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    Explore " in-house design" with insightful episodes like "Designing the 'gold standard' for landing pages - S04E06 with Linear's Julian Lehr", "Solving problems as cross-functional 'astropods' - S04E05 with Piotr Śmietana", "Branding an AI company - S04E04 with Lin Zagorski Latimer", "What it really means to "level up" a brand - S04E03 with Dan Edwards" and "Behind-the-scenes with Webflow's Brand Studio team - S04E02 with Jess Rosenberg" from podcasts like ""Inside Marketing Design", "Inside Marketing Design", "Inside Marketing Design", "Inside Marketing Design" and "Inside Marketing Design"" and more!

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    Designing the 'gold standard' for landing pages - S04E06 with Linear's Julian Lehr

    Designing the 'gold standard' for landing pages - S04E06 with Linear's Julian Lehr

    In this episode, Charli talks with Julian Lehr, part of the “Magic Team” at Linear. They discuss the intricate world of marketing design and content creation, and how these elements work together to enhance user experience. Julian shares his process for crafting engaging landing pages, and how tight collaboration makes it all possible. Julian also talks about the challenge of creating content with substance, why he describes what he does as “packaging design”, and what makes a powerful first impression for a product. 


    Key Takeaways

    • 01:30 - Why Julian describes what he does as “packaging design”
    • 03”10 - The “Magic Team” at Linear 
    • 07:15 - How designers collaborate at Linear
    • 09:30 - How Linear approaches content marketing and storytelling
    • 15:40 - Where content fits in the design process
    • 18:45 - Julian’s process for writing and creating the Linear homepage
    • 27:41 - How Julian and his team worked through the challenges of a homepage redesign
    • 36:40 - The design community’s reaction to the new Linear homepage
    • 39:18 - How Linear measures the success of a website
    • 41:40 - What’s next for the website
    • 43:54 - Other projects Julian is working on
    • 48:50 - Processes and tools at Linear
    • 53:12 - Julian’s advice for people who want to create impactful marketing design 


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    Solving problems as cross-functional 'astropods' - S04E05 with Piotr Śmietana

    Solving problems as cross-functional 'astropods' - S04E05 with Piotr Śmietana

    In this episode, Charli talks with Piotr Śmietana, Director of Brand and Marketing Creative at Superside. They discuss the innovative structure of Superside’s marketing creative team and the significant role of each individual's creative voice in shaping the brand's future. Piotr dives into Superside’s brand refresh, the use of the “Brand Collab” Slack channel for fostering collaboration, the concept of Creative as a Service, and how they have bridged some of the difficulties of remote work with “astropods”. 


    Key Takeaways

    • 01:22 - Inside the marketing creative team at Superside
    • 03:07 - How Piotr describes his responsibilities
    • 04:00 - Collaboration and creative challenges
    • 11:16 - How Piotr describes the Superside brand
    • 15:03 - Superside’s brand refresh
    • 19:14 - The challenges of rebranding
    • 22:47 - What are “astropods” and how do they work? 
    • 33:43 - What is “Creative as a Service”?
    • 44:52 - Metrics, and how Superside tracks performance
    • 46:00 - Challenges, and what’s next for Superside
    • 47:06 - Piotr’s advice for anyone who wants to create really impactful brand and marketing design work


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    Branding an AI company - S04E04 with Lin Zagorski Latimer

    Branding an AI company - S04E04 with Lin Zagorski Latimer

    In this episode, Charli talks with Lin Zagorski Latimer, Staff Brand Designer at Scale AI, about marketing design in the world of AI. Lin discusses the design landscape for Scale AI's two distinct target audiences: AI-enabled and AI-constrained, the creative process behind the company's annual report, Zeitgeist, and the tools used in its creation. Lin also delves into the promotion strategies of Zeitgeist, the importance of appealing content, and leveraging AI tools for successful branding. 


