Ep. 45 - Design Director (Kristy Tillman)
When you ask Kristy Tillman about design, she doesn’t just talk about designing for a screen. She touches on space, rooms, fliers, products, both physical and digital. In this episode, we talk about her design process and how she hires for design roles.
When you ask Kristy Tillman about design, she doesn’t just talk about designing for a screen. She touches on space, rooms, fliers, products, both physical and digital. Her fluid, all-encompassing concept of design might be new to our CodeNewbie community, but it’s crucial for her role as Design Director for the Society of Grownups. In this episode, we talk about her design process, how she hires for design roles, and what CodeNewbies can do when designing their own products.
Show Links
- TwilioQuest (sponsor)
- DevDiscuss (sponsor)
- DevNews (sponsor)
- Career Karma (sponsor)
- Cockroach Labs (sponsor)
- Society of Grown Ups
- IDEO
- Revision Path
- Sian Morson
- Digital Tools for Design Research
- IDEO's "Informing Our Intuition"
- Michael Hinricks
- Dribbbilisation of Everything
- Black Cool
- Codeland Conf
- Codeland 2019
Kristy Tillman
Kristy serves as the design director for Society of Grownups, a new venture that is changing the face of financial literacy for the young adult set. There she is dedicated to crafting and inspiring the brand across both the digital and physical experiences. Prior to Society of Grownups, Kristy was a designer at IDEO, an award winning global global design firm. There she worked on variety of projects ranging from brand to digital design.