Many designers see management in their future career plans, but it’s not always clear how to build the skills you’ll need once you make the switch from individual contributor to manager. Opportunities can also come suddenly — you can enter a meeting an IC and walk out a manager. It’s…

Earlier in my career, I led a lot of remote usability tests, which helped me build the ability to take quick, detailed notes while still engaging with my participants. In user research, everything a participant says is a potential business-shaping insight, so taking good notes is critical to getting value…

Early in my design career, I wanted to learn more about user experience design, but I was only one of two UI designers at a small startup and had no one to learn from. Then I stumbled across the book The User Experience Team of One by Leah Buley, a…

This used to be the color scheme for Envoy’s web dashboard.

In my experience as a product designer, there’s nothing more eye-opening than talking to users and directly hearing their thoughts, frustrations, and joys. Because of this, I think user interviews are one of the most powerful methods of user research, but they’re also one of the simplest ways to learn…

Tina Xu has been a Product Designer at Envoy since 2017. We recently sat down to chat about Sailor Moon, finding your passion in life, and how Nobel laureate Richard Thaler nudged her into the design world. What do you want to state for the record about yourself? If I weren’t a product designer, I would love to be in academia…

Amy has been a Visual Designer at Envoy since 2016. We recently sat down to chat about The College Board, why typography is key, and the power of self-doubt. What do you want to state for the record about yourself? I would like to state for the record that brunch is unequivocally the best meal. Tell me in your own words what you do at Envoy. I’m a Visual Designer! Right now…