“Product designers” and design team evolution
(This may or may not end up being part of a series of my reflections as in my role as VP of Global Design at Groupon.) In Silicon Valley, there’s a new(-ish) design role called “product designer.” I first heard about it at Facebook a few years ago, and since then, many other companies have [...]
New York Designers–Interested in working with me at Groupon?
In two weeks, on November 8 and 9, we at Groupon will be visiting New York to talk to people interested in working with us in design, product management, and engineering positions in our Chicago, Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Seattle offices. As I’ve explained earlier, there are lots of tasty design challenges we’re tackling, [...]
Calling all designers!
Truly! I am calling all designers. I’m in my third week at Groupon, and one thing is very clear–to tackle all the interesting stuff we’re doing (reducing the friction in local commerce between merchants and their prospective customers with web/mobile/tablet solutions, marketing and brand work, print and packaging), we need heaps more design talent. We have [...]
Why I’m excited about joining Groupon
Today I begin a new job — VP, Global Design at Groupon. I’m thrilled for the opportunity to work on what I consider to be one of the most interesting design challenges of the Connected Age. Now, if you’re someone who, when you think of Groupon, you think of daily deals, you probably wonder what [...]
