Jake is currently Senior Manager of Digital Technologies at Adidas, where he’s leading teams in Computational Design, Digital Technologies, and Pattern Engineering. He’a also the co-founder of Out of Architecture: a career consulting firm that helps architects and designers find work that fulfills them.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
01:52 The power of the breakup
06:10 Non-design jobs for designers
09:53 Jake's first book: writing and publishing
18:30 Leading innovation at Adidas
25:11 Getting hired: how to grab the manager's attention
31:23 How to collab with Adidas
39:00 Excelling at multi-disciplinary work
47:00 Advice from Jake: greatest hits
52:50 Book recommendations
53:54 Design object recommendations
55:13 Jake's design secrets
56:30 What's next & how to find Jake