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Design Boss Michael DiTullo on "The Four Skills I Look For When Hiring Designers"

Use the lockdown time to ensure these are sharp

By Rain Noe - May 4

While a lot of design projects are currently on ice due to COVID-19, smart designers are hunkering down to work on improving their skills. The economy will return at some point--and like an ex-con emerging from incarceration with Prison Body, you should come out of lockdown with bulging design muscles.

Which muscles do you need?

"While in design leadership roles at Nike, frog design, Sound United, and in my own studio I've hired Industrial Designers, Graphic Designers, UX Designers, and Motion Designers," writes Michael DiTullo. "These are the four skills I look for when interviewing candidates:"

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Rain Noe

I’m a lapsed industrial designer. I was born in NYC and figured I’d die there, but a few years ago I abandoned New York to live on a farm in the countryside with my wife. We have six dogs.