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Design Thinking & Ethical Design
Reimagining Design as a Tool for Social Change
Economic growth and its consequences for people and the planet are putting many societies at risk, testing their capacity to survive in the 21st century. Social design – designing for and with society – aims to restructure exploitative systems to improve living and working conditions, with a focus on understanding context…
🧠 Mentor: Nicolette Stosur-Bassett, Editorial + Creative Director @ Think Wood + Do It Better Design 📍 Location: Hybrid (In-Person & Virtual) ⭐️ Experience: All Levels
Making the leap from senior individual contributor to design manager to even design director can feel intimidating and challenging. Whether you’re managing one direct report or running an entire department, you’re probably looking for ways to grow as a leader. If you’re on the search for mentorship and support from someone …
📌 This group is now full and will no longer be taking participants. 🧠 Mentor: Antonio García, Head of Design @ TXI 📍 Location: Virtual ⭐️ Experience: Advanced Level
Are you a designer stepping into a design lead role? Is your goal to grow as a design leader as you lead others in teams and projects? Taking on a design lead role can feel amazing, but you’ll have to balance leading a project vision with leading interdisciplinary teams. As a design lead, you’ll experience challenging client asks and ..
🧠 Mentor: Jason Lung, Experience Design Group Director @ KPMG 📍 Location: Virtual ⭐️ Experience: Senior to Advanced Levels
Startups are notorious for being fast-paced; a few people coming together to do a lot of work — early employees join for the impact they can have and to ride the rollercoaster from the beginning. Being the only designer in an early-stage startup can come with its own steep learning curve, but you also have a unique ability …
Brand Identity plays a pivotal role in our daily lives and lies far beyond just a name and logo. It is a visual representation of a brand’s essence (through marks, colors, type, packaging, websites, and more) that adds a level of identifiable uniqueness to our physical and digital world, ultimately influencing our choices..
🧠 Mentor: Stephen Doulas, Graphic Designer @ Hauswirth & Co 📍 Location: Hybrid (Remote & In-Person) ⭐️ Experience: Beginner to Mid Levels
As someone who is just switching careers to become a designer, you might think that you’re “starting from scratch” and have nothing to offer as someone “brand new” in design, but the reality is that you have an incredible amount of knowledge that comes from having lived a life …
🧠 Mentor: Aimé DeLattre, Art Director @ Demo Duck 📍 Location: Virtual ⭐️ Experience: Beginner to Mid Levels
Transitioning into Design Leveraging Your Non-Design Background
Do you have a non-design background and are transitioning into the design field? As someone who is just switching careers to become a designer, you might think that you’re “starting from scratch” and have nothing to offer as someone “brand new” in design, but the reality is that you have an incredible amount of knowledge that comes ..
🧠 Mentor: Yue Wu, Associate Design Director @ McKinsey & Company 📍 Location: Hybrid (In-Person & Virtual) ⭐️ Experience: All Levels
Do you think about a career in tech as a designer? What does it mean to be a designer in tech? Is the right step for you? As a designer in tech, you have the opportunity to work with innovative technologies and brilliant people who are creating incredible things every day, but how does that compare with working in traditional design settings? …
Are you a design student or new grad looking to score your next design position? Whether you are looking for an internship or your first job at agencies, in-house studios, or freelancing, being able to articulate your work in both your portfolio and job-hunting is essential. Bridging the gap between portfolio-building and job-hunting can …
