8. 1 Understand what makes you unique
2 Understand your needs
Pitching 3 Have a large pipeline
4 What can you do for the designer?
5 Learn the basics yourself and believe
6 Go behind the portfolio
Identifying
7 No ego, lots of empathy
8 Find personal motivators
Closing 9 Socialize with your entire team
10 Hire early
20. “Seed-stage startup looking for rockstar
designer to sketch wireframes and design
beautiful mockups. You’ll be responsible
for crafting our logo and brand and
writing UI copy. Must know how to run
usability studies, prototype and write
production-ready HTML and CSS.”
Braden Kowitz
http://www.designstaff.org/articles/hiring-a-designer-2011-11-01.html
21. “Seed-stage startup looking for rockstar
engineer to write Javascript and all
Python / Ruby on the backend. You’ll be
responsible for cassandra, puppet, and
SQL, and training our junior coders.
Must handle test coverage / QA, and
write production-ready HTML and CSS.”
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25. • Interaction design for functionality, flows,
usability.
• Visual design for feel, emotional impact,
trust, entertainment.
• Front-end development should be
implementation for speed, responsiveness, to
work as expected.
30. • Many recruiters on contingency
• Designer communities / directories
• Use your social networks
• Design schools
• Creative agencies
• Where are designers interested in your space?
61. 1 Understand what makes you unique
2 Understand your needs
Pitching 3 Have a large pipeline
4 What can you do for the designer?
5 Learn the basics yourself and believe
6 Go behind the portfolio
Identifying
7 No ego, lots of empathy
8 Find personal motivators
Closing 9 Socialize with your entire team
10 Hire early