Ted Goas
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Ted Goas

Lead Product Designer in New Jersey, USA, He/Him/His

New issue of my newsletter is out: I wrote about building design system teams, unsolicited redesigns, and a case for designers knowing code. eocampaign1.com/web-version?p=…

A year ago

About

I'm looking for a senior+ / lead IC design role in a remote-first company. I'm open to just about any industry, but am especially keen to work on tools for climate tech or email marketing. In addition to moving pixels, I'm also interested in mentoring, helping create processes, and establishing a first-class remote culture.

Side Projects

Ongoing

A few simple, but solid patterns for responsive, accessible HTML email in (almost) every email client. Because between mobile, Gmail, and Outlook, HTML email is a three-headed dog from hell.

2022

A fortnightly roundup of product, design, email, and climate news.

Speaking

2023
Remote

Excelling as an email developer is more than just building a strong portfolio. In this AMA, we'll discuss strategies for selling yourself during career growth opportunities and achieving success through applying passion and collaboration.

2015
The Web Comes to Email, But Should It? at Litmus Live
Boston, MA

Writing

2023

Business and strategy are not taught in design school and it’s not something every designer is drawn to, but senior designers should know the basics and be able to communicate the value of design from a business POV.

2022

Questions I ask candidates in product design interviews that give me the strongest signal about what they’d bring to our team and what it’d be like to work with them.

2021

The product design playbook I use to break down and execute on design projects.

2020

Most designers jump into their UI tools too quickly.

2018

How we started, what we built, and what we learned building our first email design system at Stack Overflow.

2018

The loose script from a talk I gave at Asbury Agile 2018.

2017

Lessons and insights from redesigning Stack Overflow’s email preferences.

2017

Email clients use rendering engines appropriate for displaying emails.

2016

How I get by as the sole designer working in an engineering led company.

2015

How my team works and my experience in designing for medical.

2013

I'm a designer and spend most of my time on Windows.

Work Experience

2010 — 2016
2009 — 2010
2008 — 2009
Web Designer II at CUnet
Paramus, NJ
2007 — 2008

Contact

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