United States

Graphic Design

UX Design

UI/ Visual Design

Motion Design

Branding and Identity Design

Design Operations

Service Design

Product Design

Customer Experience (CX)

Front-end

Creative writing

UX writing

Branding

Interaction Design

UX Testing

UX Research

Service Design Research

Data Analysis

Content Strategy

Nielsen Norman Group

University of Miami

American InterContinental University

Melissa Wolowicz

Senior Product Designer & UX Researcher | UX Strategy & DesignOps Leader | Expert in Visual Design

Usability Testing

Typography

Relationship management

Quantitative research

Public Speaking

Product analytics

Product strategy

Prototyping

Qualitative research

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Time management

Critical-thinking

Empathy

Team player

Organisation skills

Presentation skills

Conflict resolution

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Analytical skills

Accessibility

Blog writing

Brand strategy

Data visualisation

Design systems

Email marketing

Event organisation

Human computer interaction

Illustration

Information architecture

Budget management

Marketing strategy

Video editing

Video marketing

User research

Product roadmap

Optimal Workshop

Qualtrics

SurveyMonkey

Tableau

Trello

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

ChatGPT

Figma

Glassdoor

InVision

Jira

Miro

Notion

Adobe Creative Suite

Confluence

Sketch

Mural

HTML

Project management

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

Learn essential burnout prevention techniques and replenish physical and emotional energy.

Managing burnout

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

Understanding factors that lead to a motivated team - recognition, communication and more.

Keeping team members motivated

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

Learn the tips to successfully manage a team in a remote environment.

Managing a remote team

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

Building balanced teams

Decision making as a software engineer or lead - how to become better at making the right choices

Making better tech choices

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

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

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

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

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Giving effective feedback

Tips on how to work and collaborate with engineers and developers.

Melissa Wolowicz🇺🇸