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Most searched Google query of junior product designers: what should I put in my design portfolio? 🤔 Ok, we didn't fact-check that, but it's probably pretty high on the list. To help answer the question, Sophie Rahier sat down with senior designers and hiring managers to hear their top tips for creating a portfolio. Find out what Liz Hamburger 🍔, Venessa Bennett and Marisa Jensen had to say ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/e-qzJctS #DesignPortfolio #ProductDesign #UXDesign

A game of The Traitors, a full moon, the summer solstice, and 22 colleagues camping on a nature reserve… 🌚 It can only be the Planes summer retreat 🌞 The aim was to spark meaningful connections between the team, away from our desks and hectic city life. Memorable moments include: 🐓 Holding George the friendly hen 🖤 Sophie and Ryan dressed as Claudia Winkleman - no more words needed 🗡️ Henry getting voted off as a Traitor in the first round because ‘when was the last time you heard Henry say this much’ 🧘🏼♀️ Sunrise(ish) yoga in the garden for sore heads 🃏 The lethal cereal box game RIP my hamstring Thanks to everyone involved in organising this very special event and the beautiful Elmley Nature Reserve for hosting us. If you’re thinking about playing The Traitors at your next company away day… speak to Sophie Aspden and Ryan Lock. At your own risk!!! ☠️

“Think of your design portfolio like a digital product and get your MVP out there” 🚀 On Wednesday, Sophie Rahier sat down with Venessa Bennett, Marisa Jensen, Liz Hamburger 🍔 and Ben Elliott to talk all things landing a job in Product Design. They covered everything from portfolios to interviews, and, of course, what to do about design tasks 👀 The top takeaways: ⭐️ As a junior, soft skills, presenting skills, and attention to detail are more important than your technical skills: you can pick the tools up on the job. ⭐️ Use your portfolio to showcase a bit of your personality, don’t just follow templates and jam it with lots of case study information. ⭐️ Design tasks are there for you to showcase how you think: execute them well and think about your process rather than finding the “right” answer (there often isn’t one). Huge shout out to our speakers, Found By Few, and everyone who came along! We can’t wait for the next one 💥

What kind of app experience will keep your customers coming back? Excited to be hosting this event with Amity, The Financial Times and DAZN. Mujahid A. and Millie Zah will share their tips for how to dial up your user engagement for long-term loyalty, in discussion with Sera De Vor. Plus giveaways & tasty snacks! 🛍️🥙🧃

Do you have a favourite Workspace event? Tap to hear from our Brickfields neighbours Carbon Theory and Planes Studio to see what theirs is! 🎉✨ Every month, we team up with the best and brightest minds from all industries. Whether you're looking to expand your skills, learn something new, or grow your network with like-minded pros, we've got something for you! 🌟🤝 #Community #Workandlife #Workspace #London #Office

So you want a career designing apps & websites, where do you start? Maybe you’ve seen job titles like Product Designer & UX/UI Designer on job descriptions and are wondering what they actually involve... Or maybe you already know what they involve but aren’t sure if your skills match up 🤔 On Wednesday 12th June we'll be unpacking everything you need to know about securing a job in Product Design ✈️ We'll be joined by Ben Elliott (Found By Few), Liz Hamburger 🍔 + more speakers to be announced! Get your tickets now ⤵️

“When we put our brand into an app, we saw how creative we could get with it.” Bringing brand and product together can make the difference between a good digital product and a bad one 👀 It's the difference between an app which feels like an afterthought and an end-to-end digital experience which is 100% true to a brand’s values... So what does it look like when you successfully bring the two together? We sat down with brand and product experts from Ennismore, Financial Times and Skin Rocks™ to hear how they built brand-led digital products 👏 Find out what Andrew Antoniades, Holly Victoria Brooke and Debbie McMahon said in our latest blog ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/enfd3vjk

“Product and brand are two sides of the same coin. So what can you do to bring them together?” Andrew Antoniades (Ennismore), Holly Victoria Brooke (Skin Rocks™), Debbie McMahon (Financial Times) and Camilla Lorentzen (Mila) joined Fiona McLaren to talk about launching new ideas while protecting and growing a brand. The key takeaways: 1️⃣ Brand is what provides the point of difference - the reason why customers choose you. But the product is what makes them stay. 2️⃣ The biggest challenge for brand is MVP. As a brand you have to get comfortable with putting something out and iterating. 3️⃣ You can evolve and let your brand be part of your product if you keep coming back to your core brand values. Huge thank you to our speakers for sharing their expertise, Heights for hooking us up with goodies and of course to everyone who came along! Check out these fab photos of the event from Adam Kang ⤵️

"Building an app is a huge investment in time and money – having Planes by our side through that has been absolutely everything" 🌈☁︎ It's been a dream project to partner with influencer Camilla Lorentzen to build and launch the #1 Health & Fitness app Mila. Hear from Camilla and the team about how we built a first-of-its-kind fitness app to help people find joy in movement ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/egvkUn6P

This year we’ve seen exciting growth at Planes Studio - and we want to keep the ball rolling with a new teammate 🎉 We’re on the look out for a Growth Director to join our team and lead our new biz efforts. We’re after a person who loves building and nurturing relationships and knows that being collaborative is the secret sauce to growth 💚 If this sounds like you or someone you know please send them our way. No recruiters please. JD linked in the comments!