    Key Takeaways

    • 01:10 - Inside the brand team at Scale AI
    • 02:00 - Lin’s responsibilities as a Senior Brand Designer
    • 05:05 - Where does the brand team fit within the company structure?
    • 06:42 - What teams Lin collaborates with the most
    • 08:20 - How Lin collaborates with product designers
    • 09:55 - How Lin thinks about the Scale AI brand and their audience
    • 15:57 - How has the explosion in AI affected the company?
    • 18:42 - Working on the 2023 AI Readiness Report
    • 25:07 - How Scale AI works and collaborates with agencies
    • 38:01 - Maintaining brand consistency and managing internal feedback
    • 40:25 - Challenges Lin is currently facing
    • 41:35 - Lin’s advice for creating impactful marketing design


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    What it really means to "level up" a brand - S04E03 with Dan Edwards

    What it really means to "level up" a brand - S04E03 with Dan Edwards

    In this episode, Charli talks with Dan Edwards, Senior Visual Designer at Snyk, about his strategies for exceptional brand design. Together, they go behind the scenes of Snyk’s brand transformation, from the initial decision-making process to the challenging task of creating a brand design system. Dan also shares his insights on collaborating with product and marketing teams, the importance of trust in the process, and some of the hurdles he’s encountered along the way.


    Key Takeaways

    • 01:48 - Dan’s responsibilities as Senior Visual Designer at Snyk
    • 03:27 - Where does the brand design team fit in Snyk’s company structure?
    • 11:26 - Building and implementing a brand design system
    • 15:13 - The role of trust in the design process
    • 21:11 - What role does the marketing website play at Snyk?
    • 23:07 - The process of rebranding the website
    • 32:41 - How the design system works at Snyk
    • 47:52 - What are some future challenges for Dan and Snyk?
    • 51:20 - Dan’s advice for creating impactful brand and marketing design work 


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    Behind-the-scenes with Webflow's Brand Studio team - S04E02 with Jess Rosenberg

    Behind-the-scenes with Webflow's Brand Studio team - S04E02 with Jess Rosenberg

    In this episode, Charli talks with Jess Rosenberg, Director of Brand Design and Creative at Webflow, about how brand design works at the company, their key success metrics, and how they are able to consistently put out high-quality work.


    Jess also does a deep dive into how Webflow Conf came to be, and how exactly the brand studio team translated the Webflow brand into a live event.


    Key Takeaways

    • 01:32 - What is the brand studio team at Webflow responsible for?
    • 02:40 - Jess’s role as Director of Brand Design and Creative
    • 04:07 - How do you measure success with a team of multidisciplinary creatives?
    • 06:43 - How the bran studio team is structured at Webflow
    • 09:45 - How Webflow works with external agencies
    • 11:02 - How the brand studio collaborates with other teams inside Webflow
    • 16:01 - How did Webflow Conf come together and what was the brand studio team responsible for?
    • 22:51 - How Jess’s team created ties between the Webflow Conf sub-brand and the company’s main brand
    • 27:25 - Collaborating with the marketing team on a huge event
    • 30:57 - Creating demand gen campaign assets
    • 33:58 - How Jessica’s team has created a super-fast design system
    • 36:33 - How the brand studio team interacts and works with data
    • 37:13 - How does Webflow use Webflow?
    • 40:59 - How often is the Webflow marketing site updated?
    • 42:20 - Jess’s advice to those who want to create impactful brand and marketing design work

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    How ConvertKit's Brand Studio team has evolved - S04E01 with David Preston

    How ConvertKit's Brand Studio team has evolved - S04E01 with David Preston

    In this episode, Charli is joined by David Preston, Senior Brand Designer at ConvertKit. They do a deep dive into how ConvertKit has evolved over the years, what systems and processes have worked, what has needed to change, and what challenges they are still facing. 


    David was a guest in season two of Inside Marketing Design where talked about his work as the Brand Marketing Manager at Sendible. Since joining ConvertKit in 2022, he has led the charge in some key areas and helped build out new systems that are critical for a small team.


    Key Takeaways

    • 02:17 - Who is on the brand studio team at ConvertKit?
    • 04:54 - How would you describe your responsibilities as Senior Brand Designer?
    • 08:37 - How the brand studio team collaborates
    • 17:13 - What is ConvertKit’s Creator Network?
    • 20:34 - David’s process for creating assets
    • 28:46 - Design systems at ConvertKit
    • 35:47 - What’s next for ConvertKit’s design system?
    • 39:36 - How ConvertKit completely overhauled their website
    • 44:15 - Charli’s top redesign priorities
    • 49:05 - What David is looking forward to solving next
    • 54:22 - David’s advice for aspiring brand and marketing designers


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    Lessons from design leaders in Season 3

    Lessons from design leaders in Season 3

    The idea of reflecting on what you’ve heard and what you've learned is one of the best ways to actually take action on those learning. So, in this episode, we’re looking back at the most interesting and challenging parts of season 03 and distilling some actionable takeaways. 


    We want to hear your takeaways as well. Please feel free to share them on YouTube or social media, or reach out directly. 


