Leading Design at an Education Startup (Maven)

Alicia Quan chats with Yuan Wang, the Head of Design at Maven, aka the university of the future. She is also a leadership coach (CPC) and an adjunct professor at California College of the Arts. She previously led design at Airbnb, Twitter, and Mozilla.

They discuss:

1. Maven’s mission
2. How the Founding Product Designer role influenced the business
3. Best timing for hiring design support at a startup
4. What’s next for leading design at Maven
5. Maven is currently hiring a product designer
6. Advice for those working in UX and also education
7. Learning communities 

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🔸 Connect: 

• Yuan Wang
• Alicia Quan

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🔸 Resources:

• UX of EdTech Newsletter

• Support for those hiring and job seeking in UX and EdTech on LinkedIn

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🔸 Show Mentions:

• Maven

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Music by Sleep Still