United States

Evelina Deleanu

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

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

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

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

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Steps to building and maintaining a strong, cohesive and effective team.

How to create a positive workplace culture that drives collaboration and productivity?

Understanding factors that lead to a motivated team - recognition, communication and more.

Learn the tips to successfully manage a team in a remote environment.

Understand the process of training, motivating and directing your team members.

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

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

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

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Learn the best ways to answer technical interview questions with frameworks

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