Dan Phillips🇺🇸

About Dan Phillips

Founder Design Leader at Stealth AI Start Up

Mentoring style: As your mentor, I prioritize efficiency and directness, offering critical feedback with practical suggestions while being mindful of time constraints. My focus is on delivering actionable insights and clear guidance for your defined next steps. However, I do not provide templates, factory checklists, example case studies, sites, or opinions; instead, I teach you the methods to develop your own unique solutions.

Career Focus: Enterprise Grade SaaS/cloud Software Design. Experience: • Product Strategy and Design Ops process build-out • Large complex acquisition mapping usability and feature integrations/migrations (both sides of the acquisition)

History: Actively designing software for 25 years. I lead design and research leaders and teams, founded companies, and innovated creative problem-solving at every level.

Personal: Salt Lake City, Utah is home. When I am not in a Design Think flow state or Whiteboarding the world you can find me in the Mountains Hiking and Mountain Biking.

Expertise

Sessions with Dan Phillips

• Career Growth Design & Leader | COACHING (60 min): Please ensure you have booked at least one prior session before booking this series, as this is a requirement. Otherwise, I will need to cancel the request. Thank you for your understanding! This session uses a framework for advancing your design career. We'll explore strategies for moving upward through FYI levels and understanding the key competencies required for success in UX teams. Learn how to manage stakeholders, set expectations, and deliver impactful results to gain awareness and recognition. Identify growth opportunities, set goals, define objectives for self-improvement, develop essential skills, and position yourself for career advancement within the design industry.
• Developing a Personal Brand |FRAMEWORK (60 min): Please ensure you have booked at least one prior session before booking this series, as this is a requirement. Otherwise, I will need to cancel the request. Thank you for your understanding! In these sessions, you'll learn how to engage in introspection, identify your unique strengths and accomplishments, define your core behaviors, principles, and values, and articulate them in a way that authentically showcases your value proposition. By the end, you will have a cohesive personal branding strategy that sets you apart and positions you for success. We will focus on shaping the ideas you have about yourself into compelling narratives that resonate across your professional messaging, including your resume, LinkedIn profile, portfolio, and interview scenarios. This course serves as the foundation for how you present yourself professionally in the industry.
• Shape Compelling Case Studies |FRAMEWORK (60 min): Please ensure you have booked at least one prior session before booking this series, preferably the "PORTFOLIO REVIEW" session, as this is a requirement. Otherwise, I will need to cancel the request. Thank you for your understanding! In this series, we’ll move beyond standard "factory" templates to create standout UX case studies. I will teach a proven framework to organize your portfolio, making it clear, structured, and easy to scan. We’ll focus on a well-defined case study flow that shows how your design evolved and how research shaped your interaction and visual design. Designed for recruiters and hiring managers to spark interview conversations, this approach helps you present compelling work and process. Ensure your design assets reflect the project’s evolution and are easy to navigate. Maintain a visually appealing and consistent style to make a strong impression in any team review.
• Whiteboard Chalenge | PREPERATION (60 min): Tackling whiteboard challenges through effective frameworks and hands-on practice. We’ll explore essential frameworks that help structure your approach and enhance your problem-solving skills. Engage in simulated whiteboard interviews with practical prompts to build confidence and refine your techniques. The preparation required to excel in whiteboard challenges and impress your interviewers.
• Intro Mentorship Session (30 min): 30 Min of Q+A, General mentorship. For Portfolio reviews please schedule the Portfolio review option.
• Detailed Portfolio Review | STRUCTURED (60 min): Detailed Review of Portfolio that will provide NEXT steps with actionable structure. STRUCTURE: Information Architecture: Clear sections, With organized structure, Don’t make me think / Read Case study Flow: Evolution of the Design and clear Process Journey, illustrates how Research informed IXD, Visual Design, etc. Content / Design Assets: Do assets Support the project’s evolution EXPERIENCE: Interaction Design: Experience Designed and optimized for Hiring Manager, Can I find specific sections or do I hunt by scroll? LOOK & FEEL Visual Design: Does it look good and is it consistent, design style + visual framework. Motion Graphics: Animated Flows, Figma Prototypes, Click Through, Guided Videos, Interaction movement

What mentees say

“Dan is a fantastic mentor to have. I have had two long sessions with him and both times left with actionable feedback to apply to my work and role. I would highly recommend him for anyone who wants to be a better designer and leader!”

“Dan is very knowledgeable about the design industry and gave excellent feedback on how to position myself in this job market. He is also generously committed to building lasting mentorships.”

“Dan is a wealth of knowledge, has a great entrepreneurial spirit and knows how to motivate. He’s also a great guy. Highly recommended!”