{"id":3351,"date":"2017-02-07T20:25:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T20:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/google-material-design-principal-nicholas-jitkoff-joins-dropbox-as-head-of-design.html"},"modified":"2017-02-07T20:25:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T20:25:12","slug":"google-material-design-principal-nicholas-jitkoff-joins-dropbox-as-head-of-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/google-material-design-principal-nicholas-jitkoff-joins-dropbox-as-head-of-design.html","title":{"rendered":"Google Material Design principal Nicholas Jitkoff joins Dropbox as head of design"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Dropbox today said it has named\u00a0Nicholas Jitkoff \u2014 former lead designer for Google\u2019s Material Design team\u00a0\u2014 as its VP of design.<\/p>\n

This comes on the heels of a suite of announcements Dropbox made last week, including the launch of its continuous synchronization product Smart Synd and the global launch of note-taking app Paper\u00a0\u2014 as well as a redesign to its web experience. Dropbox at that event said it had hit a $1 billion run rate<\/a>, and over time we\u2019ve seen Dropbox say it\u2019s trying to create a simpler enterprise collaboration service.<\/p>\n

It would make sense that Dropbox would appoint someone to lead the design, and especially someone who has experience in consumer products. As Dropbox tries to expand further into enterprise products and capture large companies as customers, it\u2019s going to need to show some differentiation from competitors like Microsoft and Box.<\/p>\n

Dropbox, to be sure, has stumbled somewhat in pointing\u00a0its products designed initially for consumers at the enterprise customers it needs. It fumbled Mailbox, a slick email client that it acquired for $100 million that it shut down in 2015<\/a>, as well as others like its photo app Carousel<\/a>. Dropbox is going to have to figure out how to toe the line between the simple consumer products that initially propelled it to a $10 billion valuation and still be palatable for large enterprise customers.<\/p>\n

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To the talented folks at @googledesign<\/a> and Material: thank you so much for a wonderful ten years. It has been an honor to work with you! ?\u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n

\u2014 Nicholas Jitkoff (@alcor) February 7, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cNicholas will lead our Design team in defining their vision for Dropbox,\u201d the company said in a blog post<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019ll also help us continue to grow our diverse and talented teams across Design Research, Product Design, Brand Design, and UX Writing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jitkoff was a principal designer at Google since September 2006.<\/p>\n

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