5 Things I’m Learning as a Product Designer at Disney

Hello, Grace here! 👋🏻 Tuesday, May 17th marked my 1 year since I started working as a Product Designer at Disney (so CRAZY!~) I wanted to take some time to reflect and share what I have learned so far. Since everyone’s career journey is a marathon, it’s vital to take some breaks along the way, look back and see how far you’ve come!

This is based on my personal experience and I hope it can be of some help to those who are journeying along their own career path.

1. You must be flexible

What I’ve learned so far while working at Disney is that every day is unpredictable. Projects and needs can, and will, suddenly pop up and you must be ready to reprioritize your task list. Be ready to understand that timelines, priorities, and situations can change and you must be willing to adjust and pivot accordingly.

This can also apply when it comes to design iterations. There will be times when you think of 8 designs but all 8 are not approved. Be willing to take the feedback back to the drawing board and start again. Don’t take it personally but know that you're working as a team to help push the best product forward, even if that means redoing tasks over again.