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162 mentors
- Design Strategy
- Interaction Design
- Product Management
- Service Design
- UI Design
- UX Design
- UX Research
- UX Writing
- Visual Design
Yamini Chak
UX Designer, Microsoft
Hyderabad, India
With a track record of 8️⃣ years in the design industry, I have helped organizations 🦹♀️ build and scale products and deliver delightful 🥳 customer 🥰 experiences across complex ecosystems. Currently helping Microsoft build solutions for the emerging markets. I believe effective 🙅♀️ product strategy happens at the intersection 🎯of design, business, technology, and the user. I thrive on collaborating with diverse multidisciplinary teams, solving business problems, and envisioning experiences that delight users; for design is not just tech skills, but soft skills too. 🧠🫀 📚 Holistics design education(+design thinking), setting you up for a 🧰 design job, planning and executing your next career goal as an IC 🎲 or a design leader👸🤴, I’ll be happy to help you succeed🏆. I would ❤️ to be a part of your career journey 🚀 and make it as smooth as possible, to help you realize and achieve your full potential. ✨⚡️
Mentor Programs:
Building, Launching, Learning
Price: $45
- Design Strategy
- Interaction Design
- UX Research
Ashirwad Joshi
User Experience Lead, Accenture
Pune, India
Ashirwad Joshi is a Lead Interaction Designer working at Accenture India with more than 7+ years of experience in the design field. His expertise lies in providing in-depth design strategy schema and aiding your design knowledge with fields of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology.
Mentor Programs:
Building, Learning
Price: $25
- Design Strategy
- Graphic Design
- Interaction Design
- Product Design
- Product Management
- Service Design
- UI Design
- UX Design
- UX Research
- Visual Design
Luke Dacey
Head of Design, Pace Revenue
Bedford, UK
My career has allowed me to work across and teach a wide range of UX disciplines and now lead me to specialise in SaaS & complex applications. From planning the strategy for enterprise products, spending weeks researching onboard cargo ships, working as a "Design team of one", or building and leading Product and Design teams; I have been fortunate to work with some amazing Designers to deliver exceptional experiences. Whether it's defining product direction, establishing principles, portfolio reviews or just some support, the best tool a Designer can have, is another Designer.
Mentor Programs:
Building, Launching
Price: $50
- Interaction Design
- Product Design
- UI Design
- UX Design
- UX Research
- Visual Design
Kash Gunaretnam
Product Designer, Self
Sydney, Australia
I’m a UX/UI Designer based in Sydney. Crafting better experience through design since 2010.
Mentor Programs:
Building, Launching, Learning
Price: $50
- Design Strategy
- Interaction Design
- Product Design
- UI Design
- UX Design
- UX Research
Tony Turner
Lead UX Researcher, Progressive Insurance
Tampa, United States
I've been working as a UX researcher and designer for 10 years at various companies as well as freelance. My degree is in cognitive science and I have certifications from Human Factors International in UX design and research. I also have a certification in career coaching. I enjoy helping people accomplish their goals and I'd like to pass on what I've learned in my successful tenure as a UX professional.
Mentor Programs:
Building, Launching, Learning
Price: $40
- Product Design
- Product Management
- UI Design
- UX Design
Brit Pelzl
Head of Recruiting, Co-Star
New York, USA
For the past 7 years, I've partnered with design and product leaders to build out some of the best design teams in the Bay Area. I now lead recruiting at Co–Star where I work closely with our design team to understand what makes great UI/UX in app development.
Mentor Programs:
Launching
Price: $50
- UI Design
- UX Design
Carl Wheatley
Recruiter, Meta
Morgan Hill, USA
I specialize in the placement of Design professionals at Meta. Having a design background has given me access to a large network of talented designers and I'm able to build great relationships with my creatives. I'm a self starter and problem solver with an entrepreneurial spirit, excellent communications skills and a track record of building strong relationships and collaborating with teams to build solutions. I’ve worked with a number of high tech startups in the US and in Europe to provide application development and design services. I have a passion for working with startups and building creative teams.
