Intro

Mig Reyes is the VP of Product Experience at Duolingo (and a design director at Instagram before that).

In this episode he shared a behind-the-scenes of how design operates at Duolingo (as well as some harsh truths designers need to hear).

• Common portfolio review mistakes
• How communication skills build influence
• Mig’s strategy behind hiring junior designers
• How to succeed in executive product reviews
• Mig’s mandate to raise the design bar at Duolingo
• How Mig revamped design management at Duolingo
• Why Duolingo changed from “UX” to “Product Experience”
• a lot more

• Jacob Nielsen (commented on LinkedIn post)
• Brett Westervelt (VP of Design at Instagram)
• Ryan Sims (Chief Design Officer at Duolingo)
• Luis (CEO of Duolingo)
• Companies mentioned: Instagram, Airbnb, Coinbase, Meta, OpenAI, Figma