Learning fuels progress. 22 members of Zalando’s product design community share their greatest learning, impact, or experience of 2022. — 2022, the Year of the Tiger. How did this year of product design shape up for you? In Zalando’s product design community, this bold, go-getting energy translated into some remarkable launches. We made important progress in sustainability communication with icons that help our customers understand how a product has been…

Senior Product Designer Şeyda Ülgen chats to Product Design Intern Efemena Udezi about how their mentor-mentee relationship has influenced their career growth. — “To move up, you have to get in.” As Allie Bangura, founder and board member of the Afro-German Academic Network (ADAN) points out, how far we grow in our careers is not only down to skill and hard work but the opportunities we can access. …

In the latest installment of our Design Principles series, Principal Content Designer Jemima Leathwood-Hill shares her collaboration-focused tips to elevate design principles. — What is the difference between a UX Writer and a Content Designer? At Zalando, our word wizards do not only write user experience copy; they are integrated into the product design process as full-fledged designers. “We work hand-in-hand with product design,” asserts Jemima Leathwood-Hill, who has grown with our community…

Seven leaders from Zalando’s product design community share their insights on how to lead teams through complex projects. — If there’s one thing product design and team leadership have in common, it’s navigating complexity. The overarching goal in both spheres is growth — be that innovation, business growth, or professional development. …

Eight members of Zalando’s product design community share their insights on how to give impactful feedback. — Valuing feedback is intrinsic to a growth mindset. When we are invested in developing ourselves and others, feedback is not only food for progress, but a gift. …

In the first of our design principles series, Senior Product Designer Xen Szymczak shares how our Purchase team crafted empathy-driven principles for Checkout. — Behind every great product is a strong set of design principles. Like gravity, design principles not only keep our feet planted, but move worlds of inspiration in the right direction, and hold whole systems of teams in alignment. Every product design team at Zalando utilizes one or multiple sets of…

Can design thinking help businesses transition to a circular economy? Serena Bonomi, Senior Manager in our Circularity team, shares how Zalando is innovating in the unexplored problem space of circularity, and what role Product Designers can play. — Sustainability may be the antidote to many of the fashion industry’s ailments, but it is not a cure-all. Designing and manufacturing a product with better materials and reduced social and environmental impact is a great first step, but what happens next? “Spoiler alert: that’s where circular economy comes in,” Serena…

In celebration of five years at Zalando, Principal Product Designer Joydeep Sengupta shares some of the influential learnings that made him a go-to team member. — So much can be achieved in five years at a single company. At Zalando, you will likely have experienced different roles and teams, cultivating design expertise, relationships, and business knowledge. Your rich experience will have made you a trusted talent, opening opportunities for you to influence the direction of both…

Nine mentors from Zalando’s product design community share their tips on how best to invest in others’ success. — Most of us can look back at our careers and pinpoint a few individuals who were instrumental to our success. Those that saw the potential in us, made space for us, shared their wisdom, and gave us a little push when we needed it. …