Elena Haskins, founder of Cipher Studio and Anele Product Design shares her experience with being a relatively new designer and founding her own businesses early on in her design career. Hear Elena’s wisdom about leadership opportunities for junior designers, apprenticeship opportunities, time management, and much more. Elena also discusses how to get involved in her mentorship program through Anele.
Here’s a look at our discussion:
0:01 : Starting an agency as a designer & the apprenticeship models of the future
3:25 : How to know what to pay junior designers and giving feedback
11:00 : Time management while owning your own business
16:00 : Learning & reusing tactics from past projects and teams
19:00 : Leadership and management opportunities early in your design career
24:50 : Advice for designers considering starting a design business
30:02 : How Elena assesses designers who she is looking to hire
35:00 : How to get involved & in touch with Elena
38:00 : How to set your expectations around bootcamps & setting yourself up for success
47:00 : Spotting good & bad UX as a designer
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