Mentor Programs:
Building, Launching, Learning
Price: $59
- Product Design
Oana-Andreea Bibire
People Acquisition Specialist, Checkout.com
London, England
Heya 👋! My name is Oana, I have been working in Talent Acquisition for around 5 years, the last 2 focusing on Product Design recruitment. I've partnered closely with the teams I was supporting, but also with candidates from the industry. Optimistic and people-oriented, I appreciate transparency in conversations and enjoy spending time with people & listening to their stories!
Mentor Programs:
Building, Launching, Learning
Price: $30
- Product Design
- UI Design
- UX Design
- Visual Design
Jetmir Haxhiavdyli
Product Designer, Pfizer, Toptal
Gjakove, Albania
Since 2010, Jetmir has been creating experiences and user interfaces for mobile and web software businesses internationally. He has experience in both leading teams and being a part of them. Besides empathy for the user, one of Jetmir's main assets is understanding how to blend business with customer delight through optimizing the client's digital touchpoints.
Mentor Programs:
Building, Launching, Learning
Price: $30
- Design Strategy
- Interaction Design
- Product Design
- UI Design
- UX Design
- Visual Design
Adam Gong
UX Designer, Waze
New York City, USA
I've been working in the industry for over five years. I am strong in interaction design and UI design. I have worked at a creative agency, finance, healthcare, and technology. I currently work at Waze.
Mentor Programs:
Building, Launching, Learning
Price: $35
- Design Strategy
- Product Design
- UX Design
- UX Research
Patrick McClary
Associate UI/UX Product Director, HackerU
Denver, USA
I am a sportswriter turned educator turned entrepreneur turned UX designer turned UX / UI design educator. My eclectic background has helped be hone my problem solving, collaboration and communication skills - among others - that have resulting in my ability to thrive at the intersection of technology, design and business. My projects have included working with independent business owners all the way up to Fortune 500 (including several in the top 25).
Mentor Programs:
Building, Launching, Learning
Price: $60
- Branding
- Design Strategy
- Graphic Design
- Interaction Design
- Motion Graphics
- Product Management
- UI Design
- UX Design
- Visual Design
Mathijs Sterrenburg
Creative Director, Velicus
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Hello, I'm Math! I'm an awards-winning creative director, allround designer & teacher from the Netherlands. I love to help people get better at design, and use it in such a way that it helps the world for the better.
Mentor Programs:
Building, Launching, Learning
Price: $30
- Branding
- Design Strategy
- Graphic Design
- Interaction Design
- Product Design
- UI Design
- UX Design
- UX Research
- Visual Design
Juliette Weiss
Senior Design Manager, Microsoft
Kirkland, US
Juliette Weiss is a Senior Design Manager at Microsoft that has a proven track record at bringing version-0 products to life. As Head of Design of what is now known as Willie’s Superbrew, she helped launch and secure initial funding for the hard seltzer brand. From there, Juliette joined Microsoft where she initially worked on Window’s Developer Experiences and shipped the first version of the Window’s Mixed Reality Platform. She was then asked to lead and build a new product design team for a product that is now publicly announced as Dynamics 365 Connected Store. For the past 3 years, she has been bringing this product from incubation to general availability as well as beginning to incubate another, to be announced, AI product. She has been key to building a holistic strategy for Microsoft’s future of work vision. Juliette is open to mentoring folks at various points of their career and is passionate about growing both design ICs and design leaders. She values design excellence and growing talent to improve how they approach work across people, product, and processes.
Mentor Programs:
Building, Launching, Learning
Price: $40
- Design Strategy
- Interaction Design
- Product Design
- Service Design
- UI Design
- UX Design
- UX Research
- Visual Design
Nick Finck
Founder & Principal Consultant, Craft & Rigor
Seattle, USA
Nick Finck is a UX professional with over two decades of experience in the industry. He strives to improve people’s lives through crafting well-designed experiences that matter. Nick currently consults businesses on UX design and research through Craft & Rigor in Seattle. Before this, he was in leadership roles at Amazon Web Services, Facebook, Ubermind, Deloitte Digital, projekt202, and his own agency Blue Flavor. Nick's contributions to the UX community go far and wide. He is an experienced public speaker and has given over 102 talks in 10 countries. He has mentored countless industry professionals and career transitioners. Nick is also the curator of UXSeattle.org, a resource for UX professionals in the greater Seattle area. Earlier in his career, he was the publisher of Digital Web Magazine, an online magazine for web professionals.
