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 Alvaro Welcome, week-one walkthrough, expectations chat. Office Room 3 (or Zoom).
10:00
IT setup with Devon Laptop, 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 cafeteria Whole Growth squad joins. No agenda.
14:00
Read & explore Handbook, last quarter's design crit recordings, Figma library.
16:00
Ship "I exist" PR Add yourself to the team page on the docs site. Counts as your first commit.
17:00
End-of-day check-in with Alvaro 15 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 + setup Alvaro · 09:00
Ship team-page PR Sasha can review
Tue
Nov 5
Design system tour Yuko · 10:00
Shadow user research call 11:00 with Sam
Wed
Nov 6
Squad weekly 09:30
Pick a starter ticket From the "good first issues" lane
Thu
Nov 7
Design crit attendance 14:00. Just listen.
1:1 with skip-level Avi · 16:00
Fri
Nov 8
End-of-week retro 15-min note to Alvaro
Optional: All-hands demo 17:00 · 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.