{"id":8742,"date":"2019-06-20T15:58:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T13:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vexels.com\/blog\/?p=8742"},"modified":"2024-04-08T22:32:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T20:32:37","slug":"5-helpful-tips-for-designing-as-a-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/5-helpful-tips-for-designing-as-a-team\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Helpful Tips for Designing as a Team"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]Working as a team on projects turns your web design agency into much more than the sum of its parts. Teamwork allows you to make the most of each individual\u2019s strengths, access more creativity, and raises productivity overall. Your ability to design as a team efficiently might be the number one determining factor for agency growth. <\/span><\/p>\n

With good teamwork, you\u2019ll move ahead together smoothly, able to see when someone needs more support, and avoid situations where someone feels held back by a colleague. A Harvard Business Review study found that <\/span>68%<\/span><\/a> of businesses that encourage teamwork report being ahead of their competitors, but only 40% of non-collaborative businesses say the same. What\u2019s more, 81% of study participants said that collaboration was important to their company\u2019s success. \u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]

\"Teamwork\"<\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]But you\u2019ll only feel the benefits of teamwork when you manage teams properly. Teams work best when there is a clear division of labor, so that each employee knows his or her assigned tasks. This way, colleagues won\u2019t get in each other\u2019s way, but they can still coordinate their actions with the rest of the team. <\/span><\/p>\n

How can you encourage the best of collaborative design in your agency? Here are our five tips for working as a team on design work.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n

1. Assign Clear Tasks<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When teams aren\u2019t managed well, you\u2019re on the road to chaos and confusion. It\u2019s vital to define each employee\u2019s responsibilities. If a project is assigned without making it clear which tasks belong to which individual, you risk having some tasks repeated unnecessarily, while other critical actions go overlooked.<\/span><\/p>\n

A project management tool like <\/span>Monday.com<\/span><\/a> helps you to define deadlines, describe the project scope, assign tasks, and break down goals into smaller milestones so that everyone knows exactly what they have to do, and when they need to deliver.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]

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Image source: <\/span><\/i>https:\/\/monday.com\/use-cases\/Project-Management-Software<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

2. Enable Free-Flowing Communication<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Your teams should be <\/span>cross-departmental<\/span><\/a>, so that they can draw on a wider range of skill-sets and mindsets for greater creativity, but you\u2019ll need to help weld them together into a united team. The secret is through promoting good communication. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Teams thrive when they can communicate easily, and that goes beyond strictly project-related interactions. Teams need to be able to converse and chat freely in order to trust and understand each other, which is key to productive collaboration. Provide a single, frictionless platform for all your team\u2019s interactions, so that asking questions and getting answers is effortless, and so they can refer back to previous conversations and retain shared information.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n

3. Set Up Shared Libraries<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Working with shared libraries of design elements allows team members to work together to create different website components, then share them via a common repository. There are two huge advantages to using shared libraries for your teams:<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]

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