At any given time I am mentoring a dozen designers. I have been since September, 2020. I am always optimizing my process to achieve the best possible career outcomes for them. I personally invest my time, attention, and network in my students. My one requirement is commitment to a routine. See my CareerFoundry case study about how I have continually improved my student learning outcomes. Here are my recommended calls for the designers I mentor:
Call | Description |
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Learning Path Planning | Discuss career plans, explore career paths in UX, chart your path, and review resources. |
Portfolio Review | Engage in a real-time deep evaluation of your portfolio work, collect precision feedback. |
Copy Work on Figma | Get proficient with the most popular UX tool and build a UI skillset. |
Complete DailyUI.com Prompt | Take today’s prompt on DailyUI.com and design it together. |
Review Your Work | Dig into any design work, evaluate your approach and improve results. |
Human Factors Deep Dive | Explore the six minds of experience, laws of UX, cognitive biases, and other human factors. |
Design Thinking Deep Dive | Explore a variety of design techniques throughout the innovation process. |
Co-Design Your App | Co-design the best solution for your users / increase “wow factor” of your portfolio. |
Business Requirements | Create a Business Model Canvas for my app. |
Brand Strategy Session | Utilize a series of branding techniques to define the creative direction of your project. |
UX Research | Process, techniques, analysis, presentation (exploratory, generative, OR evaluative) |
Whiteboard Exercise | Start with an easy one OR complete one together. Move on to a medium or advanced later. |
Design System Creation | Containing an organized style guide, UI kit, and branding assets. |
There are a couple forms of mentorship engagements I have with UX and product designers:
Message me on LinkedIn to schedule a get to know you call to discuss the possibility of any one of these three types of engagements.
Whether you're looking to break into a product or UX career or level up your existing one, you have a couple options to consider for engaging with me:
On multiple occasions, my design students' companies have hired me to help them level up their deliverables and fill a senior-level vacancy on their teams. This is what is included in these engagements:
This how I charge for these engagements: