Onboarding plan · 30/60/90

Welcome, Maya. Let's make your first 90 days feel deliberate.

RoleProduct Designer · Growth squad
Start dateMon, 4 November 2025
ManagerAlvaro Méndez
Onboarding buddySasha Lin
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Day 1 · Monday

A grounded day. Coffee with the team, a working laptop, and one shipped commit on the docs site by 5pm.

09:00
Kickoff with AlvaroWelcome, week-one walkthrough, expectations chat. Office Room 3 (or Zoom).
10:00
IT setup with DevonLaptop, badge, SSO, Slack, Figma, Linear, GitHub. Bring two photo IDs.
11:30
Coffee with Sasha (buddy)The unwritten rules, who-to-ask map, where the good lunch spots are.
12:30
Team lunch · Northwind cafeteriaWhole Growth squad joins. No agenda.
14:00
Read & exploreHandbook, last quarter's design crit recordings, Figma library.
16:00
Ship "I exist" PRAdd yourself to the team page on the docs site. Counts as your first commit.
17:00
End-of-day check-in with Alvaro15 min. What was confusing, what wasn't. Repeat tomorrow if useful.

First week timeline

Two activities per day. Anything else is bonus.

Mon
Nov 4
Kickoff + setupAlvaro · 09:00
Ship team-page PRSasha can review
Tue
Nov 5
Design system tourYuko · 10:00
Shadow user research call11:00 with Sam
Wed
Nov 6
Squad weekly09:30
Pick a starter ticketFrom the "good first issues" lane
Thu
Nov 7
Design crit attendance14:00. Just listen.
1:1 with skip-levelAvi · 16:00
Fri
Nov 8
End-of-week retro15-min note to Alvaro
Optional: All-hands demo17:00 · drinks after

30 · 60 · 90 day milestones

Three outcomes per checkpoint. We'll review each at the matching 1:1 with Alvaro.

Day 30

Find your footing

  • Shipped one small, end-to-end design change to production.
  • Mapped every recurring meeting and why it exists.
  • Met with each cross-functional partner (eng, PM, research, marketing).
Day 60

Own a feature

  • Driving design on the new onboarding redesign — own the spec.
  • Ran your first design crit as the presenter.
  • Drafted one process improvement and posted it for the team.
Day 90

Move the team forward

  • Shipped a feature you led from research → launch.
  • Mentored someone — even informally.
  • Shared one hot take in all-hands and lived to tell.

Things to bookmark

Open these, save them in your browser, then forget about this page.

Resources

📘
Northwind Handbook
handbook.nw
💬
#growth-squad
Slack
🎨
Design Library v3.4
Figma
📊
Growth dashboard
grafana.nw
💸
Payroll & benefits
Rippling
📅
Onboarding calendar
cal.nw/onboard

You're set when…

✓
Laptop, SSO, and badge work end-to-end.Includes Slack, Figma, Linear, GitHub, 1Password.
✓
You've met everyone on the squad.Coffee, walk, or 15-min Zoom — your call.
You've shipped your first PR.Even tiny ones count. Sasha will help.
You can find any meeting on the calendar.And know which ones you can decline.
You feel comfortable asking dumb questions.This is the most important one. We mean it.