Hi there! Join me in conversating with Charli Prangley who is a designer, content creator, speaker, writer, and mentor. She is currently a creative director at Convertkit- which is a marketing hub for creators to build their community and monetize by selling digital products and subscriptions. Charlie is also a design YouTuber. She hosts the podcast show Inside marketing design and co-hosts the podcast show The Design Life. She is originally from New Zealand and she is currently based out of Valencia, Spain where she lives with her family. In this episode, we’ll be focusing on building one’s personal brand, creating content, generating income streams, and managing them altogether.
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TIME STAMPS:
03:07 How does Charli explain to people what she does for a living
04:07 What is a personal brand and how can people create it
06:22 Charli’s YouTube journey: What pushes her to keep creating content every day
08:54 The story of INSIDE MARKETING DESIGN and THE DESIGN LIFE podcast shows
12:03 How should a designer plan his/her income streams
13:21 Charli and her 16 streams of income - How?
15:05 How to build an audience by building an email list
17:44 Charli is writing a book!
19:52 Is formal education in design necessary to be a successful designer?
21:29 Scope of design that is not product design
23:23 Imparity in the salary of a non-product designer vs visual designer
24:25 Learnings from being a designer in Tech Firms
26:22 Charli’s biggest fear when she started as a designer
27:27 What would Charli change about how she progressed in her career as a designer
29:00 How does Charli find time to do so many things at once?
30:28 How many hours does Charli spends on her main hustle(ConvertKit job)
33:16 How important are designers in the current modern world
34:58 Charli’s favorite designer
35:59 Charli’s content suggestions for designers
37:03 Charli’s Hobbies 38:29 What does Charli look for in a design candidate while hiring 40:03 Hiring a generalist vs a specialist 41:16 V-shaped skillset 42:14 Ideal qualities of a design manager
43:39 Differences in being a designer at a B2B business vs B2C business
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The Design Convo Podcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedesignconvopodcast/Anchor FM: https://anchor.fm/thedesignconvopodcastSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0gDopKcz40n9mQjybUNiPPApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-design-convo-podcast/id1588933717Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82MTBkMWI0NC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpD5ddCMmrU&list=PL3dvja-MdghByNQ3PmTMwJ5CP7LOCxoDn&ab_channel=ShakthiHariDesign --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can find Charli Marie at: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charliprangley/Twitter: https://twitter.com/charliprangleyYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/charlimarietvLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charliprangley/Website: https://charlimarie.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Host: Shakthi Hari N V Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shakthiharinv/Twitter: https://twitter.com/shakthiharinvYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ShakthiHariDesignMedium: https://medium.com/@shakthiharinvDribbble: https://dribbble.com/shakthiharinvBehance: https://www.behance.net/shakthiharinvLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shakthi-hari-n-v-18038198/Foundation(NFTs): https://foundation.app/@shakthiharinvFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shakthiharidesigns ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here is part 2 of the episode with Saptarshi Prakash, the Director of Design at Swiggy - India's leading online food ordering and delivery app. In part 1 of this episode, we talked about topics varying from transitioning from an IC to a manager, building and nurturing a team, to becoming a content creator. In this episode, we talk about being a mentor, personal branding, Web3, etc.
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TIME STAMPS:
00:01:37 BEING LOTTIEFILES’S EVANGELIST
00:02:57 EXPERIENCE OF BEING A MENTOR ON ADPLIST, DESIGNED(DOT)ORG
00:08:20 WHAT MAKES A GREAT MENTOR
00:09:51 IS TEACHING OR CREATING CONTENT THE BEST WAY TO GENERATE PASSIVE INCOME AS A DESIGNER?
00:13:31 DO BEING A GENERALIST SLOW DOWN CAREER GROWTH?
00:16:29 SAPTA’S THOUGHTS ON HIS PERSONAL BRAND
00:21:21 HOW SHOULD CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS POSITION THEMSELVES IN THE INDUSTRY?
00:25:41 DOES PERSONAL BRANDING HELP NEGOTIATE BETTER SALARIES?
00:27:54 IDENTIFYING THE RIGHT TIME TO QUIT A JOB
00:31:44 HOW TO HANDLE THE LOWS WITHOUT PASSING THEM ON TO THE TEAM YOU MANAGE
00:36:17 DESIGNERS WHO INSPIRE SAPTA TO CREATE
00:38:52 THOUGHTS ON WEB3, METAVERSE
00:42:56 THINGS THAT SAPTA WOULD GO BACK AND CHANGE IN THE PAST
00:44:30 IS SAPTA A BELIEVER?
