Building a Design team in a rapidly expanding company is not an easy task. Here are a few tools, methodologies and ceremonies that my team and I have tried over the years.
What’s this all about?
I’m Francesco de Chirico, but you can call me Fra (everyone does). I’m the VP of Design at Airtasker here in sunny Sydney. We’re an online marketplace where people who need stuff done can find someone to do it for them.
We’re a pretty young tech company (only 7 or so years old) and we’re currently going through a massive growth phase. We started here in Australia, but we’re now in the UK and looking further.
So what does it take to lead to design in such a rapidly evolving and expanding company? Well, apart from buckets of coffee and…
I’m Fra. I figured it was about time we introduced ourselves and let you all know what we’re trying to do with this little publication — nothing formal but we’re glad to see you here 🙂 .
Ambition @ Airtasker
Let’s start with a bit of background on Airtasker.
We want to build a safe, trustworthy online marketplace, bringing together people that want to work with those who want work done. Our mission is to help people to realise the full potential of their skills.
Yeah, sounds ambitious I know. That’s because it is. But we see it as our opportunity to work…
Francesco de Chirico
Design at @Airtasker, leading the product design & brand design teams.
