"I love Sophie Shepherd"

2022-05-08 12:40:08

Sophie Shepherd is a product design manager at GitHub. + more At GitHub, she leads the team of designers who are responsible for Issues, Pull Requests, Notifications, Insights, Enterprise, Identity Management, and Client Apps (iOS and Android, GitHub Desktop, and CLI). Previously at GitHub, she worked on both the web team and the design systems team—at the intersection of brand, marketing, and CSS. Prior to this, she was a Senior Designer at Ushahidi, an open-source, non-profit software company and Happy Cog, a client-services agency. When not designing, Sophie compulsively rotates between many hobbies, such as cooking, growing backyard vegetables, riding her bike, going on road trips, camping, and beekeeping. Writing March 11, 2022 Interview questions for product designers March 4, 2022 Six Things I Learned in Six Years at GitHub August 1, 2018 So you're thinking of becoming a manager... January 29, 2018 The Thoughtful Designer + more January 29, 2018 Why writing scares me December 6, 2017 Calling all web designers June 14, 2017 The Road to Burnout is Paved With Context Switching September 28, 2015 Flows as Design Patterns February 24, 2015 Using a Pattern Library as a Design Tool December 17, 2014 Leaving Happy Cog November 20, 2014 Switch Design October 9, 2014 Rethinking Our Prototypical Process July 10, 2014 Behold, the Fold May 15, 2014 Hover-crafting May 11, 2014 My Mom March 23, 2014 A New Site & Silver Linings January 16, 2014 Do it once. Do it right. September 26, 2013 Why We Prototype July 2, 2013 From Public Freaking To Public Speaking May 16, 2013 What I Wish I Had Known When I Graduated College December 16, 2012 The Evolving Role of a Designer August 2, 2012 The Four Stages of Giving Up Photoshop Speaking March 23, 2017 NYC Design Systems Coalition December 1, 2016 Designer News Panel March 1, 2016 General Assembly & FED@IBM October 3, 2015 O'Reilly Velocity + more September 23, 2015 Responsive Field Day June 9, 2015 Breaking Development June 3, 2015 Future Insights May 21, 2015 FrontEnd Design Conference September 12, 2014 Blend Conference November 4, 2014 Artifact March 10, 2013 SXSW Interactive Podcasts & Interviews July 17, 2017 Design Systems and Creativity August 17, 2015 The Path to Performance June 16, 2015 A List Apart Panel - Responsive Style Guides May 11, 2015 Responsive Web Design Podcast + more December 8, 2014 Shop Talk Show March 20, 2014 Cognition Round Table Social Twitter • GitHub • Instagram • Dribbble • LinkedIn