    Key Takeaways

    • 00:00 - Reflecting is the best way to learn
    • 02:05 - The importance of a Brand Manager
    • 04:04 - Rebrands
    • 06:24 - Product imagery in marketing design
    • 09:41 - Design systems
    • 12:25 - Data and testing
    • 16:07 - Copy and copywriters
    • 19:31 - Design founders
    • 19:57 - Working with contractors and agencies
    • 21:59 - Taking ownership
    • 23:18 - What’s coming in season 04 


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    S03E12 - Zendesk (Kristina Alford and Meghan Kelley)

    S03E12 - Zendesk (Kristina Alford and Meghan Kelley)

    In this episode, Charli talks with Design Director, Kristina Alford, and Senior Digital Designer - Design Systems, Meghan Kelley, about creating systems and processes to maintain consistency, foster team connection and bridge silos across a very large organization, as well as how they use goals and functional teams to strengthen collaboration


    Zendesk offers customer service and sales CRM tools that businesses use to give their customers a great experience.


    Meghan was impacted by Zendesk's recent layoffs and is now looking for her next opportunity to evolve emerging or established design systems. Connect with her on LinkedIn if you’re hiring! https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghangkelley/

    S03E11 - RightMessage (with Co-Founder, Brennan Dunn)

    S03E11 - RightMessage (with Co-Founder, Brennan Dunn)

    In this episode, Charli talks with Brennan Dunn, Co-Founder at RightMessage. Brennan is one of only two people at RightMessage, and he talks about how he balances all the various tasks on his plate, including design. Brennan also talks about personalization, and how focusing on specific segments of your audience can lead to a greater connection and, ultimately, higher conversion rates. 


    Right Message is a tool that helps creators survey their audience to segment them and provide the most relevant content for that segment, as well as personalize their websites to speak directly to a certain audience segment.

    Key Takeaways

    • 02:01 - How design works at RightMessage
    • 07:17 - How Brennan describes the RightMessage brand
    • 14:28 - The strategy behind the new website design
    • 15:23 - Tools Brennan uses in the design process
    • 17:18 - How Brennan came up with the narrative flow for the new website
    • 19:02 - The most challenging parts of the new design
    • 22:47 - How long Brennan spends on a design project
    • 24:03 - How Brennan uses metrics
    • 34:26 - Are there situations where the effort to personalize doesn’t pay off? 
    • 40:32 - The biggest challenges Brennan is facing
    • 43:01 - Brennan’s proudest design win


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    S03E10 - Chargebee (with Design Manager, Shakthi Hari)

    S03E10 - Chargebee (with Design Manager, Shakthi Hari)

    In this episode, Charli talks with Shakthi Hari, Design Manager at Chargebee. Shakthi dives into how he uses systems and processes for everything from team collaboration to design process to iterating and shipping new projects. Shakthi also talks about documentation, and why it’s such a critical component of Chargebee’s process and ability to scale the output of a relatively small team.


    Chargebee is a globally-distributed company that helps businesses manage subscription billing and take payments.


    Key Takeaways

    • 02:04 - How Chargebee’s marketing design team is structured, and where it fits within the organization
    • 03:21 - Shakthi’s role as Design Manager
    • 06:518 - How internal collaboration works at Chargebee
    • 08:30 - How Chargebee uses design systems
    • 10:35 - Taking on large projects
    • 16:54 - “Problem-aware” web pages vs “solution-aware” pages
    • 24:43 - How and why Chargebee lets the marketing team “design” web pages
    • 27:53 - The importance of documentation and why it’s an integral part of the process
    • 36:10 - How Shakthi’s team works with marketing goals
    • 40:35 - The role of metrics in the design process
    • 43:34 - How Shakthi decides what projects to revisit and iterate on
    • 51:21 - Chargebee’s design process from concept to launch
    • 52:24 - Shakthi’s biggest challenges
    • 54:51 - Shakthi’s personal and career goals
    • 56:09 - Shakthi’s proudest moment


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    S03E09 - Planoly (with Design Manager, Carra Sykes)

    S03E09 - Planoly (with Design Manager, Carra Sykes)

    In this episode, Charli talks with Carra Sykes, Design Manager at PLANOLY. Carra talks about the evolution of social media, and how the shift toward video has impacted her team and the need for marketing designers with a broader skillset. She also talks about marketing design challenges, and how she balances her desire for high quality and the need to iterate quickly. 


    PLANOLY is a social media content management and scheduling tool designed to simplify the social marketing process.

