 Okay, now for the do's. State the real team needs opportunities for improvement and where you want to be given the new hire succeeds. Current state and future state can be used as a hiring tactic. No company is perfect. Set real expectations of what a typical day looks like. If you don't conduct user research, but want to, then be honest. No unwanted negative surprises for your new hire. Call out things you want from a cultural perspective. Humble, straightforward, opinionated, give a sense of what working with the people in your organization would look like. Ask outside of the design team. What do they want? Design is interdisciplinary and collaborative. Other stakeholders' opinions matter and this adds up to the success of the new hire. Take their feedback on board. Any other best practices you swear by? Let me know.