In this episode of CD With Friends, we dive deep into the art of storytelling and finding your voice, joined by our special guest, Francesca Rodriguez Sawaya, content designer at Cisco. 

Francesca shares insights on crafting narratives across various mediums and formats, emphasizing the power content designers have in guiding users and the profound impact of storytelling on building trust with stakeholders. She reflects on how learning to articulate our work not only enhances our understanding but empowers us to speak up and draws parallels between the worlds of weaving and technology.

Don't miss this conversation on creativity, connection, and making a meaningful impact in the world of content design.

Featuring Laura Lopez, Rosie Olaivar, Camila Pechous, Laura Costantino, and special guest, Francesca Rodriguez Sawaya.

On this episode of CDWF, we’re hosting our very first guest, Bobby Roshdi, a content designer, speaker, and one-time stand-up comedian. He’ll share his wisdom on the benefits of speaking up at work, what he does to mentally prepare to speak to audiences big and small, and how he turned perspiration into inspiration! 

Join us on this informative and hilarious talk about the human side of speaking up at work. 

Featuring Laura Lopez, Rosie Olaivar, Camila Pechous, Laura Costantino, Susanna Agababyan and a special guest, Bobby Roshdi.

Want to share your story? Have a topic you'd like us to cover? Email us at [email protected].

In 2023 alone, it happened to over 230,000 tech workers: layoffs. But have we seen the last of mass layoffs in tech?

In this episode, we share our personal layoff stories and how you can support yourself, former colleagues, and friends who may be going through a layoff. 

Featuring Camila Pechous, Laura Costantino, Laura Lopez, Rosie Olaivar, and Susanna Agababyan.

Want to share your story? Have a topic you'd like us to cover? Email us at [email protected].

This episode is a special one. It’s a recording of a live session with our listeners, where we looked back on season 1 and revisited our podcast's creation – our experiences, lessons learned, challenges, behind-the-scenes stories and triumphs in bringing it to life. We talked about the significance of collaboration, the complexities of audio editing, and the joy of connecting with our community. We also gave a sneak peek into what season 2 holds.

Featuring Laura Lopez, Rosie Olaivar, Camila Pechous, Laura Costantino and Susanna Agababyan.

Want to share your story? Have a topic you'd like us to cover? Email us at [email protected].

We’re back! Well, almost. The friends are back for season 2 and we’re discussing all the juicy topics you want to hear about when it comes to all things design. We’ve also brought on a few all-star guests this season, too! Stay tuned and give us a follow to be notified when we publish all-new episodes this January. 

Featuring Susanna Agababyan, Laura Costantino, Laura Lopez, Rosie Olaivar, and Camila Pechous.

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In this episode, we cover the content design interview process. We’ll let you know what your interview loop might look like and what might be expected of you at each stage. We also dive into our thoughts on portfolios and those dreaded take-home assignments.

Featuring Laura Lopez, Rosie Olaivar, Camila Pechous, Laura Costantino and Susanna Agababyan.

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Did you know you can negotiate more than just your salary? In this episode, we’re talking about all the things you can negotiate when a company extends a job offer. We’ll also tell you what to do before you get to the negotiation stage, so that you don’t end up getting underpaid or saying yes to a job offer you’ll later regret. And Rosie will beg that everyone break the money taboo and start sharing their salary and benefits, because as we all know, knowledge is power.

Featuring Laura Lopez, Rosie Olaivar, Camila Pechous, Laura Costantino and Susanna Agababyan.

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How important is it to be a native English speaker when working in content design? Not at all. We get to the bottom of what being a “native” speaker means, why we think it’s discriminatory, and how speaking more than one language is actually a superpower when working as a content professional. 

Featuring Laura Lopez, Rosie Olaivar, Camila Pechous, Laura Costantino and Susanna Agababyan.

Want to share your story? Have a topic you'd like us to cover? Email us at [email protected].

There’s a lot of talk about employees returning to the office. But what does that look like in today’s world? Are you pro-remote work or couldn’t be more excited to return to the office in-person? In this episode, we explore the different sides of returning to work, what it’s like working through a pandemic, work boundaries, quiet quitting, and what it means for us to normalize rest. 

Featuring Laura Lopez, Rosie Olaivar, Camila Pechous, Laura Costantino and Susanna Agababyan.

Want to share your story? Have a topic you'd like us to cover? Email us at [email protected].

We all face some kind of challenge at work. Some of that struggle may be from managing difficult stakeholders, some from not having enough space to do what we need to do. In this episode, we cover our workplace battles and how we deal with them: advocating for our work, gaining influence, finding time to approach our work strategically, but also–learning when to let go and cut our losses. Because not every battle is meant to be fought or won.  

Featuring Laura Lopez, Rosie Olaivar, Camila Pechous, Laura Costantino and Susanna Agababyan.

Want to share your story? Have a topic you'd like us to cover? Email us at [email protected].