    Key Takeaways

    • 02:05 - How does the Marketing Design Team fit into PLANOLY’s overall structure?
    • 02:52 - Carra’s day-to-day responsibilities as a Design Manager
    • 04:27 - What the Marketing Design Team is responsible for
    • 07:08 - How Carra describes the PLANOLY brand
    • 08:59 - How PLANOLY maintains brand consistency
    • 12:02 - How social media design has evolved
    • 15:41 - Carra’s process for creating video ads
    • 17:31 - Designing for video vs still graphics
    • 24:24 - Marketing a product or feature that doesn’t exist yet
    • 27:03 - How marketing and product collaborate at PLANOLY
    • 29:01 - Carra’s approach to product imagery in design
    • 35:24 - How Carra works through ideas that didn’t work
    • 37:00 - Who owns and manages the marketing site at PLANOLY
    • 41:18 - Working with contractors and agencies
    • 50:02 - The biggest challenges Carra is currently facing
    • 53:03 - Carra’s proudest moment 


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    S03E08 - Funding Circle (with Lead Marketing Designer, Monika Pawlik)

    S03E08 - Funding Circle (with Lead Marketing Designer, Monika Pawlik)

    In this episode, Charli talks with Monika Pawlik, Lead Marketing Designer at Funding Circle. Monika talks about how she and her team have collaborated and stayed a tight-knit group through lots of change, working with external agencies, and how Funding Circle’s most successful campaign came to fruition.


    Funding Circle is a UK-based lending platform that offers specialized funding options for small businesses. 


    Key Takeaways

    • 02:14 - Monika’s role as Lead Marketing Designer
    • 04:35 - Where the design team sits in the larger org structure
    • 06:24 - How designers collaborate at Funding Circle
    • 09:22 - How Monika describes the Funding Circle brand
    • 13:01 - How Funding Circle produces TV commercials
    • 17:56 - Working with external agencies
    • 20:46 - The neon campaign
    • 25:43 - The impact of Funding Circle’s most successful campaign
    • 28:57 - How much of Monika’s work is print vs digital
    • 30:02 - The differences between print and digital design
    • 33:03 - How Funding Circle measures the success of print campaigns
    • 35:28 - Monika’s biggest challenges
    • 37:39 - What’s next for Monika
    • 38:23 - Monika’s proudest design moment 


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    S03E07 - Oyster (with Director of Brand, Justin Rands)

    S03E07 - Oyster (with Director of Brand, Justin Rands)

    In this episode, Charli talks with Justin Rands, Director of Brand at Oyster. Justin talks about the company’s fast growth, and their commitment to design from the very beginning. Justin also discusses how they have evolved the Oyster brand in a way that helps them stand out in a crowded space, and what they love about Webflow.


    Oyster is an employment and HR platform that makes it easy for companies to hire people from anywhere in the world.


    Key Takeaways

    • 02:14 - Justin’s role as Director of Brand
    • 05:18 - Why Oyster uses Webflow for the marketing website
    • 07:17 - How brand and product collaborate at Oyster
    • 10:24 - How design and marketing work together
    • 14:47 - How Justin build out the Oyster’s brand studio team
    • 18:21 - How Justin decides what to outsource
    • 23:58 - How Justin would describe the Oyster brand
    • 25:59 - Goals for redesigning the home page
    • 27:33 - How Oyster uses data in design
    • 32:08 - Working with time constraints
    • 36:05 - Development and project management tools at Oyster
    • 38:42 - How Brand Producers function at Oyster
    • 42:17 - How the new home page has performed
    • 44:41 - Justin’s biggest challenges
    • 47:44 - Areas where Justin wants to grow
    • 51:34 - The project Justin is most proud of 


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    S03E06 - Paystack (with Design Lead, Tomi Odusanya)

    S03E06 - Paystack (with Design Lead, Tomi Odusanya)

    In this episode, Charli talks with Tomi Odusanya, Design Lead on the Growth Design Team at Paystack. Tomi has a lot of experience as a designer and developer, so he brings real knowledge to the issues of speed and performance when building marketing websites for people with slower internet access. In addition to those metrics, Tomi talks about how Paystack uses data, the importance of understanding your users, and how to iterate on a live project when it’s not performing well enough. Tomi also talks about the design culture at Paystack and the things they do to foster that.


    Paystack is a payment platform for businesses in Africa. They were the first Nigerian company to be accepted into Y Combinator back in 2015, and they are now a remote-friendly team of about 250 people with offices in Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa.

