Design
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Reimagining “My Library”: A Vision for TPT’s Future
Overview When I joined Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT), it was primarily a marketplace for printable resources. This meant that My Library—a dashboard where teachers stored their purchased materials—was mostly home to PDFs and documents, with most users having only a handful of purchases. As TPT evolved, My Library needed to be rethought to accommodate a…
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Design Team Management: Leading with Structure, Growth, and Visibility
Building and Leading High-Performing Design Teams Managing a design team requires a balance of mentorship, strategic leadership, and adaptability. Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to build teams from the ground up, step into existing teams in need of direction, and navigate difficult moments like team reductions. Through these experiences, I’ve developed a toolkit…
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Anatomy of Design
One of the best things about design thinking is that it benefits everyone across the organization. I’ve had the opportunity to run some workshops and talks for new employees and non-designers to help them understand the design process, how to apply design thinking to their own work, and what it means to be user-centric. This…
Justin Dickinson 