I'm a senior product designer with 11+ years of experience and a few exits. Beyond design I get into product management, marketing and dev. I just like helping startups grow.
Process
TBH I'll adjust my process based on the company's stage, resources and team. I don't expect every company to have a perfect or "textbook" process. I try to stick with the 4 core steps below.
I like to first write 3 primary goals. At least 1 primary goal should be a user goal. Each goal should have 1-3 reasons why it's a goal.
Research supports goals and reveals problems.
In general, I try to find:
Facts and feedback gathered using:
Start visualizing the experience. Generally I’ll do this loop:
This step is the reality check. Quick summary:
Case Studies
See if I fit your team's needs.
Other Stuff
I prefer to focus on product design. I'm happy to help with PM stuff such as writing tickets and requirements. At a smaller startup I'll wear more hats to drive growth.
At the moment I'm aiming for startups between seed and Series B. I'm open to larger companies if they actively validate products and features in the wild or through testing.
Yep I'll wireframe in a few cases:
I'll probably ask about:
AOS animations by michalsnik. Nice animation library.
MK Lightbox by marcuskirschen.
Light-tooltip by GTLWEB.
Bootstrap 4 is my foundational CSS.
Digital Ocean Decent prices and simple plans.