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The fastest way to earn trust as a new designer? Set expectations—and then exceed them.

Name: The fastest way to earn trust as a new designer? Set expectations—and then exceed them.
Uploaded: 2025-06-13T16:52:24+00:00
Duration: 1 min 10 s
Channel: Ritzie Williams
Description: In this concise advice segment, the speaker explains that the fastest way for a new designer to earn trust on a team is to set clear expectations and…

13 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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In this concise advice segment, the speaker explains that the fastest way for a new designer to earn trust on a team is to set clear expectations and consistently fulfill them. They emphasize the importance of over‑communicating, asking questions, and putting in extra effort to understand teammates and the product. By demonstrating honest effort, openness to suggestions, and a collaborative attitude with cross‑functional partners, a designer not only builds personal credibility but also contributes to a healthier team culture. The speaker frames these practices as essential habits for gaining trust and fostering growth within a design team.

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What's the key to earning trust as a new designer on a team? It is delivering on your word. It is talking. It is setting clear expectations and then fulfilling the expectations. I think that is essentially how to make a good experience on anything, is when you understand the expectation and you deliver on the expectation and you make sure you clarify. Sometimes it's better to overtalk and ask the questions and get to know, put in the extra effort, and that usually helps contribute to a design team. Very few people go to work thinking, "I don't want my product to succeed," or, "I don't want something that I've been working a long time in to do well." So when you go in there and you're putting, you know, an honest effort and you're trying hard and you're asking questions and you're getting to know them and work with them and open to, you know, suggestions, It tends to build a better culture, and that is, I'd say, a key way to earn trust with other cross-functional people as well as other designers, and just keep growing, and keep showing, and keep doing what you're supposed to do.