    S03E05 - Sketch (with Carly Marsh and Osvaldas Poviliunas)

    S03E05 - Sketch (with Carly Marsh and Osvaldas Poviliunas)

    In this episode, Charli talks with Sketch CMO, Carly Marsh, and Digital Designer, Osvaldas Poviliunas, about Sketch’s new website, how they incorporated the brand’s personality into the new design, and why it’s so important that product design informs every aspect of marketing design.


    Carly and Oz talk very openly about their take on competition, how they think through and design competitor comparison pages, and Sketch’s place in the market. And, yes, they absolutely talk about the fact that their biggest competitor, Figma, has just been acquired by Adobe, and what that means for them.


    Sketch is a design tool launched in 2010, and was one of the first tools truly built for digital design.

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    S03E04 - Zapier (with Creative Director, Michael Jeter)

    S03E04 - Zapier (with Creative Director, Michael Jeter)

    In this episode, Michael Jeter, Creative Director at Zapier, talks with Charli about Zapier’s recent rebrand and some surprising challenges they faced throughout the process. Michael is a fantastic storyteller, and he digs into his ideas about the philosophy behind design and how to communicate its true value. From the use of data and user research to process techniques and effectively managing a team, Michael shares so many valuable insights. You don’t want to miss this one! 


    Zapier is an automation platform that helps you connect different apps to each other without code.


    Key Takeaways

    • 02:23 - Michael’s responsibilities as Creative Director
    • 03:30 - Zapier’s Brand Studio team
    • 05:59 - How to maintain consistency between Brand and Product
    • 06:49 - How a fully remote design team stays connected
    • 08:43 - Zapier’s recent rebrand
    • 16:32 - The red cord
    • 21:02 - Rebranding a rebrand
    • 32:56 - When processes need to adapt
    • 38:20 - Handling the emotional side of a rebrand
    • 42:21 - Redesigning the Zapier homepage
    • 44:57 - Getting buy-in on change and dealing with “design baggage”
    • 48:54 - Connecting the product to the homepage
    • 51:11 - Why quality and impact must be the same for design
    • 58:13 - Challenges the Zapier team is currently facing
    • 65:15 - What Michael is most proud of


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    S03E03 - Auth0 (with Senior Brand Designer, Austin Couillard)

    S03E03 - Auth0 (with Senior Brand Designer, Austin Couillard)

    In this episode, Austin Couillard, Senior Brand Designer at Auth0, talks with Charli about how the internal brand team works with external agencies to manage all the brand design needs, as well as the internal relationship-building that Austin considers vital to his work. Auth0 is an authentication and authorization platform that companies can use to make their users' signup and login process really smooth and, most of all, very secure.


    Key Takeaways

    • 03:48 - Austin’s responsibilities as a Senior Brand Designer
    • 05:38 - What brand designers do at Auth0
    • 07:50 - Auth0’s creative process
    • 09:01 - How brand design works with product design
    • 11:43 - How feedback works at Auth0
    • 14:30 - Working with external agencies
    • 21:56 - Merging two brands after an acquisition
    • 24:46 - How Auth0 maintains brand consistency
    • 27:40 - How template helps deal with change
    • 35:02 - How Austin sets goals
    • 36:45 - What kind of assets does the marketing team produce?
    • 38:45 - How Austin divides his time among many responsibilities
    • 41:01 - Challenges Austin is currently facing
    • 44:02 - Austin's plans for growth in his career
    • 47:50 - The project Austin is most proud of


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    S03E02 - monday.com (with Noga Grinberg and Danielle Hassan)

    S03E02 - monday.com (with Noga Grinberg and Danielle Hassan)

    In this episode, monday.com’s Noga Grinberg and Danielle Hassan talk about how large teams are able to function and succeed using data, collaboration, and ownership. They also go behind the scenes of how they created and launched a massive multi-channel marketing campaign (including a Super Bowl ad). Monday offers workflow management tools that help teams collaborate on projects and stay productive.


