Ashley Y🇩🇪

About Ashley Y

Head of design at ex Taxfix, ex AKQA

Hey I am Ashley. I am currently looking for my next workplace and I miss helping others succeed in their roles, so feel free to book me for anything from a portfolio review to feedback on your work to career advice.

My high level experince is:

Design leadership Hired over 50 designers & researchers Interviewed 200+ candidates Seen 1000’s of CVs & portfolios Managed, coached and mentored designers from every continent apart from Antartica Managed from interns to principle designers Ran design departments in both an agency setting & Start up/ scale up

Design execution Worked on UX projects with many large companies Nike, Sony, Dell, Yamaha, Mini Worked with startups Taxfix, Fri:day, Rainsford, Wisemo Have a good knowledge of most UX activites

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Sessions with Ashley Y

• First chat (30 min): Let's discuss what you would like to get out of the session at the beginning and take it from there

What mentees say

“I recently had a mentoring session with Ashley, and it was incredibly helpful! Ashley tailored his advice specifically to my situation. He provided direct and specific feedback, showing me how to build a better presentation and highlighting key points to make my portfolio stand out. His advice was really valuable and gave me a clear path to improvement.”

“Ashley helped me review a design task presentation for an upcoming interview. He prepared upfront, asking me for the task and job description, and even stayed a little longer to finish the review. As an experienced designer, he gave me useful tips and insights that I could apply to make my presentation better.”

“Really appreciate Ashley's honesty and directness as well as the encouragement and validation. I felt seen and heard and left with action items on my to-do list. Great session, will book again :)”