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Much of this advice is terrible for a startup. A client-services model isn't a good fit for a startup, due to the iterative nature of a product in search of a
by feverishaaron 13y ago
Much of this advice is terrible for a startup.
A client-services model isn't a good fit for a startup, due to the iterative nature of a product in search of a business model. The entire article implies a waterfall approach where a designer goes into a cave, does some work and presents it for "review".
Instead, a good "startup designer" will be an empathetic generalist (UI/IA/Front-end) with good market sense. It's important that they're comfortable skipping a lot of "design process" and rapidly iterating with engineering (their "familiarity with flat design" notwithstanding).
Also, many great designers don't have portfolios. That's because they're busy doing real work. Ask to see real work.
Despite the linked article, if you're early stage you should go unicorn hunting. It's critical to hire from the A-list for the inaugural team.
- seanmcdirmid 13y ago> Also, many great designers don't have portfolios. That's because they're busy doing real work. Ask to see real work. A great designer will always have a portfolio...its essentially their CV. Asking to see real work is quite difficult if that work is proprietary.
- feverishaaron 13y agoBy portfolio, I mean a fancy, well-manicured site that shows static mocks. I'd rather see a real product. Coincidentally, the two people I've given offers to in the past month were the only two we interviewed who didn't have portfolio sites.
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoIf they are trained designers, they'll have portfolios with some amount of intermediate work, not just static websites, but maybe wireframes, graphic design output, storyboards, and so on.