Canada

Branding

UX Design

UI/ Visual Design

Branding and Identity Design

UX Research

Content Strategy

Melanie Palapuz

AI Product Designer & Career Mentor (Brand Strategy, UX Design, Product Management)

Get unstuck 🚀

Typography

SEO Writing

Relationship management

Quantitative research

Qualitative research

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Critical-thinking

Presentation skills

Customer service

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Blog writing

Brand positioning

Brand strategy

Design systems

Forecasting and reporting

Webflow

ChatGPT

Figma

Notion

Conflict resolution

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

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

Fostering a good team culture

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

Building an effective team

How to determine what is a good balance of skill sets for your organization's needs

Building balanced teams

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

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

Dealing with imposter syndrome

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

Being a woman in tech

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

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

Working with product and engineering

Feeling stuck in your career and unsure of your next step? Let's unpack your situation together. In this session, I help guide you towards the next practical move. Whether that's: - portfolio feedback - case study feedback - job search strategies - networking strategies - cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset - starting up your freelance/business practice - etc. Let's finally get you unstuck. Looking forwards to chatting! Mel

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