How to build a well-rounded, effective Product Design Team

Join us for our first HCD UAE Meetup of the year in collaboration with ATÖLYE Dubai, where we'll explore how to build a well-rounded, effective product design team with Jonathan Steingiesser. In this fireside chat hosted by Katral-Nada, Jonathan will reflect on his last role as well as previous roles in Australia where his mission was to grow product design teams and mature the understanding and practice of design within the organisation: the good, the bad and the learnings!

///// IN-PERSON Ticket
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///// Agenda
6.30pm - Networking
7.00pm - Fireside chat with Jonathan hosted by Katral-Nada

///// The Topic:

Building your product design team is more than just finding talented designers and researchers to do the work. You have to evaluate skills, culture fit and assess your company's needs to understand how all of the pieces fit together.

In this fireside chat Jonathan will share his views on the people, product mindset and process required to create impact in any organisation.

///// In-person Ticket on Eventbrite: Link will be available on Monday 31st January

///// About the Speaker:

Jonathan Steingiesser is the Head of Product Design at Omnipresent, a fully remote startup, where he is building a product design team and maturing the practice of product and design in this fast-growth business. He divides his time between coaching, mentoring and leading the product design team, as well as design strategy, customer research and service design improvements.

With over 18 years of design experience in startups, retail, tech, nonprofit, mining, government and education sectors, Jonathan has fostered a passion for design innovation and continuous improvement through operationalising design and research practices. Jonathan has advised startups in the UAE and Australia. He is the founder of the Human Centre Design UAE Meetup and was the co-organiser of Service Design Perth and UX Melbourne Meetups in Australia.

*Please note that the event will be recorded and pictures will be taken and shared on social media.

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