United States

Product Design

University of California, Berkeley

Jacki Torres

UX Designer

SideNook Project

Product Design Portfolio

Public Speaking

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Critical-thinking

Analytical skills

ChatGPT

Figma

GitHub

Cursor

React Native

Swift

HTML

Node.js

React

Time management

Team player

Organisation skills

Conflict resolution

Leadership

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

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

Prototyping methods and tips

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

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

Being the only designer

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

Agentifying XY's SaaS platform with a fully AI chat-driven experience for self-serve and daily use. Designed conversational onboarding that replaced hour-long demos with 3-step wizards, and built component factory to ship production-ready flows.

Co-designed a dual-app ecosystem for doctor+patient apps using Vercel rapid-prototyping prior to the age of Claude Code.

Jacki Torres🇺🇸

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