate classifieds platform in his country.

Outside of work, Nik hosts two product design podcasts: the English-language Design Unframed and the Russian-language Дизайн Такой, one of the most influential Russian-speaking design podcasts with more than 20,000 listeners.