Master the skills that help designers get promoted. Knowing all the tricks in Figma does not guarantee a promotion. Learn the 12 skills that truly matter: mentoring, providing feedback, presenting design, persuading colleagues, and improving processes. An industry-backed approach to development. Based on evaluations from designers and employees at over 50 companies, including Dropbox, Medium, Square, Figma, Zendesk, Intercom, and Coursera.
The Path to Senior Product Designer: A Growth Plan for a UX Design Career
6h 28m 9s
English
Paid
What's inside:
- 282 pages of practical advice
- Over 60 specific steps for career development
- An overview of six career paths in design
- Six templates and plans for career growth
- 12 key competencies by which designers are assessed
- A printable PDF template for your growth plan
- 14 recommendations for additional resources
Get answers to questions like:
- What are my career opportunities as a designer?
- Which career path is right for me?
- What steps should I take to achieve my career goal?
- How do companies assess designers?
- What are my skill levels?
- Which competencies should I work on?
- How can I get a promotion?
- How can I practically improve my skills?
- Designers often focus on developing hard skills, but that's just part of what is needed for success. More than half of this book is dedicated to developing soft skills, which are not taught in design schools.
Your step-by-step guide to career growth in design
- Set career goals - explore six career paths in design and complete five exercises to choose the right one.
- Master the necessary skills - learn which competencies are required of designers at each level in leading companies.
- Build a growth plan - assess your current skills and create an action plan to reach the next level.
- Enhance your skills - receive practical advice on:
- Design presentations and clear communication
- Giving and receiving feedback
- Stakeholder management
- Improving team processes
- Building relationships
- Increasing work efficiency
- Task evaluation and prioritization
- Mentorship
- Participating in hiring
- and much more.
Who is this course for:
- Students and graduates
- Understand possible career paths in design
- Learn skills not taught in schools but required by companies
- Get an insight into the product design profession beyond the craft
- Junior designers
- Define your career goals
- Adjust your career plan for faster achievement of your goals
- Build a skill development strategy
- Mid-level designers
- Evaluate which skills need to be developed for promotion
- Create a short and medium-term career growth plan
- Increase your contribution to the team for faster advancement
- Senior designers
- Explore further career paths
- Master new techniques for continued career growth
- Get an overview of a designer's career to effectively mentor others.
About the Author: Artiom Dashinsky
I am a product designer, living between Berlin and Tel Aviv. Over the past 14 years, I have led design in various startups, owned a small agency, and worked as a freelancer and consultant.
In the last five years, I have been creating my own products and have released three books, including the Amazon bestseller "Solving Product Design Exercises."
The products I have developed for the design community are used by tens of thousands of designers working at companies such as Google, Meta, Airbnb, Netflix, and Boeing.
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| # | Lesson Title | Duration | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why I Created This Course Demo | 10:42 | |
| 2 | Why You Should View This Course | 03:48 | |
| 3 | Design Career Paths | 07:58 | |
| 4 | Setting Career Goals | 12:35 | |
| 5 | Why Become a Senior Designer | 07:23 | |
| 6 | Design Titles and Levels | 15:51 | |
| 7 | Design Competencies | 15:34 | |
| 8 | Levels of Competency | 48:17 | |
| 9 | Assess and Prioritize Competencies | 04:39 | |
| 10 | Design Career Growth Canvas | 03:20 | |
| 11 | Growing Your Impact | 15:51 | |
| 12 | Tools and Processes (Craft) | 11:58 | |
| 13 | Communicating Design (Communication | 16:18 | |
| 14 | Feedback (Communication) | 24:35 | |
| 15 | Written and Oral Communication (Communication) | 19:37 | |
| 16 | Stakeholder Management (Collaboration) | 22:03 | |
| 17 | Shipping (Ownership) | 15:40 | |
| 18 | Independence (Ownership | 16:48 | |
| 19 | Strategy | 21:20 | |
| 20 | Mentorship | 15:53 | |
| 21 | Hiring (Leadership) | 23:46 | |
| 22 | Culture (Community) | 10:28 | |
| 23 | Advocacy (Community) | 18:20 | |
| 24 | Getting Promoted | 23:43 | |
| 25 | Final Thoughts | 01:42 |
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