A Day in the Life of a Product Marketer (Work From Home Edition)
About this video
In this work-from-home vlog, Jeff Su walks through a day as a product marketing manager based in Shanghai, China. He wakes at 6:17 instead of his usual 6:00, meditates with the Headspace app — noting a 20-day streak — then does his ‘morning dump’ inspired by Ali Abdaal and Make Time by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky: writing one highlight, one thing he is grateful for, and one thing to let go, and scheduling the highlight. After homemade coffee and changing into more presentable clothes for a manager one-on-one, he clears global and regional team emails from around 7:45 using the inbox zero method, then reviews project plans ahead of campaign launches planned for late February and early March around Chinese New Year. Meetings run through to lunch, including a weekly one-on-one with his manager in Hong Kong covering wellbeing and Q1 plans. He lunches with a nearby Google colleague, works from a cafe in the afternoon with more meetings and emails, works out at around 5pm, then has dinner with friends Peter and Henry over soup dumplings, steamed fish and vegetables, followed by a drink at Liquid Laundry, before returning home at 9:30 to finish a bit more work.
Key takeaways
- Start the day with meditation and a Make Time morning dump: one highlight, one gratitude, and one thing to let go
- Clear email early using inbox zero before meetings fill the day, because there may be no other time for it
- Weekly manager one-on-one covers both personal wellbeing and team plans such as Q1 and upcoming campaign launches
- Changing into more formal clothes at home is presented as helping him feel more professional and ready
- Day structure in the vlog: morning email and planning, meetings to lunch, cafe work in the afternoon, gym around 5pm
Episode details: published January 27, 2021 · 8:03 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Jeff Su’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.
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