The Effective Product Designer (2024)

Description

The best designers are effective outside of Figma. Learn how to achieve more as a designer with 27 actionable lessons on communication, persuasion, influence, decision-making, productivity, and more. This book will help you: Boost impact — Discover strategies that top designers use to influence others, sell their ideas, and generate more value. Build a better career — Learn which companies to join to maximize wealth and to create positive change. Attract more opportunities — Build relationships and a personal brand to maximize your career development. Learn better and faster — Acquire the right knowledge faster by knowing what and from whom to learn next. FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE desertcart BEST-SELLER SOLVING PRODUCT DESIGN EXERCISES 27 highly actionable lessons: Communication and collaboration Building up your influence Selling your ideas effectively Learning the skills that AI will never replace Building a relationship with your manager Career building What designers regret in their careers Attracting more career opportunities Becoming (un)wealthy as a designer Knowing when to quit Positive impact Building a career that does good for the world Finding companies solving impactful problems Doing good with design decisions Decision making Making better and faster decisions Reflecting on your career and work Identifying the most impactful tasks Productivity and craft Making your design timeless Building a personal brand naturally Geting more done in less time Outsourcing and automating Adapting ideas from non-design industries Learning Where and from whom to learn design How to pick design books + a reading list of 26 books FAANG-designers found most impactful for their careers. and more... Featuring chapters by: Matthew Ström-Awn — Head of Design Systems at Stripe (ex-SoundCloud, The Wall Street Journal) Cassie McDaniel — Design Director (ex-Adobe, Webflow, Lattice, Mozilla) Jessica Harllee — Staff Product Designer (ex-Etsy, Kickstarter) Ran Segall — Educator, Founder at Flux Academy Cate Huston — Engineering Director at DuckDuckGo (ex-Google, IBM) What AI can't replace Tools and workflows change every year. Communication, persuasion, influence, judgment, taste – this is what separates the designers who get noticed from the ones who don't. This book helps you with all five.