Storytelling and prioritization are two under appreciated skills for designers. I had the pleasure of mentoring designers for the latest Co.Lab cohort who excelled in these areas! Seeing finished projects makes me wish this program existed when I first started in design.

An exciting topic hosting on ADPList group session w/ Jacalin Ding Timothy Li Chukwuemeka Iheonye 🦄🙌 adplist.org/session/my-day…

There’s only one place to see your favorite mentors review portfolio live from the community's designers ✨... Get ready for #ADPListCoffeeHours in ~6h! 🎟 rsvp open: lu.ma/coffeehours14

The shift in 1:1s with I replaced "How's everything going?" with "What's one thing that could be better?" is bonkers. This is the difference between being open to feedback and seeking feedback.

It's official. Starting today, people in Nova Scotia can pick up free rapid COVID tests at every single library in that province. Meanwhile, in Ontario, 24 million rapid tests are sitting on shelves. RT if you want access to free rapid tests now.

Day 1 feels 😌. Hi Wealthsimple!

We are looking for a Director of Research to join our team at Wealthsimple! We are a Design Team of 30~ but will be doubling this year! Our research team needs a leader – could it be you? 🇨🇦/🇺🇸 remote ok Apply today ✨ jobs.lever.co/wealthsimple/e…

At @wealthsimple we're hiring!!! 🎠🎡 We're looking for Researchers, Content Strategists, Designers and Managers! Our open design roles range from intermediate right up to staff level. Interested? You'll find them all and can apply here 👇 femkedesign-jobs.pallet.xyz/jobs

I'm about to kick off an exciting hiring round for a UX Researcher and Senior (or Staff) Product Designer for my team (UX for Product Growth Wealthsimple). I will follow up with job postings here, but please let me know if you're interested (or know of someone!). US & Canada.

Feeling of finishing teaching a UX course for the first time with Juno College of Technology = 🥳 Thank you for the chance to teach a really engaged and passionate group of potential future designers!

I know I have #designsystem folx following me! Wealthsimple is hiring a Staff or Principal Designer to be the *lead* visual designer on our Designs Systems team, raising the bar for our simple, intuitive, user experiences at scale and continually evolving best practices.

Garland is back. Watch the teaser trailer for MEN, starring Academy Award nominee Jessie Buckley. In theaters May 20

It IS remarkable. Please watch it, and share it as much as you possibly can. #Ukraine #Zelensky #Russia

📢Freelancers! 👇 Come help out femke and our team🙂

YES. youtube.com/watch?v=TWGvnt…

Friends that currently use WS (or are thinking of using it), check it out!!

Friends and connections - a lot of talented people and even more wonderful humans were let go from Wealthsimple today. If anyone is looking to add folks in UXR / Research Ops / Content Strategy pls reach out!

Packing for my first duathlon this weekend and

Solid turnout for our Saturday 12k run! Thank you all for coming out. Enjoy the sunshine!!!! ☀️

Great to be back running 🏃🏻 with Portland Runners Toronto and ending the summer 🌞 strong 💪!