    Key Takeaways

    • 02:37 - Noga’s and Danielle’s roles at monday
    • 05:53 - What it means to “own a channel”
    • 08:48 - How feedback works at monday
    • 11:25 - How Noga and Danielle  ensure brand consistency
    • 14:02 - How design decisions are made at monday
    • 18:37 - How data fits into the day-to-day 
    • 20:44 - Measuring the success of brand awareness campaigns
    • 26:36 - Embracing a “data-driven” approach
    • 28:00 - Behind the scenes of creating a Super Bowl ad
    • 33:56 - Working with external agencies
    • 35:31 - What Noga and Danielle learned from making a Super Bowl ad
    • 39:19 - When (and how) to revamp a home page
    • 42:55 - A/B testing at monday
    • 47:06 - How a home page revamp affects the rest of the website
    • 49:57 - The main challenges Noga and Danielle are currently facing
    • 51:36 - What’s next for Noga and Danielle as creative marketing designers
    • 53:20 - Noga and Danielle’s proudest moments at monday


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    S03E01 - Pitch (with Co-Founder & Brand Designer, Jan Martin)

    S03E01 - Pitch (with Co-Founder & Brand Designer, Jan Martin)

    Pitch aims to help teams collaborate on creating beautiful presentations. It was started in 2018 by the co-founders of Wunderlist, including today’s guest, Jan Martin. Jan is both a co-founder and a brand designer, which makes him unique in the SaaS space.


    In this episode, Jan talks about how the design-centric DNA of Pitch came from learnings he had at Wunderlist, the importance of design systems that everyone can use, why he’s not a fan of wireframes, and much more. 


    Key Takeaways

    • 00:15 - Jan’s responsibilities and day-to-day at Pitch
    • 04:58 - Marketing and brand design at Pitch
    • 10:43 - The creative studio team
    • 12:51 - The Pitch brand
    • 14:55 - How 3D illustration became a big part of the Pitch brand
    • 17:35 - How 3D happens at Pitch
    • 19:20 - The symbiotic relationship between brand design and product design
    • 22:40 - How to ensure consistency between marketing and product
    • 23:58 - Getting your team to follow guidelines
    • 26:52 - How creative studio collaborates with marketing and growth
    • 29:15 - A design system for the marketing tech team
    • 35:50 - How to make a design system “fool-proof”
    • 37:49 - Design iteration at Pitch
    • 41:45 - Individual and team challenges at Pitch
    • 46:08 - Jan’s proudest moments at Pitch


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    Ep 111 #ShareTheMicNow: Dismantling White Supremacy in Design by Antionette Carroll

    Ep 111 #ShareTheMicNow: Dismantling White Supremacy in Design by Antionette Carroll

    The fourth of the #ShareTheMicNow episodes was created by Antionette Carroll in conversation with David Clifford the founder of Design School X and Liberatory Design, and Timothy Bardlavens co-founder of &Design and Product Design Manager at Facebook discussing Dismantling White Supremacy in Design.

    Antionette D. Carroll is the Founder and CEO of Creative Reaction Lab, a nonprofit social enterprise designing healthy and racially equitable communities for Black and Latinx populations through education and training programs, community engagement consulting, an online national platform, and open-source tools and resources. Creative Reaction Lab is creating a collaborative youth-led, community-centered movement challenging racial inequities in the education, media, health and healthcare, and government and public service sectors. Within this capacity, Antionette has pioneered a new form of creative problem solving called Equity-Centered Community Design. Throughout her career, Antionette has worked for non-profits working for social justice, human rights, and diversity and inclusion. These experiences led to her background as a social entrepreneur, non-profit leader, and design activist. Antionette's personal mission in life is to challenge standards, make CHANGE, and CHAMPION approaches resulting in foundational and community impact.

    David H. Clifford has been an artist, designer, builder, and equity/social justice-oriented educator for almost 25 years building irresistible learning environments of belonging and creativity. David, a heterosexual, upper-middle-class, able-bodied White man, is the beneficiary of the generations of oppression of Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) and women. David identifies as a deviant of the dominant caste, using his legacy of privilege to challenge the very systems and structures of oppression that placed him in his unearned place of power. This self-awareness, coupled with his design/builder mindset and skill-set, equips David to rattle status quo cages found within the White worlds of education and the design, design thinking, and the shop class/maker communities.

    Timothy Bardlavens is a Product Design Leader, a Cultural Strategist, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) specialist, a Fellowship Co-Founder, and International Speaker & Facilitator. Currently, a Product Design Manager at Facebook, Timothy supports Community Experiences within the Facebook App, leading teams focused on new Member Experiences and Ecosystem Growth. Previously, he has led teams for Zillow’s newest venture, Zillow Offers—building the team and product vision of an end-to-end experience for buying, selling, financing and managing a home, all within the Zillow ecosystem. In addition to Microsoft, where his leadership focused on core UX and Intelligent (AI/ML) experiences in Outlook across all endpoints, platform experiences that span the O365 Suite and core browsing experiences in Edge.

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