About this episode

Polly D’Arcy shares her journey from individual contributor to VP of Design at Wealthsimple, discussing design leadership and hiring practices.

Imagine going from IC to leading the Wealthsimple design team in a few short years… That was Polly D’arcy’s ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/pollydarcy/ ) journey and today’s episode covers everything she’s learned along the way. We go deep into design leadership, craft, hiring, and a lot more. Some highlights: - Why Polly hires specialists over generalists - Tactics to nail your next portfolio presentation - What it looks like to lean into the moment with AI - How Polly defines design quality at WealthSimple - Polly’s go-to interview question to evaluate designers - How AI is changing team composition and design roles

People in this episode

Host: Ridd

Guest: Polly D’Arcy

Topics covered

• design leadership
• hiring
• AI in design
• portfolio presentation
• design quality

Keywords

• design leadership
• Wealthsimple
• AI
• portfolio presentation
• design quality
• interview questions
• team composition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wealthsimple

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