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Breaking Into Design Ops - Adam Fry Pierce (Chief of Staff @ Google)
Design MBA
57 minutes 39 seconds
3 years ago
Breaking Into Design Ops - Adam Fry Pierce (Chief of Staff @ Google)
My guest today is Adam Fry Pierce who is the Chief of Staff at Google where he manages strategic programs for Google's UX leadership.
Interview Video: https://youtu.be/Gj7zbrM0NFE
In this episode, we discuss the following:
- Adam Fry Pierce bio
- Career transition from event management to Design Ops
- Downside of being a gifted people reader
- Horror story - not being able to read people/situations
- What is Design Operations (Design Ops)?
- What does a Design Ops professional do?
- More job opportunities in practice operations vs people operations
- Is design experience required to break into Design Ops?
- Top 3 skills to be a successful design ops professional
- Career progression in Design Ops
- Salary/compensation on Design Ops
- Job security in Design Ops
- How to break into Design Ops
- Questions to ask during Design Ops job interviews
- Future proofing yourself as a designer
- End state for Design Ops leaders
- How to get in touch with Adam Fry Pierce
- How Adam Fry Pierce joined the core team at DesignOps Assembly
For show notes, guest bio, and more, please visit:
www.designmba.show
Design MBA
Design MBA is an interview series with design leaders and design entrepreneurs hosted by Jayneil Dalal.
