United States

California Polytechnic State University

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

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

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

Understand the process of training, motivating and directing your team members.

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

Learn how to properly present your work and share ideas and opinions.

How to work with team members with different skill sets but towards a common goal?

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

Managing being the only designer at your company and working with non-designers.

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

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

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

Explore different generative and evaluative research techniques. User research synthesis and presentation.

Identify and define potential product problems and generating possible solutions.

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

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