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Maximize Your Impact to Build a Better UX Career

The best designers are effective outside of Figma.

Learn how to achieve more as a designer with 27 actionable lessons on communication, persuasion, influence, decision-making, productivity, and more.

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Make impact beyond pixels

There are a lot of amazing books about design craft. But what about your career and growth? This book shows how you can have a greater impact on products, organizations, people, and the world.

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What will you learn from this book?

Boost impact — Discover strategies that top designers use to influence others, sell their ideas, and generate more value.
Build a better career — Learn which companies to join to maximize wealth and to create positive change.
Attract more opportunities — Build relationships and a personal brand to maximize your career development.
Learn better and faster — Acquire the right knowledge faster by knowing what and from whom to learn next.

From the author of the

best-seller

Solving Product Design Exercises

Featuring chapters by:

Cassie McDaniel

Head of Design at Medium (ex-Adobe, Webflow, Lattice) teaches how to build a relationship with your manager.

Matthew Ström-Awn

Head of Design Systems at Stripe (ex-SoundCloud, The Wall Street Journal) teaches about the role of doubt in design.

Jessica Harllee

Staff Product Designer at Shopify (ex-Etsy, Kickstarter) teaches navigating career challenges based on her journey at Etsy.

Ran Segall

Educator, Founder at Flux Academy teaches when (not) to work for free.

Cate Huston

Engineering Director at DuckDuckGo (ex-Google, IBM) shares signs that it’s time to quit your job.

what’s in the book

27 highly actionable lessons

Communication and collaboration
- Building up your influence
- Selling your ideas effectively
- Learning the skills that AI will never replace
- Building a relationship with your manager
Career building
- What designers regret in their careers
- Attracting more career opportunities
- Becoming (un)wealthy as a designer
- Knowing when to quit
Positive impact
- Building a career that does good for the world
- Finding companies solving impactful problems
- Doing good with design decisions

Decision making
- Making better and faster decisions
- Reflecting on your career and work
- Identifying the most impactful tasks
Productivity and craft
- Making your design timeless
- Building a personal brand naturally
- Getting more done in less time
- Outsourcing and automating
- Adapting ideas from non-design industries
Learning
- Where and from whom to learn design
- How to pick design books
and more...

Featuring a reading list of 26 books FAANG-designers found most impactful for their careers.

What readers say

A great collection of non-trivial advice that designers can (and should) apply in their careers and daily work.

This book is thought-provoking and helps to position your work effectively in any organization. It makes you reflect in every paragraph about every aspect of your work.

This book is so practical. It has real applicable methods that I have started practicing day to day. Even as a senior designer, the ideas really shifted my mindset and gave me a whole new perspective.

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About the author

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Artiom Dashinsky

I’m a product designer based in Berlin. For the past 14 years, I have led design at multiple startups, owned a small agency, and worked as a freelancer and consultant.

In the last six years, I have built my own products and published four books, including the Amazon bestseller Solving Product Design Exercises.

The products I built for the design community are used by tens of thousands of designers working at companies like Google, Meta, Airbnb, Netflix, and Boeing.

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FAQ

Do you have a discount for students?

Yes. If you’re a full-time student, send me an email from your ".edu" address or other proof and I’ll send you a 20% off coupon for the website. By now the book is used by students (and professors) at Harvard, Royal College of Art, MIT, Parsons, Stanford, CCA, UC Berkeley, Cornel, UCLA, Pratt, and 50+ more. The code is not valid on physical books.
Do you have a money back guarantee policy?

Yes. I offer a money-back guarantee for the digital products available on the website (eBooks, videos and bonus materials). I believe you'll find substantial value in these resources. However, if for any reason you feel otherwise, just contact me within 30 days of your purchase, and I'll promptly refund your money.
How long will my print copy take to arrive? How much does shipping cost?

All of your shipping costs and estimations are available at checkout. Shipping costs start at: US — $3.99, UK — $3.44, Canada — $5.99, Europe — $8.53, the rest of the world depending on your location is about $5-15.
Do you have a bulk pricing?

Yes. If you’re buying more than three copies for your team/students/event attendees reach out to me for a bulk pricing cost.
I’m a non-native speaker. Will it be hard for me to understand your book?

I’m a non-native speaker as well but this book has been professionally edited and we have worked hard to make it accessible for native and non-native speakers. Read the first pages using "Read Sample" feature on Amazon page of the book to see if you’re comfortable with the level of complexity.
Where can I get the PDF or Kindle version of the book "The Effective Product Designer"?

The digital version (PDF, Kindle, ePub) is available only on this website and not on Amazon due to high fees (Amazon would take a 65% fee). You can use the ePub file for your Kindle device.