Karolina Długaszek🇵🇱

About Karolina Długaszek

UX/UI Manager at Flying Bisons

Hi 👋

I'm an experienced Product Designer and Design Manager with over 7 years of professional experience. During this time, I have worked on developing solutions for B2C and B2B clients across various industries and led design teams.

As a designer who has successfully transitioned from marketing to UX/UI, I will be happy to mentor and guide aspiring designers on their journey to making a career in this field.

Expertise

Sessions with Karolina Długaszek

• Career Change Talk (45 min): This 45-minute session is dedicated to people going through a career change process or planning to break into the design industry. How to prepare for an effective session? Be ready to discuss the following: 1. Your background: Share details about your current profession and the reasons driving your desire to transition into design. 2. Steps taken: Outline the actions you've already taken to break into the design field (online courses, self-study, networking attempts, etc.) 3. Portfolio progress: If you've begun building a design portfolio, provide a snapshot of your work. 4. Challenges faced: Highlight any roadblocks or challenges you've encountered during your career transition journey.
• Portfolio Review (30 min): This 30-minute session is dedicated to designers willing to improve their portfolios. How to prepare for our session? 1. Choose your focus: Before the session, pinpoint exactly what aspect of your portfolio you want to improve (the layout, case study descriptions, project selection, etc.). 2. Craft your questions: Prepare a list of questions and concerns related to your chosen focus. The more specific and detailed your questions are, the more targeted and valuable feedback I will be able to give you. 3. Gather materials: Remember to share your portfolio and other relevant materials with me before the session.

What mentees say

“I am very happy that I met Karolina on my path. She gave me an incredible amount of practical and useful tips that helped me systematize, organize and clarify my mindset, my next steps and above all, her advices were extremely helpful in constructing my CV. This was my first mentoring on adplist and I am lucky that I met her !”

“Karolina helped me by giving some shape to my job transition process. Her suggestion and ideas are very accurate. She is positive and energetic person, what makes conversation even more engaging! :)”

“Karolina gave me some nice suggestions and tips on recruitment processes. She also provided me with some feedback about my portfolio. She's a very communicative and approachable person :)”