Take a leadership role in a project.

“I agreed to lead my first design project somewhat naively. After witnessing Senior Designers do it without breaking a sweat, it would be simple right? Wrong! [...] This resulted in me taking on the majority of work, in an effort to avoid difficult conversations and also prove that I was willing to work just as hard regardless of the roles in the team. This didn’t last long. I began to burn out trying to do everything myself and my teammates felt bored with the lack of engagement they had in the project.”

“As user interviews came to an end, a client suggested another candidate whom we should speak to. The user seemed pretty keen and at this stage any additional data points would be good right? What I did not account for was the ripple on effects this would have on the timeline. I was looking at the isolated interview and did not consider the preparation and synthesis that bookended the interview. This resulted in multiple early mornings and late nights for me, with limited unique insights acquired.”