Design leadership spans a wide gamut of being and doing. This newsletter edition is the first in a multi-part series, focusing on hiring and building your team. Andy Budd talks about the different types of designers you should hire, Jay's conversation on Audiogyan is all about the how to's of hiring the right team for your organization, and also, how aspirations have changed and hiring landscapes have evolved over time. Peter Merholz advocates for scaling your team, while Julie Zhuo talks about a turning point in her career as a manager.

🥁🥁 And we have an announcement to make 🥁🥁

Let's start with that first...

We're unwrapping DesignUp.School - a different kind of school. Different deep down in it's DNA. While leveraging all the goodness DesignUp is known for - stellar speakers, a vibrant international community, and sparkling conversations around eclectic topics.

What DesignUp.School isn't...

It’s not to get you a foot in the Design-door. Or Product-door, for that matter! Our focus isn’t instant hacks or quick wins. It isn’t chasing the next shiny mirage...

What DesignUp.School is...

Our mission is to help creators and makers - who constantly juggle between work and life, between the demanding and dizzying worlds of business and tech - to find fulfilling careers and meaningful work-life.

In this journey, we have been lucky to get some fantastic advisors on board and expand our core team (more soon). And, we were in no rush to launch - so finally we are getting there. Slowly and thoughtfully...

Do come over, visit us and get yourself an invite ✉️

From DesignUp Conference

Hiring, Scaling & Culture: 2 Podcasts

Peter Merholz: Design at Scale is People!

In this podcast, Peter Merholz says Design at Scale not about design systems as much as about scaling your teams effectively and creating the right structures for career growth.

Jay Dutta: Are Designers Upping Their Game?

In this podcast, Jay talks about all things hiring: the process and portfolios, intuition vs 'instrumentation', building a talent pool, internships, favorite interview questions, rewards and culture...

Teams & Trust: A short video

Elsewhere...

Patrick Savile on designing Yuto Horigome’s Olympic gold medal-winning skateboard

The London-based graphic designer talks us through the considerations of designing for a skateboard and what it feels like to be part of an Olympic gold medal-winning triumph.

The Brand as a movie

💉 Stay safe, healthy, and inspired,

@soosixty & @jdallcaps