Podcasts

Patrick O’Shaughnessy from the Invest Like The Best podcast interviews Dylan Field, covering ​“the hardest part of building in private, his principles for avoiding common design pitfalls, and why human creativity is still as relevant as ever despite the growing capabilities of AI models.”

Erin and Carol from the Awkward Silences podcast are joined by Andrew Hogan, Figma’s Head of Insights, to explore the nature of collaboration today and how the structure of that collaboration can impact our ability to effect UX change.

Design Systems WTF podcast from zeroheight: ​“AI tools are transforming the landscape, making it easier than ever to create and design. Is this making everyone a designer? Will design system makers have to herd even more cats? We’ll be joined by special guest Pablo Stanley, the brilliant co-founder of two AI-based design tools, Musho and Lummi. We’ll unpack the potential of AI-based design tools and some risks. Join us for a lively conversation filled with spicy takes about how AI is reshaping the boundaries of design.”

In this episode of the Designing with AI podcast, Mia Blume chatted with Noah Levin, VP of Product Design at Figma, about the emotional ups and downs of the recent acquisition announcement and how it impacted the team, explored the implications of artificial intelligence on creativity and curiosity, leading teams through times of change and learning, decision-making, democratized access to information, and even the concept of love.

In this episode of the ​“Tech Chat” podcast, Luis shares his journey, shedding light on how he found his path to Figma and what it’s like to serve as a design advocate.

An episode of the In Depth podcast with Kyle Parrish, Figma’s first sales hire, who built the company’s zero-to-one sales engine from scratch. Figma now has more than 3 million monthly users. ​“When he joined Figma as its very 1st sales hire, Kyle was eager to hit the ground running and close deals. So he was caught off guard when CEO Dylan Field assigned him to work customer support for the first 4 weeks. But looking back, it’s a tactic that paid dividends.”

A new podcast by Figma?! ​“The biggest topics in the design and digital product industry, discussed with a bit of humor.” In the first 3 episodes Andrew Hogan, Head of Insights at Figma, interviews an Industry Analyst Rob Koplowitz, a lecturer at Bentley University Janelle Estes, and a design lead Dan Makoski.

Lenny’s newsletter and podcast are my favorite on all things product and growth, so I’m looking forward to listening to this interview! ​“Claire Butler was Figma’s first GTM hire and their 10th employee. She led Figma’s early GTM strategy from stealth through monetization. She also helped the team through the journey to find product-market fit and built the team that drove Figma’s unique bottom-up growth motion. Eight years later, as Senior Director of Marketing, she continues to lead Figma’s bottom-up growth motion, along with community, events, social, advocacy, and Figma for education.”

In episode #461, Brian and Marshall ​“supply some cold (but thoughtful!) takes on everything released during last month’s WWDC and Config 2023.”

Lilibeth Bustos Linares interviews Miguel Cardona at the SoulDoodles podcast, where they trace his inspiring journey from being an assistant professor at RIT, to leading product design at Imgix, and to joining Figma as a Designer Advocate for Education.

“Marcel Weekes is the VP of Product Engineering at Figma, and was formerly VP of Engineering at Slack. He unpacks why most startups get it wrong when they uplevel someone from IC engineer to eng manager and unfurls what stellar engineering management looks like at high-growth companies.”

Nadia Singer, Chief People Officer at Figma, shares why she believes anyone can become a skilled talent evaluator, her best interview questions, and how Figma leverages transparency across the org.

Lenny Rachitsky talks to Yuhki Yamashita, CPO (Chief Product Officer) at Figma. ​“In today’s episode, we talk about operationalizing quality, the case against OKRs, and how Figma isn’t just known for product-led growth, but also for building a community of empowered users. Yuhki also shares why he thinks storytelling is key to being a great product manager, owning the ​“why,” and the potential impact of Adobe’s acquisition of Figma.”

Forbes speaks with Danny Rimer from Index Ventures about investing in Figma, working with Dylan Field, the fund’s artisan approach, and how his passion for art and creators has helped him connect with entrepreneurs.

Dylan Field shares his thoughts on ​“Neopets, early MySpace collabs with Eric Lu, the importance of asking ​‘why now’ when building new products, the future of web development and the future”.

Noah Levin talks about Figma’s unique processes in hiring and culture on the Design To Be podcast.

An unofficial audio series (definitely not a podcast!) from the Figma designer advocates team.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, the host Daniel Newman is joined by Ashley Still, Senior Vice President of Digital Media/​Marketing, Strategy & Partnerships for Adobe, to take a look at Adobe’s acquisition of Figma.

Hatch Design Talks podcast interviews Julia Kestner, Manager Designer Advocate at Figma. With Figma being in the hypergrowth phase and expanding in Europe, her job comes with exciting new challenges. The host spoke with Julia about the role of the Designer Advocate, the dangers of becoming too precious with one’s design system, and what we can expect now that Figma is putting more resources in Europe.

The Chrome Cast podcast interviews Noah Levin, the Director of Design at Figma. Besides talking about Figma and FigJam, they discuss Google for Education’s partnership with Figma to bring the collaborative design platform to education Chromebooks across the US and how Figma is leaning into the education space.