Janelle Hitz is a Senior Visual Designer working on the Disney+ platform. Previously, she designed for gaming companies that include Electronic Arts and Blizzard Entertainment — working on things like Origin, Hearthstone, StarCraft II, and Heroes of the Storm. She enjoys executing the entire breadth of a design process. Janelle believes that building relationships across teams and disciplines is the key to successful products. When she's not designing, you can find her surfing, snowboarding, or playing video games.

In this episode, we talk about the being a first time design manager, doing product design for games and gaming websites, launching Disney+, and so much more.

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Janelle's Portfolio - http://janellehitz.com/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jhitz/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/silkychicken
Dribbble - https://dribbble.com/silkychicken

Disney+ - https://preview.disneyplus.com/ph/
Disney+ in the Netherlands - https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/12/20862167/free-disney-plus-hands-on-pilot-marvel
Icons - https://store.steampowered.com/app/684200/Icons_Legacy_Edition/
Hearthstone - https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/
Starcraft II - https://starcraft2.com/en-us/
Heroes of The Storm - https://heroesofthestorm.com/en-us/
EA.com - https://www.ea.com/

050: The Chicken Chaser

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