Season 01, Episode 02

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Courtney Song

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Courtney leads Brand and Experience Design at Sonder, where she is redefining the future of hospitality and living. As a creative leader and designer, she has rich experience launching projects across a breadth of strategies, brands, products, and services.

Prior to Sonder, Courtney was a Senior Design Lead at IDEO, leading large scale engagements across a variety of industries spanning technology, retail, e-commerce, and hospitality. She brings a well of experience and understanding of multidisciplinary design and strategy deeply rooted in understanding human needs and experiences.

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It makes me really optimistic that there is there is this kind of growing generation of problem solvers that don't want to put the title or a label on the type of designer they are... and it's more like, oh I'm a designer and, therefore, that is synonymous with being a confident problem solver.
Courtney Song : Brand & Experience Design Manager / Sonder

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