Mentor Programs:
Building, Launching, Learning
Price: $100
- Interaction Design
- Product Design
- UI Design
- UX Design
- Visual Design
Cheriyan Manalel
Lead UX Designer, WebCardio
Kochi, India
I design elegant and unique digital products focusing on intuitive user experience. I’ll introduce myself, my name is Cheriyan. I’m a designer from Kerala, India with a passionate belief in the power of beautiful aesthetics and user experience to solve business problems. I steered my career towards UI and UX over 8 years ago, as I thrive on the challenges presented outside my comfort zone. Since then, I’ve delivered web and mobile solutions for companies great and small around the globe, from large corporates to startups. I can help you find smart, elegant solutions that deliver lasting, meaningful experiences for your users.
Mentor Programs:
Building, Learning
Price: $50
- Branding
- Design Strategy
- Interaction Design
- Product Design
- UI Design
- UX Design
- Visual Design
Katherine Liu
Co-Founder, Folio
Bay Area, US
Hi there! I'm a designer and illustrator in the Bay Area, and I'm currently in the process of starting my own company (just started in June!). Before that, I was a senior product designer at Instagram, and have also spent time at Facebook, IDEO, and Salesforce. As a product designer, I worked across product strategy, interaction design, and visual design. In my free time, I do freelance illustration (client work and running my own small art business)—would love to chat about any or all of these things if they match your interests!
Mentor Programs:
Learning
Price: $60
- Branding
- Design Strategy
- Graphic Design
- Interaction Design
- Motion Graphics
- Product Design
- UI Design
- UX Design
- Visual Design
Hugo Samayoa
UX/UI Designer, Accointing.com
Guatemala City, Guatemala
I have had the opportunity to work in many processes with more than 10 years of experience I'm a multi-task designer, this allows me to be more creative and proactive. I'm a digital designer, the last 4 years I have been working in companies related to cryptocurrencies, wallets and exchanges. I'm sure that I can show my students interesting things, good practices and help them understand the client's perspective for their future projects
Mentor Programs:
Building, Launching, Learning
Price: $30
- UI Design
- UX Design
Renata Amatore
UX Designer, Consultant
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Renata is a UX Design Consultant with experience working across a number of different industries and client types. She runs a UX consultancy and mentors upcoming UX designers as well. She has worked in B2b projects as a UX leader and as a consultant for B2c startups. She has expertise working in industries such as shipping, fintech, gamification.
Mentor Programs:
Building, Learning
Price: $20
- Branding
- Interaction Design
- Product Design
- Product Management
- Service Design
- UI Design
- UX Design
- UX Developer
- UX Research
- UX Writing
- Visual Design
Daniel Schwartz
Director of Product Design, D2iQ
San Francisco, USA
Daniel Schwartz is.a product designer with over 15 years experience leading, designing, and creating first class user experiences for enterprise software on mobile, tablet, and desktop devices. 11 years of this time was at Oracle, following with leading design at startups after. During this time, his focus has been in enterprise software with a focus on complex B2B use cases, AI/ML systems, raising the bar of the expectations of B2B UX, data visualizations. He holds several patents and patent pending applications for his work and has spoken several times at ACM CHI and UXPA. Daniel also has presented technology-based art projects with the ZERO1 Biennial and Grey Area Foundation for the Arts. He studied Computer Science with a focus on Human Computer Interaction at Washington University St.Louis.
Mentor Programs:
Building, Launching, Learning
Price: $30
- Branding
- Graphic Design
- UI Design
- Visual Design
Luis Gonzalez
Senior Brand Designer, InVision
St Petersburg, United States
Luis is an award winning designer and art director who specializes in all things brand and web with a focus in tech, e-commerce, and the startup world. Currently he is the Lead Art Director at Frame.io where he leads the brand design efforts. Previously he worked at Squarespace and InVision, and before that in Advertising and Branding agencies. Luis has helped develop a wide range of international branding campaigns from idea to execution and is excited to share his knowledge to people just getting their start in the creative industry.
Mentor Programs:
Building, Launching
Price: $25
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