Scan Slack and Jira. Flag anything that became blocked overnight.
Ten minutes. Who's stuck, who's shipping, what needs unblocking today.
Adjust timelines after yesterday's eng delay. Decide which deadline to push back on.
Walk PM and eng through design status. Translate creative blockers into plain terms.
Two designers are overloaded. Redistribute work before anyone burns out.
Run a retro on last sprint's handoff chaos. Draft a fix the team will actually use.
Send exec summary on Q3 design program. Flag one risk, propose the trade-off.
Chase three teams still not using the shared Figma workspace. Remove the friction.
Update trackers, close loops, set tomorrow's priorities before logging off.
- Wrangle timelines so designers, engineers, and PMs hit deadlines together.
- Spot bottlenecks before they derail a project and clear them fast.
- Run weekly syncs that keep every team pointed at the same goal.
- Build the workflows and rituals that help a design team run smoothly.
- Track who's working on what and flag when someone is overloaded.
- Is this project actually blocked, or do the designers just need more space?
- Should I push back on this deadline, or find a way to make it work?
- Do I escalate this conflict between design and engineering, or let them work it out?
- Is this new process going to help the team, or just add more overhead?
- Should I protect the designers' time here, or give the stakeholder what they're asking for?
People usually reach this work through experience rather than a college program.
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