Jon Sandler🇺🇸

About Jon Sandler

Product Design Manager at LinkedIn

Hey there 👋

I'm Jon, a product design manager native to the Seattle area. I've been doing design professionally for about 16 years, and managing teams of designers for of those 8 years. I have experience at early start-ups, scaling mid series companies, and growing with large enterprise companies.

When managing teams, I focus on developing and growing the team by listening first, and then connecting people's talents and gaps with the work that will not only fulfill them, but help them grow in the right areas needed to advance their careers.

I am passionate about mentorship and sponsorship, and helping people figure out how to pursue their passion in design as a career.

I am happy to give portfolio reviews, case study feedback, general advice about breaking into the design industry, or whatever else you need.

I have experience and training as a generalist designer to help with any part of the design process, but I also have deep expertise in stakeholder management, design ops and process, and deep expertise in prototyping and motion design.

Expertise

Sessions with Jon Sandler

• Mentorship Session 0- 30 Minutes (30 min): General mentorship
• Mentorship Session - 45 minutes (45 min): If you have a portfolio case study review or a lot of questions, this longer session time is for you.
• Portfolio Review (60 min): If you need a detailed portfolio review, resume review, or to get advice on storytelling and presenting, this is the session for you.

What mentees say

“I just had a session with Jon on and it was extremely helpful. He shared a lot of practical, actionable ideas on how to improve my upcoming interviews, especially how to structure answers and what interviewers tend to value most (building trust, influencing the team, and building strong cross-functional relationships).”

“Shared helpful advice on portfolio, marketing yourself as a designer, interdisciplinary skills. Also on design thinking and how his team approaches solutions”

“I am so thankful to have these sessions with Jon. He is excellent at giving specific and actionable feedback on how to position yourself, tell your case studies stories, and format your work. He has extensive understanding of the UX industry and what performance looks like at each career step.”