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Helena Seo

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Design @ DoorDash

Three tips on design leaders’ portfolio presentations

Winning your interviewers’ heart like a rock star

Jan 4

Three tips on design leaders’ portfolio presentations

Jan 4

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Design @ DoorDash

The art of growing orchids

A lesson in managing a design team

Sep 6, 2024

The art of growing orchids

Sep 6, 2024

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Design @ DoorDash

Untold narrative as a Head of Design

Journey of navigating magnitude and solitude

Jul 31, 2023

Untold narrative as a Head of Design

Jul 31, 2023

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Design @ DoorDash

5 culture principles in DoorDash Design

What makes our culture uniquely different

Nov 20, 2022

A group picture from DoorDash Design annual offsite in 2022

Nov 20, 2022

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Design @ DoorDash

Uniqueness is your magic

One of DoorDash’s company values that resonates with my own personal values is “Make a room at the table”. As I mentioned in my other…

Jun 21, 2022

Uniqueness is your magic

Jun 21, 2022

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Design @ DoorDash

The story of a tree: an anatomy of candidate skills

One of the new hobbies that I picked up during the pandemic is taking a long walk around my neighborhood and observing the shapes of…

Apr 3, 2022

The story of a tree: an anatomy of candidate skills

Apr 3, 2022

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Design @ DoorDash

Why you should join DoorDash Design now

If someone asks me to describe what the rocketship journey in a company would look like, it’d look exactly like DoorDash. DoorDash has been…

Oct 19, 2021

Why you should join DoorDash Design now

Oct 19, 2021

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Design @ DoorDash

The story of hiking: a career growth analogy

People occasionally ask me for advice on their career development and promotion. There’s no simple way to answer this question because…

Mar 19, 2021

The story of hiking: a career growth analogy

Mar 19, 2021

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Design @ DoorDash

First-principles of “managing up”

Having worked for ~20 managers over the last two decades, I have to admit that managing up has been one of the most challenging skills to…

Jul 25, 2020

First-principles of “managing up”

Jul 25, 2020

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Design @ DoorDash

Interview with Tony Xu

Chief Executive Officer at DoorDash

Jun 12, 2020

Interview with Tony Xu

Jun 12, 2020

Interview with Christopher Payne

Chief Operating Officer at DoorDash

May 5, 2020

Interview with Christopher Payne

May 5, 2020

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Design @ DoorDash

Interview with Rajat Shroff

VP of Product at DoorDash

May 5, 2020

Interview with Rajat Shroff

May 5, 2020

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Design @ DoorDash

Becoming a leader as a first-generation immigrant

Although we’re living in an era in which many companies advocate for diversity and inclusion, I am often still the only female director in…

Jan 6, 2020

Becoming a leader as a first-generation immigrant

Jan 6, 2020

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Design @ DoorDash

“Designing” a Career Ladder for Product Design

Since I joined DoorDash back in January of this year, my utmost priority has been to build up the design team. Hiring is one critical part…

Sep 3, 2019

“Designing” a Career Ladder for Product Design

Sep 3, 2019

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Groupon Design Union

10 tips for interviewing designers

Behind the interviewers’ curtain

Nov 12, 2018

10 tips for interviewing designers

Nov 12, 2018

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Groupon Design Union

How to design a well-designed offsite

UX Design at Groupon is an organizationally-centralized but geographically-distributed team. There’s one time of year when everyone in the…

Jun 28, 2018

How to design a well-designed offsite

Jun 28, 2018

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Groupon Design Union

Three ways to empower design team

Having been in a few different organizations in my career, one common issue that I constantly hear is “Design team doesn’t have a seat at…

Feb 22, 2018

Three ways to empower design team

Feb 22, 2018

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Groupon Design Union

10 interview tips I share with my designer candidates

As a design leader at Groupon, the important part of my job is bringing in the best candidates for UX design, research and content…

Oct 6, 2017

10 interview tips I share with my designer candidates

Oct 6, 2017

Helena Seo

Helena Seo

Design leader, people manager and product strategist. Currently Head of Design at DoorDash.

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