00:45:08 RELEVANCY OF DESIGNERS IN THE MODERN CHAOTIC WORLD
00:49:03 HOW CAN DESIGNERS SAFEGUARD THEIR OPPORTUNITIES
00:50:54 SAPTA’S CONTENT SUGGESTIONS FOR UPCOMING DESIGNERS
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The Design Convo Podcast:
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Anchor FM: https://anchor.fm/thedesignconvopodcast
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0gDopKcz40n9mQjybUNiPP
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-design-convo-podcast/id1588933717
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpD5ddCMmrU&list=PL3dvja-MdghByNQ3PmTMwJ5CP7LOCxoDn&ab_channel=ShakthiHariDesign
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You can find Saptarshi Prakash at:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saptarshiux/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/saptarshipr
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/saptarshipr
Medium: https://medium.com/@saptarshipr
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Host: Shakthi Hari N V
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shakthiharinv/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shakthiharinv
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ShakthiHariDesign
Medium: https://medium.com/@shakthiharinv
Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/shakthiharinv
Behance: https://www.behance.net/shakthiharinv
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shakthi-hari-n-v-18038198/
Foundation(NFTs): https://foundation.app/@shakthiharinv
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Hey folks. Join me in conversating with Saptarshi Prakash, the Director of Design at Swiggy - India's leading online food ordering and delivery app. In part 1 of this episode, we talk about topics varying from transitioning from an IC to a manager, building and nurturing a team, to becoming a content creator. And this is definitely not a UI/UX discussion for I am not a product designer. This was a fun discussion with a lot of takeaways for me. And stay tuned for part 2 of this episode.
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TIME STAMPS:
00:02:30 Intro
00:03:00 HOW SAPTA SHAPED HIMSELF AS A DESIGNER
00:05:59 FIRST OPPORTUNITY AT Housing.com
00:09:25 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF SAPTA
00:15:03 HOW TO NOT GET EXHAUSTED BY WORK
00:18:19 IS FORMAL EDUCATION IN DESIGN IMPORTANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL?
00:21:43 HOW CAN DESIGNERS PLAN THEIR STREAMS OF INCOME?
00:26:51 WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN UI, UX, AND PRODUCT DESIGN?
00:30:24 HOW CAN DESIGNERS STAND OUT AMONGST THE HEAVY COMPETITION?
00:34:12 SHIFT IN MINDSET WHILE DESIGNING SOLUTIONS FOR B2B AND B2C BRANDS
00:40:02 DESIGN AT SWIGGY - STRUCTURE & PROCESSES
00:43:33 VALIDATING DESIGN DECISIONS
00:46:40 HOW DOES ONE KNOW WHEN HE/SHE IS READY TO BECOME A MANAGER?
00:49:24 3 THINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL IN BECOMING A MANAGER
00:54:47 WHAT SHOULD A DESIGNER POSSESS? FROM BOTH THE CANDIDATE'S AND THE HIRING MANAGER'S PERSPECTIVE
00:58:51 WHY ARE GRAPHIC DESIGNERS GETTING PAID LESSER THAN PRODUCT DESIGNERS OF EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE?
01:02:29 WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE SCOPE OF DESIGN THAT’S NOT PRODUCT-DESIGN IN INDIA IN THE NEAR FUTURE?
01:03:41 DID YOU PLAN ON BECOMING A CONTENT CREATOR?
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The Design Convo Podcast:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedesignconvopodcast/
Anchor FM: https://anchor.fm/thedesignconvopodcast
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0gDopKcz40n9mQjybUNiPP
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-design-convo-podcast/id1588933717
Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82MTBkMWI0NC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpD5ddCMmrU&list=PL3dvja-MdghByNQ3PmTMwJ5CP7LOCxoDn&ab_channel=ShakthiHariDesign
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You can find Saptarshi Prakash at:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saptarshiux/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/saptarshipr
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/saptarshipr
Medium: https://medium.com/@saptarshipr
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Host: Shakthi Hari N V
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shakthiharinv/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shakthiharinv
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ShakthiHariDesign
Medium: https://medium.com/@shakthiharinv
Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/shakthiharinv
Behance: https://www.behance.net/shakthiharinv
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shakthi-hari-n-v-18038198/
Foundation(NFTs): https://foundation.app/@shakthiharinv
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Hey TDC fam! Join me in my conversation with Sneha Sankar - a Brand experience designer, an art director, an illustrator, and a typography enthusiast. She has co-founded the design consulting firm Prophecy: an innovation, strategy, and design consultancy focused on building digital products and brands. Sneha also teaches Brand experience design with the 10kdesigners community platform. She has experience in designing for tech firms like Ola, Unacademy, and has done art direction for a number of projects for various brands.
