Hiring the Right Designers for your Startup (June 8, 2021)

As a startup founder, it’s crucial that you hire the right designer. Yet, there are so many different types of designers.

We have product designers, UX designers, UI designers, user researchers, growth designers, marketing designers, content designers, and the list goes on… How do you know which type of designer you need for your team? Where do you even start?

For this Founders Network event, design experts Corie Johnson, Elina Lin, and Andi Galpern will share how you as a tech startup founder can choose the best designer based on your startup’s needs. Our panelists know the tech startup ecosystem inside and out. They've scaled startups from the early stages, led design teams from seed to series b, and design for some of the world's biggest brands. We'll talk about:

• How to evaluate design experience and portfolios
• Skills and characteristics to look for
• How a designers’ job changes based on the size of company they work for
• Where you can find design talent, based on your budget
• Should you hire a designer or design it yourself?
• And more

Join us and dive into the world of design for startups. You’ll be glad you did.

Meet our speakers:

• Corie Johnson, Design Manager at ZenBusiness
  First designer at ZenBusiness, VP at The Operator Foundation
  
  
• Elina Lin, Senior Product Designer at Lyra Health
  (Formerly at LinkedIn, Amplitude, and SimpleHabit)
  
  
• Andi Galpern, UX Growth and Branding Consultant
  Producer of Design Career Network (youtube.com/designcareernetwork), Founder of Cascade SF, Growth UX Consultant at Founders Network, HiroLabs, and Senior UX Design Consultant at Adobe

Guests Are Welcome!

Please bring a guest! Every member can bring one (1) guest to each event. Each guest must be a full-time tech startup founder so they can bring new perspectives, skillsets, and experience to your chapter.

All guests must be full-time tech startup founders and you can register them directly on this function page. See How to Register a Guest here.

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