Tradecraft
Helping professionals design
their next career move
ROLE
Head of Design
SCOPE
Learning Design
Management
TIMEFRAME
2018-2020
CHALLENGE
3 years in 3 months
As Head of Design, I was tasked with updating and managing recurring three-month in-person intensives that help professionals break into product design. Responsibilities included curriculum design for technical and soft skills, as well as managing an agency that placed participants in high-growth startup roles for real-world experience.
IMPACT
Designing how to
break into tech
Placing designers at renowned companies like Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, IBM, Accenture, and Wells Fargo.
200
Designers trained to add value to companies
50+
Projects with high-growth startups
34
Workshops curated and delivered
18
Three-month cohorts completed
4
Adjuncts managed and trained
curriculum
Beyond the basics
Select Classes
TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Excellence is a habit, so let's templatize it
Learning By Design
Expertise, deconstructed
From Design Thinking to Design Doing
A framework is
worth 1,000 lessons
Credits
Russ Klusas - Founder
Nick deWilde - Managing Partner
Ariane Mohamadi - Head of Careers
Joy Roy - Project Facilitator
Zac Halbert - Former Head of Design
Jot Dhaliwal - Adjunct
Jess Lam - Adjunct
Amy Weibel - Adjunct
UP NEXT
Relating Between the Lines
Launching an online school for relational education
SERVICE DESIGN | FACILITATION | BRANDING
As Product Strategy & Service Design Lead, I set out to create a modern school for relational education because we all deserve to have healthy relationships regardless of our upbringing. Think Brene Brown meets Stanford d.school. Responsibilities consisted of wearing many hats, spanning brand strategy, messaging, copywriting, art direction, packaging design, UX/UI design, product development, hiring & training, sales, and content development.
