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1) Over communicate rather than under communicate. That will ensure that everyone is on the same page, especially now that most communication is digital.
2) Be prompt about responses. People expect you to answer IMs and emails quickly now that you are virtually working.
3) Be specific. When asking questions or explaining something, details can be helpful since your team isn’t sitting near you and can’t easily look at your screen.
4) Avoid working after hours (if possible.) Don’t send work to your manager at 5:45pm for something due to the client by EOD for the first round of reviews. You will make multiple people work late. Don’t send emails at 7pm expecting a response during the same night.
5) Respect other people’s time. Don’t send a meeting invite to someone without discussing it with them first or giving them a heads up. Don’t set up a meeting when it can be an email or IM. Don’t set up a meeting with no clear agenda or goal.
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Small thing but — know what you’re asking your manager when you’re asking it over chat, and don’t type over chat the way you would an IM to a pal (ie no stream of conscious thinking/explaining). IMs are intrusive by design, so if someone pings me with “Hi GD1” followed by 30 seconds of typing followed by “Do you have time to chat” followed by 3 minutes of typing out a question, I want to tear my hair out
Don’t be afraid to get on the phone. I also really recommend being on video; it goes a long way twd building rapport
If your manager doesn’t proactively set up 1:1s with you, request them
Asking questions is a good thing, it shows your team you’re trying to rapidly build fluency in the work
Take notes.
If something needs to be done, do it.
Ask questions.
Try to figure it out.
Incorporate feedback.
Be present and vocal as much as possible (it’s tough on video calls, especially when you’re new). Connect with colleagues you’ll be working with, introduce yourself and ask if they would like to grab a virtual coffee as an introduction. It will show people you care and will help you become part of the team quicker. Ask how the general team communication happens and what the expectations are. We had some new hires who couldn’t keep on top of IMs and it meant everyone else had to pick up their tasks on urgent things. It didn’t work out!
Congrats and good luck on the new role (I assume)!
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All of this. But don’t just keep to your own department. Be excited about the creative work and tell the Creatives either in the meeting or afterwards vis a quick message if you genuinely like an idea. I promise it will make you stand out and be appreciated. This is a team sport.
Learn how the new company works, how to get things done, who are the contact points. You will be twice as useful if you know the machine.
Be respectful of people's time. It's our only resource and our last line of defense.
Find out how your boss likes to be communicated with, how they like to give feedback, and what they are trying to achieve.
Get yourself a mentor or a buddy in the organization who can be a back channel and sounding board.
Good luck
Ask if there is a Project Management software and just offer to get started on it. Solves 30% of remote working issues and the comments here about keeping in-sync.