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Matthew Traul

I’m Matthew, Product Designer at InVision—AMA 🙃

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I’ve worked on enterprise software and design systems at IBM, prototyped apps for people at work with Apple, and now I build tools for Designers and Engineers at InVision. Along the way, I’ve designed integrations for whole-team tools like Slack, GitHub, Jira, and Trello. Non-professionally, I’m into indoor climbing, slacklining, tattoos, plants, old Land Cruisers, Dragon Ball, films, and my cat. You can ask me about any of the topics above, including collaborating with different stakeholders, pitching to executives, working at a huge company vs a startup, design research, making decisions, public speaking, interviewing for peers and leaders, my product design approach and process, or my POV on design tooling. Opinions expressed are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer.
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Tian Zhao
Would love to have your thoughts on any/all 10 points of this article I wrote: https://uxdesign.cc/my-top-10-pe...
Matthew Traul
@tian_zhao Hey Tian. This isn’t really a question, and I don’t have the time to read through every Medium article sent my way. Sorry 😐
Tian Zhao
@matthewcpaul Oh that's 'cuz I don't have any questions for ya.
Rex Osariemen
As a product designer, what do you look for in a mid-senior level engineers when considering adding a new member to your team?
Matthew Traul
@osariemen Thank you for the question. I actually answered a really similar question from Jean-Luc above ☝🏻 Go give that a read!
Sabba Keynejad
Hey Matthew, I am Sabba from VEED.IO - I have been thinking a lot about tooling in creative products recently. As adding new tools and features can help unlock more use cases and therefore growth, How do you use for prioritizing new features and tooling. Also how important is stability and reliability? Thanks for this :)
Matthew Traul
@sab8a There are many ways to prioritize new features or the exploring of new ideas. I like to fall back on my training in Design Thinking, and pull tools from that like empathy maps, as-is scenario maps, divergent ideation, to-be scenario maps, experienced-based roadmaps, etc. It's important to have the right people in the room while facilitating these exercises (see: Design Sprint, the book), because there will come a time when you need to narrow in on what is the best problem to solve or thing to build now. Ultimately, listen to the customers, watch the market, and decide with a team of people you trust. As far as stability and reliability, I can't think of anything more important for a software product. Trust goes a long way, and can be lost quickly.
Igo Akulov
Hey Matt. 🙌 From where I stand, product design is the direction most designers go these days. What other design areas do you think are a good bet for young and talented upstarts if you had to pick a few? 🙏
Chris Choy
Hi Matthew, As a Product Designer, what are your everyday works?
Ali Kamalizade
Hi Matthew! I'd be interested to know: how are your experiences with convincing other stakeholders (e.g. product management, software engineers) to do things which might not seem important at first glance (e.g. accessibility, consistent design language)?
Brianna Lilian Jackson
hi Matthew,
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Angel
hey Matthew, after moving from IBM and Apple to your current workplace, what's the most valuable lesson you've learned as a designer? What advice would you give to yourself when you first started out? I'm also personally looking into product design, and would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks in advance, and cheers!
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