Corkscrew Studios
About
I'm Charlie Marriott, a product manager at Atlassian who also makes small apps on the side.
Product management background
I've been at Atlassian for more than ten years, starting in strategy and operations, then program management, and now product. I lead Goals and Projects, which help organisations connect their day-to-day work to what they're actually trying to achieve. The job is mostly deciding what to build and why. Corkscrew Studios is where I take an idea the whole way, from the first sketch to the App Store.
How I work
Feel is part of the function.
Most people decide whether they like an app before they've worked out what it does. So how it looks and feels isn't polish for the end. It's the first thing anyone experiences.
Design for the first ten seconds.
Ask what someone is trying to do the moment they open it, and get them there. Shelf Life gives you a date after three questions, because nobody opens a death countdown hoping to fill in a form.
Real users beat good arguments.
I'd rather put something small in front of people and see what they do than debate it in a document. I've written enough strategy documents to know which teaches you more.
Get in touch
The best way to reach me about product work is on LinkedIn.