Articles (People & Career)

Adam Glynn-Finnegan, Staff Product Designer at Netflix has spent a career designing exceptional user experiences. He shares what makes a great product designer.

As design graduates from university or short courses, we’re often educated that it isn’t about how meticulous your UI is, it’s about the design thinking

3 critical skills to learn to make yourself a stronger design job candidate

If you are the only UX designer, you are probably doing all 3 roles

From September to December 2022, I had an opportunity to do a 4-month internship at Microsoft as a Visual User Experience Designer.

For our 25th birthday, we’re taking a look at some of the most interesting facts about a few of our more than 100 offices and data centers across the globe.

How profoundly can we empathize with one another? How scrupulously can we communicate? How meticulously can we lead? How adroitly can we galvanize emotions, share visions, and inspire action? The solution to all of these topics largely boils down to our soft skills or people skills. Unlike perceptib

If you try to take a look around you, you will notice everything in this world is designed.

UX is an intricate and multifaceted discipline that goes far beyond “making things pop” or just increasing conversions.

Design is more than making things look good. It’s about handling clients, getting paid what you’re worth, and standing up for solid, ethical work.

Embarking on the journey of UX design is like navigating a multifaceted terrain where understanding the goals of a business, its value…

Looking back, I can’t help but wish someone had emphasized the significance of tracking professional achievements to me ten years ago.

Despite an impressive portfolio, design principles on the tip of their tongue and a read-it-all, know-it-all attitude — some designers…

Is the decline of elitism of creativity inevitable?

From designer to design leader: Embracing the evolution and unlocking the pathway to success

Jobs change and job titles change. Sometimes the titles change more than the jobs.

A few lessons to push your performance to the next level

Advice I wish I had received earlier in my career.

In 2019, I wrote an article titled What I learned as a Product Designer over the last 6 years — a snapshot of my journey with points I…

My personal story, tips, and hurdles during my journey as a Product Designer.

Hard times forced hard questions about the value of my work. The answers revealed the worth I was missing in myself.

How I combat my job insecurities through storytelling and collaboration.

Pratik Joglekar takes a philosophical approach to remind designers about the lost joy within themselves by effectively placing massive importance on mindfulness, introspection, and forward-looking.

Strategies for Successfully Advocating for Fair Compensation and Professional Growth

Adobe's Val Head on collaborating across teams, working with good people, and creating cute pet portraits that help shelter dogs find homes

Observations from five designers who’ve chosen this IC career path. Ask Adobe Design.