In episode 14 of The Product Design Podcast, Seth Coelen interviews Femke, a Product Designer from Toronto, Canada. She currently works at Wealthsimple, which is a financial services company. Previously she worked for Uber on both the ride and Uber Eats sides of the business. She keeps busy with content creation for her YouTube Channel supported by her Instagram, email newsletter, and Design Life podcast. She also supports the design community through a job board to help designers find jobs and mentors designers through superpeer. Femke shares her advice on getting into product design and provides details on how she has successfully moved along her career path. We are so excited for you to listen to this episode! During our interview with Femke you will learn: ?? How Femke found her interest in product design ?? Uber: how she landed a job at what it was like working at one of the biggest unicorns in the industry ?? Why planting seeds early always pays off ?? Content creation: how she does it all and how she measures success ?? Three tips for someone getting starting in product design So happy to have you join us today! 00:00 Introduction 03:21 Femke's journey from graphic design to UX 07:43 How she landed a job at Uber 13:58 Working for one of the biggest unicorns in the industry 20:00 How planting seeds early led her to where she is today 23:15 A day in the life of Femke 24:29 Why she prefers product companies to other opportunities 28:07 Two things she wishes she would have known to do when she was in school and starting her career 30:09 All the plates spinning in her world and how she manages them 34:07 Content creation: where she focused when she was not seeing spectacular results 36:23 Potential projects in the works 39:56 Three tips for someone getting starting in product design ?? Thanks for watching! ?? If you enjoyed this video please like and subscribe so I can keep making content for you good people! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3aRBoqF6mAD1PnQwj86dX ?? Don't forget to read our blog and sign up for reminders when new episodes will be available! https://uxcabin.com/podcast-database/femke-van-schoonhoven-how-to-stand-out-as-a-product-designer-through-content-creation Make sure to follow Femke after the podcast to stay on top of what she is up to! ?? Twitter: https://twitter.com/femkesvs ?? Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/femkedotdesign/ ?? YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/femkedesign ?? Website: https://www.femke.design ?? Design Life podcast: https://www.designlife.fm/ ?? Femke's superpeer Link: https://superpeer.com/femke Additional mentioned links: - Wealthsimple: https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/ - Medium: medium.com Where to find UX Cabin: ?? Twitter: https://twitter.com/uxcabin ?? Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uxcabin/ ?? LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uxcabin ?? TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@uxcabin?lang=en ?? YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3aRBoqF6mAD1PnQwj86dX ?? Website: https://uxcabin.com