Mig Reyes is the VP of Product Experience at Duolingo (and a design director at Instagram before that).
In this episode he shared a behind-the-scenes of how design operates at Duolingo (as well as some harsh truths designers need to hear).
Common portfolio review mistakes
How communication skills build influence
Mig’s strategy behind hiring junior designers
How to succeed in executive product reviews
Mig’s mandate to raise the design bar at Duolingo
How Mig revamped design management at Duolingo
Why Duolingo changed from “UX” to “Product Experience”
a lot more
Jacob Nielsen (commented on LinkedIn post))
Brett Westervelt (VP of Design at Instagram))
Ryan Sims (Chief Design Officer at Duolingo))
Luis (CEO of Duolingo))
Companies mentioned: Instagram, Airbnb, Coinbase, Meta, OpenAI, Figma
