You Need a Design Career Growth Plan | Catt Small, Asana

Episode 41 Show Notes: It's essential to be intentional about your career growth. I know that we are looking for a job to get by a lot of the time, but I think we can use every job experience to our advantage. In this episode, Catt and I discuss creating a design growth plan and the benefits of having one. Knowing how you want to use each job opportunity towards your life goals is crucial to your mental health.   Mentions:   Designer Levels, Marissa Louie https://malouie.com/individual-contributor-ic-designer-and-design-management-tracks-levels-framework   Design Team Levels, Peter Merholz https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m-Cso3848CgEz0eng5spL0lDppnwOgt726jJ01pVwO8/edit#gid=288553197   Catt's Social Website Cattsmall.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/cattsmall/ Twitter https://twitter.com/cattsmall Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thecattsuite/   Game Design --- Games Devs of Color Expo Website https://www.gamedevsofcolorexpo.com Twitter https://twitter.com/gdocexpo --- Phaser http://phaser.io Construct 3 https://www.construct.net/en Asana's Social Twitter https://twitter.com/AsanaDesignTeam Asana's Hiring! https://asana.design ------ Today's sponsor, Google Design, produces original content like articles and videos to show how Google's products come to life—and to inspire designers everywhere. Head over to goo.gle/UINarrative to get inspired.   Podcast Info:   Transcripts available on episode web page.   Listen on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Stitcher, and Spotify.   RSS feed: https://uinarrative.libsyn.com/rss   Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review if you like what you hear. Announcements: Join the UI Narrative Email Club to be the first to hear about weekly blog posts and exclusive podcast recaps. You can sign up at uinarrative.com/emailclub.   Want to become a Product Designer? Or need a portfolio review? Learn more at uinarrative.com/workwithme.   Let's Connect: Have a question for me? Email me at [email protected].   Let's connect! #uinarrative Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn @uinarrative Twitter @uinarrativeco