United States

Graphic Design

UX Design

UI/ Visual Design

Product Design

UX writing

UX Testing

UX Research

UC San Diego

Diana Blazick

Head of Design

Usability Testing

Qualitative research

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Time management

Critical-thinking

Empathy

Team player

Organisation skills

Presentation skills

Conflict resolution

Stakeholder management

Accessibility

Data visualisation

Design systems

Forecasting and reporting

Illustration

Information architecture

User research

Webflow

Zeplin

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Figma

Jira

Sketch

Adobe Creative Suite

LinkedIn writing

Prototyping

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Working remotely

Learn essential burnout prevention techniques and replenish physical and emotional energy.

Managing burnout

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Navigating micro-aggression, getting paid what you are worth and finding a community.

Being a woman in tech

Strategies for maximizing your design internship or co-op program.

Getting the most out of my internship

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

How to successfully prepare and position yourself for a job promotion?

How to get promoted

How to ask for a promotion and negotiate for salary raise?

Negotiating a job offer

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Design career path

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

Talk to people who've broken into the tech industry and learn their stories.

Breaking into tech

Learn the best ways to answer technical interview questions with frameworks

Acing technical interview questions

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

How to define and execute a successful launch and managing stakeholders expectations. (eg. MVP)

Launching new products or features

Methods of prototyping and solution validation. When to use which kind of prototype (eg. Webflow, Notion, etc)

Prototyping methods and tips

Manage team expectations and get the most out of your meetings.

Running effective meetings

Identify and define potential product problems and generating possible solutions.

Identifying problems vs solutions

Learn how to properly present your work and share ideas and opinions.

Presenting your work with impact

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

How to work with team members with different skill sets but towards a common goal?

Working cross-functionally

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

Building a design process

Managing being the only designer at your company and working with non-designers.

Being the only designer

Explore different generative and evaluative research techniques. User research synthesis and presentation.

Conducting good user research

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

Improving design skills

Navigating the working relationship with PM's and engineers as a designer.

Working with product and engineering

How to create personas, and leverage them in design.

Creating and leveraging user personas

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Giving effective feedback

Tips on how to work and collaborate with engineers and developers.

Working with engineers

What is a successful user onboarding flow and how to achieve it?

Onboarding new users

How to conduct interviews, what to ask, and how to analyze your results? (eg. user interview)

Conducting effective customer interviews

Calyx Global provides rigorous, evidence-based insights and ratings for carbon credits to ensure that the growth of carbon markets leads to more impact. We are committed to maintaining a healthy planet and contributing to positive societal outcomes for individuals and communities around the world.

I lead product and brand design for Calyx's enterprise platform that enables organizations navigate the carbon market with confidence.

Clients:
• PROTEOR USA creates knee, ankle, and foot prostheses that enable people to increase their independence and well-being.

I design for the Freedom app that serves wearers of Freedom Kinnex™ and Freedom Quattro™ as well as the GaitLab app that enables prosthetists to support patients.

• Calyx Global provides rigorous, evidence-based insights and ratings for carbon credits to ensure that the growth of carbon markets leads to more impact. We are committed to maintaining a healthy planet and contributing to positive societal outcomes for individuals and communities around the world.

I design for Calyx's enterprise platform that enables organizations navigate the carbon market with confidence.

Kinsa enables families and organizations to understand when and where illness is spreading so they can prepare for and prevent the impact of illness, not simply react to its spread. I lead design for three products:

• Kinsa's insights for healthcare predict where and when emergency room and ICU demand will surge.
• Kinsa's insights for enterprises enable CPG companies to prevent out of stocks and overstocks due to illness fluctuations.
• Kinsa's thermometer and app help families know when to seek treatment to get better faster.

Diana Blazick🇺🇸