Poland

Service Design

Product Design

Customer Experience (CX)

Generalist Product Management

Service Design Research

Jan Skora

Personal Learning Systems Designer

Substack

Mentoring Explorers

Style System for Creators

Mentoring Creators

Portfolio

Quantitative research

Monetisation

Newsletter writing

Product analytics

Product strategy

Prototyping

Qualitative research

Problem-solving

Critical-thinking

Organisation skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Project management

Analytical skills

AI/ML

Blog writing

Brand strategy

Branding

Conversational AI

Chatbot

Content creation

Human computer interaction

Information architecture

LinkedIn writing

Machine learning

Market research

Marketing strategy

Whitepaper/ebook Writing

User research

Product roadmap

Salesforce

Trello

Typeform

Webflow

WordPress

Zapier

Zeplin

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe XD

Airtable

Asana

Axure

Balsamiq

ChatGPT

Figma

GitHub

Hotjar

HTML

HubSpot

InVision

JavaScript

Jira

Lucidchart

Miro

Notion

Adobe Creative Suite

Confluence

Sketch

Mural

Empathy

Communication

Collaboration

Time management

Team player

Presentation skills

Brand positioning

Content editing

Content research

Business intelligence

Content strategy

Data visualisation

Deal strategy

Usability Testing

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

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

Dealing with imposter syndrome

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

Design career path

Learn the career path and progression for product managers.

Product management career path

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

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

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 set up product analytics and metrics to track success?

Leveraging Product Analytics

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

How to define an ambitious product vision and how to best communicate it to stakeholders?

Creating a product vision

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

Best practices for documenting projects, epics, and stories

Writing product requirement documents

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

Conducting effective customer interviews

Learner Mindset promotes lifelong learning to empower people to discover and drive change. My goal is to create systems and methods that aid individuals in exploring uncharted territories and acquiring new abilities and career-relevant experiences.

Sharing expertise in the processes to drive innovation in Product, Service and Business design at Netguru. Directly consulting and collaborating with clients, facilitating workshops.

Leading in-depth technical discussions with partners, customers and dev teams. Acting as link between the departments to ensure the smooth cooperation & high quality of products Netguru delivers. My aim is to understand the customer's needs and come up with a strategy for product design, research, discovery or de-risking experiments. I’m transforming ideas into business models, building action plans and estimating these activities. Ensuring that the upcoming trends and technologies are appropriately presented to the clients with the right business cases, references and context.

- Co-creating the Innovation Consultancy practice
-  Taking part in shaping teams’ vision and strategy
-  Supporting execution of the company’s strategy
-  Coordinating work of multidisciplinary and cross department teams
-  Conducting Discovery of client needs, product and business
-  Lead in-depth technical discussions with partners, customers and dev team
-  Plan, lead and facilitate Product Discovery Sprints
-  Lead the solution design for key Transformation/Change business opportunities
-  Lead high impact solution presentations
-  Mentoring and supporting individuals

Alfhaim S.A. is a unique company on the polish marked - build on cutting edge technology advances. 
Areas of focus:
FinTech 📉 Blockchain 🔗 Artificial Intelligence 🧠

Responsibilities:
- Design Consulting
- Design team management
- Integrating and executing Product Vision across all company divisions

I was responsible for co-designing a cryptocurrency exchange platform. Origami Exchange is one of the first cryptocurrency exchange platforms that adhere to the highest security, regulations, transparency, and reliability standards within the EU. This fintech is based on Malta and operates within Malta Financial Services Authority. What sets it apart from other exchanges is the sheer speed of transactions and a unique Ethereum based token used for transaction facilitation.

Pesponsibilities:
- Product Strategy
- Brand Strategy
- Product Design
- Executing Product Vision
- ICO & White paper Co-authoring
- Designing flows for ASK/BID transactions, Fiat and Crypto Wallets, KYC onboarding, Pricing Plans

I've led a rebranding project for one of the top Salesforce companies in Europe. I've managed the process and designed various outcomes along the way. I was responsible for introducing HCD and design thinking to the organization. 

Some of the project highlights: 
- Company vision, mission, and strategic consulting 
- Brand Architecture
- Design thinking workshops 
- Embedding good ux into the organization processes 
- Voice & Tone guidelines 
- Website design

- Product Design
- Design Strategy
- Design Leadership and Management 
- User Experience Design
- Interaction Design 
- Frameworks
- Facilitating workshops 
- Brand consulting

I was asked to redesign a desktop app for creating Augmented Reality experiences for brands. My job was to develop efficient task flows and make the creation of AR experiences fun and easy for new users. On top of the pleasant experiences, I've overlayed a clean new user interface.

I was tasked to design a product that would change the franchise owners approach to doing social-media. Linkasoarus is a platform for franchise owners who need to schedule, post and engage hundreds of thousands of local users with effective
campaigns.

I was responsible for:
- UX and UI design for the Public Pages and User Area
- creating the Illustration Design System
- facilitating product definition and vision with stakeholders
- leading a fellow junior designer

I’ve designed and created the platform for bike owners who want to sell their vehicles for a fair price. The platform has two segments – bike owners who want to sell and dealers who can browse and bid for the bikes. I’ve devised and introduced a unique system – MetaScore™ which evaluates vehicles and helps the dealers quickly estimate vehicle value.

I was responsible for:
- UX design
- UI design
- Design facilitation
- Product Strategy
- Branding
- Copywriting

Co-founder at a branding  agency.

www.revork.com

Created and curated a platform with game tutorials for advanced/pro players. The platform got some decent initial traction, but I discontinued the project due to lack of resources and co-founder.

Strategic and creative agency integrating online and oÏine solutions. 

Worked for:
Volvo
Discovery Channel

Jan Skora🇵🇱

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