Company

WeightWatchers

Role

UX Design Manager

Year

2020

Onboarding New Hires

As WW’s Product Design team grew, it became clear we needed a more structured way to welcome new designers.

Without consistent onboarding, new hires faced a steep learning curve—struggling to navigate WW’s business, team culture, and design processes.

Three Recipe Designs

Project Story

I led the effort to design a comprehensive onboarding experience. This included a manager’s guide and checklist to standardize the first weeks, a buddy system to connect new hires with peers, and detailed documentation covering WW’s business, Product Design organization, culture, processes, and discipline-specific tools.

Project Story

I led the effort to design a comprehensive onboarding experience. This included a manager’s guide and checklist to standardize the first weeks, a buddy system to connect new hires with peers, and detailed documentation covering WW’s business, Product Design organization, culture, processes, and discipline-specific tools.

Contributions

  • Designed a structured onboarding framework for new Product Designers

  • Created a manager’s guide + checklist to ensure consistency across teams

  • Introduced an onboarding buddy system to foster connection and support

  • Authored documentation covering WW’s business, org structure, culture, processes, and tools

  • Improved ramp-up speed while strengthening culture and team cohesion

Welcome Slide
90 Day Plan
Screenshot of the design file
Screenshot of the design file

My Impact

The result was a scalable framework that not only shortened ramp-up time but also created a stronger sense of belonging. Designers felt supported from day one, which gave managers more confidence and the team a consistent foundation to build upon.

Project Stats

  • 1 manager’s guide + checklist developed for consistency

  • 1 buddy system introduced to support new hires

  • 20+ onboarding documents covering business, org, process, and tools

Sketches of WW explorations

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