A Solo Designer’s Journey in a Fast-Growing Startup

From design-team-of-thirty to design-team-of-one

Lisa Demchenko
UX Planet
Published in
6 min readFeb 29, 2024

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Over the past two years, I have been a design-team-of-one at a fast-growing startup, and the experience has been nothing short of a rollercoaster. In the absence of a dedicated design team, I’ve found myself collaborating with a product manager, front-end engineers, project managers, subject matter experts and various other colleagues to navigate the intricate world of design, ideation, testing, and critiques.

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