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In this episode we talk about designing for tech brands, creating and running your own design consultancy, financial stability, NFTs, metaverse, web3, design team structures, Prophecy - the design consultancy, and so many interesting things.
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Chapters:
01:20 Starting as a creative person
07:55 How is formal education in Design an advantage
13:03 Unlearning things learned in design school
18:55 Design MBA
27:42 How to structure a design team
34:16 Hobbies 35:35 Financial freedom
43:26 Story of Prophecy-the design consultancy
50:49 How to start a design consultancy- Step-by-step process
54:51 TipTopTypeTips- Backstory
01:02:25 What is Brand-experience design
01:04:39 Teaching BX Design with 10kdesigners
01:08:20 Metaverse Jargons: Rapid-fire
01:19:55 We3 for web3
01:28:03 How to design for Web3
01:33:40 Takeaways from being a designer in tech firms
01:39:55 Biggest fear while staring as a designer
01:41:51 Time management, multitasking
01:45:28 Importance of designers in the real world
01:51:35 Favourite designers
01:53:26 Content suggestions
Please find below the links to Sneha's works:
Prophecy design consultancy
Hey TDC fam! Join me in my conversation with Melvin Thambi: a wonderful artist, an NFT enthusiast, a creative director, and a creative entrepreneur. He has over 14 years of global experience influencing product design with brands including Facebook, LinkedIn, eBay, etc. Today he is a Creative Director at Riversand - a global software company that empowers enterprises to transform their data into an engine of growth.
Chapters:
11:30 Pros/Cons of working abroad
18:22 Creative Family
20:49 Metaverse jargons- rapid-fire
26:49 How NFT Marketplaces function
28:57 Secondary NFT market 3
1:49 Royalties from NFTs
34:08 Building a community
41:00 NFT Projects, Mojoheads
45:15 How to not get scammed
48:30 What does it take to be a successful NFT artist
54:43 A day in Melvin's life
1:01:53 Being a design mentor
1:06:53 Chris Do & being a Futur Pro community member
1:10:56 Overcoming self-doubts
1:13:20 Managing time
1:20:50 Content suggestions
1:25:08 Building your personal brand
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You can find Melvin's work at:
Hey TDC fam! Join me in my conversation with Shivam Thapliyal - a fantastic illustrator/visual designer/creative coder/animator who is also gearing up his 3d design skills lately. The man’s works speak for themselves for the bright colors he uses in his designs light up the consumer/viewer. If you are using Swiggy and you love the beautiful visuals in the app, this man is one of the designers who’s responsible for the delight that the app delivers.
We discuss transitioning from engineering to design, creative coding, designing for a tech firm vs. designing for an agency, financial stability for a designer, NFTs, metaverse, design team structure at Swiggy/Flipkart, creating illustration & icon libraries at Swiggy/Flipkart, etc.
Please find below the links to Shivam's works:
Hey everybody. We have a fantastic illustrator/storyteller with us, and he is also a creative entrepreneur. He’s the man responsible for thousands of people all around the globe to pick their pencils up and start sketching something every single day for 100 days a year. Yes, he started the 100daysofsketching challenge that took the internet by storm. Simply put, this is an intelligent guy who knows how to do things independently.
Join me in conversating with Keshav Rathnavel or Kesh as the millennials and the GenZ know him on the internet. We talk about treating your art/design as business, managing & planning your finances/income streams, what should one consider before jumping into teaching online, etc.
Please find below the links to Kesh's works:
Hey everybody. Thanks for joining us today in our conversation with Yash Pradhan. Here’s something about Yash in his own words:
“Hi, I am Yash Pradhan, 27 y/o self-taught digital artist, illustrator, and graphic designer based in Bombay, India.
Doodling, what used to be a hobby of sorts, is now something I have turned into a profession for myself. I studied banking & business as I graduated from Mumbai University but went back to the roots of scribbling but now digitally.
I have been creating these artworks for over 5 years now and find myself constantly inspired by my daily experiences and observations. The nitty-gritty of everyday life fascinates me and provides abundant opportunities to be inspired from.
Currently freelancing fulfilling design briefs with different brands & co’s.”
Below are the links to Yash’s profile and works:
Hey wonderful Listeners. Nori Norbhu is an amazing illustrator and a budding creative entrepreneur currently based out of Bangalore. I have been watching Nori grow for the past two years and believe me, she has had an incredible journey. She is currently working on her online store for admirers of art and design. She has designed stationaries like notebooks, posters, keychains, etc. Below are the links to her works:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noriiart/
Website: https://noriiart.com/
