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Leading through change
Design Leadership · Large team
Meetup was acquired by WeWork, then went through a full leadership change and an eventual spin-out. Through it all, I built and grew the design team, from 2 to 16 people, while keeping it cohesive.
What I did
- •Set career frameworks and onboarding to support fast, intentional growth
- •Built a scalable design system across three platforms
- •Set up a UX research function to bring customer insight upstream into roadmaps
- •Maintained high team retention through an acquisition, leadership turnover, and a spin-out
Outcomes
- •Maintained a strong, trusted design team through an acquisition, a full C-suite change, and a company spin-out
- •Built a scalable design system and stood up a UX research function embedded in product development