E02: How to navigate strange career paths and design the future - Izzie Colpitts-Campbell of Shopify

Some questions I ask:

  • What are some of the challenges of combining technology with fashion? (4:05)
  • What is a User Experience Lead and what do you do at Shopify? (17:43)
  • How did you get your start as a Designer? (18:44)
  • What does a typical day look like for a User Experience Lead at Shopify? (21:12)
  • What are some challenges of designing for developers? (23:03)
  • How do you figure out what to build or what not to build? (25:32)
  • What does your prioritisation process look like? (27:12)
  • Has there been a project that didn't go as planned? (30:13)
  • What is some advice designers can use to understand technical limitations? (35:30)
  • What is something you still struggle with even as a Lead Designer? (36:32)
  • What is one of the best lessons you've learned as a designer? (44:17)
  • What is one thing you absolutely could not live without? (47:50)
  • What's something that you were told that has proved to be wrong? (51:34)

In this episode, you will learn:

  • How Shopify applies User Experience Design (17:50)
  • How working in community development can shape your design practise (20:27)
  • What the work of a User Experience Lead Designer looks like on any given day (21:24)
  • The benefit of assumption slams to the design process (28:23)
  • Why design "plumbing and maintenance" work matters (36:47)
  • How to take advantage of self-doubt or negative self-talk (38:37)
  • How you can use pre-mortems to anticipate problems before they occur (40:31)
  • Why feedback is crucial when you're trying new design tools and methods (45:58)
  • Why curiosity is key to being a User Experience Designer (57:25)

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